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'''Guardsman''' is the generic term for any member of the [[Imperial Guard]], regardless of rank,{{Fn|2a}} but is also synonymous with the [[Imperial Guard Hierarchy|lowest enlisted rank]] of '''Trooper'''.{{Fn|4a4}} There are untold billions upon billions of Guardsmen in service, such that even the [[Departmento Munitorum]] has no idea of the true number of Guardsmen in existence.{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|3a}} These are normal men and women of the [[Imperium]], called upon to serve the [[God-Emperor of Mankind]] and protect His realm against all threats. That they do so against a [[galaxy]] full of [[Daemon|eldritch horrors]], foul [[xenos]] and other nameless terrors is a heroic testament to their courage.{{Fn|5a}}

The recruitment (or conscription) and training of each Guardsman is based entirely on the customs and traditions of their native homeworld, a result of the [[tithe]] imposed on each [[Planetary Governor]]. Just as there are a million worlds in the Imperium so too are there a million ways one can become a Guardsman; for many it is considered an honour to join the Guard, or at least a way to escape a wretched existence. The result are Guardsmen as wildly different from each other as possibly, from highly-trained professional soldiers to savage gang-fighters and medieval barbarians. If any additional training is required, especially among primitive recruits with little to no knowledge of how to work modern weapons of war, it will be given in transit to their initial deployment.{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|3a}}{{Fn|5a}}{{Fn|6a6}}

'''Medics''' and [[Chiurgeon|Field Chiurgeons]] are Guardsmen trained to give medical treatment to wounded in the field in the heat of combat. They typically operate out of [[Company Command Squad]]s.{{Fn|5f}} Medics go by many different names, but all are trained in providing first response and frontline medical care to injured Guardsmen. They are also equally combat-capable and will fight shoulder-to-shoulder with their fellow squad-mates.{{Fn|9a9}}

*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex Imperialis]]

*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex)]]

*{{Endn|3}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook]]

*{{Endn|4}}: [[Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer]]**{{Endn|4a}}: , Pg. 31*{{Endn|5}}: [[Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition)]]

*{{Endn|6}}: [[Dark Heresy Core Rulebook]]**{{Endn|6a}}: , Pg. 68*{{Endn|7}}: [[The Art of Warhammer 40,000]] , pg. 85

*{{Endn|9}}: [[Only War Core Rulebook]]**{{Endn|9a}}: , Pg. 78