User blog comment:Greenberet69/Alex Mason vs Henry Blackburn/@comment-3127606-20120123220340/@comment-889585-20120125030740

"A soldier is a member of the land component of national armed forces; whereas a soldier hired for service in a foreign army would be termed a mercenary. The majority of cognates of the word "soldier" that exist in other languages have a meaning that embraces both commissioned and non-commissioned officers in national land forces."-Marines are soldiers...