A private is the lowest rank in many armies, including the United States Army). Soldiers with the rank of private may be conscripts or they may be professional (career) soldiers). In the United States Army, a private is an enlisted soldier at DoD paygrade E-1, with a starting monthly pay of $1,833. The primary responsibility of a private is to obey the orders of their superior officers to the best of their abilities. Entry-level privates do not wear any rank insignia, and may be referred to as "recruits", "trainees", or informally as "fuzzies". In the British Army, privates wear no insignia, and many regiments and corps use other distinctive and descriptive names instead of private).