They had seen the ranks of the army fill up again.

"Major" was his given name and not an army rank.

I owe everything to the common people and the ranks of the army.

That could mean anything from the front ranks of the army to a death sentence.

So did the rank and file of the army, as it turned out.

His father had held army rank and won a medal in the last war.

There aren't any soldiers in my family, I don't know much about army ranks.

The senior ranks of the army have not been spared.

In 1920, the Army rank and pay system received a major overhaul.

From 1959 till 1962 he served in the ranks of the Soviet army.