Brutus has calmed himself after a turbulent time and he is fully awake when the ghost manifests. The dying flame of his lamp announces the ghost's presence.
A soldier is one who fights as part of a land-based army. A soldier can be an enlisted person, a non-commissioned officer, or an officer in the army.
Being a Veteran means driving along in a 5 ton truck the first day of the ground war and looking off to the side at the many small craters all around you and wondering what the small black things are and then realization hits you.