From January 1988
Existence in Circles
Death is free
It costs naught but life
While life most costly
Leads to death.
Existence in circles
Summer to autumn
Life to death
Existence in circles.
A beginning
Must have an ending
While all ends
Are beginnings
The magik of life
The shroud of death
All things unveiled in the light of knowledge.
To know, to live
To know life
Is living
The mysticism of life.
All things live
All things die
Live for dying
Die for living
Existence in circles
Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
All things are
As they must
Existence in circles.
Glossary for The Tanker
Enlisted Ranks
Private Lowest ranking military ranks. New soldiers, generally those in Basic Combat
Training and the subsequent Advanced Individual Training (such as Armor School),
wear no insignia (PV1 or ES1) . The more senior PV2 (ES2) wears a single chevron.
Both are addressed as Private
PFC Private first class, usually 12 years experience. Addressed as Private
SPC Specialist, same pay as a corporal, but not an NCO. The U.S. Army doesnt use the
NCO rank of corporal much anymore and instead uses specialist 4 (called spec 4)
SGT Sergeant, most gunners are S