Did you know that if you decide to embark on a military career and enlist as a soldier you will be doing a job that comes third on the list of the worst jobs compiled by American researchers in 2014*? Yet, Prince Harry, the grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, who did 10 years of full-time military service, including two stints on the front lines of Afghanistan, does not regret joining the armed forces. In 2015 he announced that he was resigning but added that he felt deep gratitude: ‘I consider myself incredibly lucky to have had the chance to do some very challenging jobs and have met many fantastic people in the process. ...The experiences I have had over the last 10 years will stay with me for the rest of my life."
By the way, what military rank does Harry have? He is Captain Harry Wales. It is higher than lieutenant [lefˈtenənt] but below major. The system of military ranks is one of the oldest hierarchies in the world and the word ‘rank’ is believed to derive from the word in the Persian language which meant ‘colour’ because the Persian army was grouped and dressed by colour.
The dream of any soldier has always been to RISE THROUGH THE RANKS from the lowest soldier rank of a private to the very high officer rank of a general. Few men have been able to accomplish this difficult feat. Even Napoleon, who once said: "Every soldier carries the baton [ˈbætɒn] of a marshal in his knapsack" started as a second lieutenant, not as a private. Over time the expression began to be applied to non-military career progress. If, for example, you know someone who started as an ordinary worker in an automobile [ˈɔːtəməbiːl] factory but gradually got the post of chief executive, you can say that he ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS.
It is essential that high executives in any company should be aware of what RANK-AND-FILE employees think and how enthusiastic they are about their job. ‘RANK AND FILE’ is the idiom used to describe the ordinary members of any organization and it also originated in the military language but this idiom is not connected with military ranks, such as private, lieutenant or general.
The image it creates is that of soldiers standing in rows and columns ready for marching or training. One rank is one line of soldiers standing side by side, one file is one column of soldiers standing behind one another. Soldiers who stood in ranks and files on a parade ground or a battlefield were ordinary foot soldiers, therefore if now you want to refer to ‘the lifeblood’ of any organization – low-level employees or party\trade union members, say the RANK AND FILE.
*http://www.careercast.com/…/jobs-rated-2014-ranking-200-job…
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By the way, what military rank does Harry have? He is Captain Harry Wales. It is higher than lieutenant [lefˈtenənt] but below major. The system of military ranks is one of the oldest hierarchies in the world and the word ‘rank’ is believed to derive from the word in the Persian language which meant ‘colour’ because the Persian army was grouped and dressed by colour.
The dream of any soldier has always been to RISE THROUGH THE RANKS from the lowest soldier rank of a private to the very high officer rank of a general. Few men have been able to accomplish this difficult feat. Even Napoleon, who once said: "Every soldier carries the baton [ˈbætɒn] of a marshal in his knapsack" started as a second lieutenant, not as a private. Over time the expression began to be applied to non-military career progress. If, for example, you know someone who started as an ordinary worker in an automobile [ˈɔːtəməbiːl] factory but gradually got the post of chief executive, you can say that he ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS.
It is essential that high executives in any company should be aware of what RANK-AND-FILE employees think and how enthusiastic they are about their job. ‘RANK AND FILE’ is the idiom used to describe the ordinary members of any organization and it also originated in the military language but this idiom is not connected with military ranks, such as private, lieutenant or general.
The image it creates is that of soldiers standing in rows and columns ready for marching or training. One rank is one line of soldiers standing side by side, one file is one column of soldiers standing behind one another. Soldiers who stood in ranks and files on a parade ground or a battlefield were ordinary foot soldiers, therefore if now you want to refer to ‘the lifeblood’ of any organization – low-level employees or party\trade union members, say the RANK AND FILE.
*http://www.careercast.com/…/jobs-rated-2014-ranking-200-job…
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