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'''Guardsman''' is the generic term for any member of the [[Imperial Guard]], regardless of rank,{{Fn|2a2}} but is also synonymous with the [[Imperial Guard Hierarchy|lowest enlisted rank]] of '''Trooper'''.{{Fn|4}} 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}} It has been remarked that if the entirety of the Astra Militarum would form up into a column, it would stretch from [[Terra]] to [[Armageddon]].{{Fn|18}} Every year, trillions of new recruits are [[Tithe|tithed]] into the Guard.{{Fn|17}} 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}}

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*{{Endn|11}}: [[Codex: Catachan (3rd Edition)]] {{Cite thisCME}}