E-1

English

Noun

E-1 (plural E-1s)

  1. (military) A private.
    • 2022 September 22, Ellie Kaufman, “Defense secretary announces host of new policies to help military members with rising cost of living”, in CNN‎[1]:
      For service members rank E-1 through E-6, their dislocation allowance will also be increased. This will go into effect in October.
    • 2025 February 23, Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann and Katie Bo Lillis, “How retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine became Trump’s pick for Joint Chiefs chairman”, in CNN‎[2]:
      “Our ability as a warfighting nation to pivot at speed, to stay ahead of these emerging technologies, is going to be really important in the future,” Caine said. “There’s a whole bunch of things that we need to do better as a joint force and as a Department of Defense along the lines of acquisition reform so that we can make sure that those young (privates first class) and E-1s and E-2s and (noncommissioned officers) have the kit and capability that they need.”
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