| 100% | DOUGLASMACAR | 12 | Officer awarded the rank of General of the Army, in December 1944 |
| 51% | SERGEANTS | 9 | Officers of low rank in the army |
| 44% | PERSHING | 8 | John Joseph —, US General of the Armies who died in 1948 |
| 44% | FIELDMARSHAL | 12 | Officer holding the highest rank in the British army |
| 42% | BREWER | 6 | Margaret, first woman in the US Marine Corps to reach the rank of general (1978) |
| 42% | CONSTABLE | 9 | Lowest rank of police officer in the UK |
| 41% | PRIVATE | 7 | Soldier of the lowest rank in the British Army |
| 41% | CAPTAIN | 7 | Officer of the army holding a rank junior to a major but senior to a lieutenant |
| 40% | JINJUR | 6 | Army general in The Marvelous Land of Oz |
| 40% | MARSHAL | 7 | Officer of high ranks in the medieval military |
| 40% | GENERAL | 7 | Highest officer rank in the US Army |
| 39% | ARNOLDBRADLEYMARSHALL | 21 | Three Generals of the Army |
| 39% | PERSHING | 8 | Wwi general of the armies |
| 39% | MASSENA | 7 | Andre —, French Marshal in the armies of Napoleon awarded the title Prince d'Essling |
| 39% | ENS | 3 | Abbreviation of the lowest rank commissioned officer in many armed forces and especially navies |
| 38% | LEIA | 4 | General of the Resistance in "The Force Awakens" |
| 38% | SHAND | 5 | Bruce —, British Army officer who died in 2006; father of Camilla, the Queen Consort |
| 38% | SGT | 3 | Army rank of Pepper of the Lonely Hearts Club Band |
| 36% | SOLDIER | 7 | General name for a member of the Army |
| 36% | TWOSTAR | 7 | Like the rank of major general |
| 36% | OZAWA | 5 | Conductor awarded the Order of Culture by Emperor Akihito in 2008 |
| 36% | CEVERETTKOOP | 12 | Former U.S. Surgeon General who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Bill Clinton in 1995 (3 wds.) |
| 36% | SGT | 3 | Rank of an officer conducting army drills, typically: Abbr. |
| 36% | AGEGAP | 6 | Feature of the marriage in May December |
| 36% | ANDRE | 5 | John —, British Army officer hanged as a spy in 1780 during the American War of Independence |
| 35% | JUNOBEACH | 9 | Normandy landing site of the Canadians in 1944 |
| 35% | TONY | 4 | One of the awards in a 51-Across |
| 35% | PURSER | 6 | Officer in charge of the stewards |
| 35% | DAG | 3 | 1953-61 Secretary-General of the United Nations awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1961 |