What is the army?
Q: What is the army?
A: The army is a part of a country's military that fights on the ground. People in the army are called soldiers.
Q: How do armies fight?
A: Many modern armies have vehicles such as tanks, airplanes, and helicopters to help soldiers fight on the ground.
Q: How does someone join an army?
A: Someone can join an army voluntarily or they may be forced by their government to join through conscription or draft. Voluntary armies tend to be small but high in quality while drafted armies are large but often lack confidence and quality. Sometimes an army is made up from mercenaries who fight just for pay and have little loyalty to the country which they serve.
Q: What do soldiers do?
A: Soldiers do many things, from shooting enemies, to digging defensive trenches. They are used to defend their country or attack another country's army and must be in good shape both physically and mentally. They almost always move together so that way the team can do more things safely and efficiently. They may be assigned certain places to guard or told to search or attack a place depending on their commander's orders.
Q: When there aren't enough soldiers what happens?
A: When a country's army is busy in different places and there aren't enough soldiers available, they may hire civilians to take over some of their jobs like protecting buildings, important people, and convoys of trucks traveling from one place to another. Usually these civilians are veterans who were members of the military before leaving for other work elsewhere.
Q: What is service in the military?
A: Working in the army and wearing its uniform is referred to as service; a soldier will never say "I work as a Sergeant" but rather "I serve as a Sergeant" along with their rank, specialty, and unit designation instead; only civilian workers who don't wear uniforms speak about working in the military instead of serving it.
