Military
- Spiess (Hauptfeldwebel), the Company sergeant major in the German Wehrmacht until 1945
- Spiess (Hauptfeldwebel), the Company sergeant major in the GDR National People's Army until 1990
- Spiess (Kompaniefeldwebel), the Company sergeant major in the German Bundeswehr
- Spiess, (Dienstfuehrender Unteroffizier) the Company sergeant major in Austrian Bundesheer
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“The military and the clergy cause us much annoyance; the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence.”
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