Learn about the duties, responsibilities, and training required for each rank, and discover why each position is crucial to the British Army’s operational success.

(Janes/Patrick Allen) The British Army has opened up helicopter flying to all ranks, announcing on 1 February that privates can now become pilots.

While the role of a pilot in the British Army had earlier been restricted to non-commissioned officers of lance-corporal and above, and commissioned officers, the service has now allowed all ranks ...