Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A corporal may direct the activities of other soldiers, ranking above a private and below a sergeant. Typically a corporal's insignia consists of two chevrons. A Corporal may lead a firteam, however if a soldier is promoted from private first class "PFC" to Corporal and there is too many soldiers of that rank the newly promoted Corporal will stay in his/hers curent position. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.