army rank of private is broadly equivalent to able seaman in the Royal Navy, aircraftman, leading aircraftman and senior aircraftman in the Royal Air Force, and marine (Mne) or bandsman, as appropriate equivalent rank in the Royal Marines. In the Boys' Brigade the rank of private is used when a boy moves from the junior section to the company section. Distinctive equivalents for private include: Airtrooper (AirTpr) – Army Air Corps Bugler (Bgr) – buglers in The Rifles and formerly also in other Rifle regiments Craftsman (Cfn) – Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (women as well as men use this rank) Drummer (Dmr) – drummers in infantry regiments Fusilier (Fus) – Fusilier regiments Gunner (Gnr) – Royal Artillery Guardsman (Gdsm) – Foot Guards Highlander (Hldr) – The Highlanders Kingsman (Kgn) – Duke of Lancaster's Regiment Musician (Musn) – military bands (formerly if a military band had a Bandmaster, they would be known as Bandsman (Bdsm)) Piper (Ppr) – bagpipers in Scottish and Irish regiments Ranger (Rgr) – Royal Irish Regiment (also previously Royal Irish Rangers) Rifleman (Rfn) – Rifle regiments Sapper (Spr) – Royal Engineers Signaller (Sig) – Royal Corps of Signals (formerly called signalman) Trooper (Tpr) – cavalry (Household Cavalry, Royal Armoured Corps, Special Air Service and Honourable Artillery Company) Trumpeter (Tptr) – trumpeters in the Household Cavalry (and formerly in all cavalry regiments) Royal Marines In the Corps of Royal Marines, the rank structure follows that of British infantry regiments with the exception that the Royal Marines equivalent of private is Marine (Mne). During the course of the First World War, some Royal Marines also took the rank of Sapper, this was usually found as part of the Royal Marine Divisional Engineers of the Royal Naval Division. Europe and Latin America Belgium Upon enlistment to the Belgian army, one is given the rank of (Dutch) or (French), whether one wishes to be a volunteer, non-commissioned officer or officer. Subsequent rank depends on the branch of the service: for example, at the Royal Military Academy (for officer training) one is soon promoted to the rank of (Dutch) or (French) i.e. "corporal". The insignia is a simple black mark or the simplified version of the Royal Military Academy's coat of arms for candidate officers. Finland The Finnish equivalent rank is sotamies (literally "war man"), although since 1973 this has been purely a paper term as all infantry troopers were renamed