hint "<ai rank> <ai name> reporting for duty."?

I'm slowly learning some scripting and I've cobbled together an addaction that adds a unit to the player's group. I wondered how to go about using the name and rank of the AI (provided by Arma 3, not name rank I give it) in a hint or maybe even a group chat message?

Spawn unit, message shows up "Sergeant Brown reporting for duty.", etc.?

This is what I've been trying, with no luck so far. I'm sure I have MUCH more to learn...

_unit = group player createUnit [_soldier, Position player, [], 0, "FORM"];
recname = name _unit;
recrank = rank _unit;
hint format ["%2 %1 reporting for duty.", recrank, recname];

Thanks in advance!

---------- Post added at 04:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:30 PM ----------

Nevermind... I figured it out :)

_soldier = (group player) createUnit ["B_mas_usr_soldier_Mh_F_gn",(getmarkerpos "snispawn"),[],0,"NONE"];
_soldier addUniform "u_b_ghilliesuit";
recname = name _soldier;
recrank = rank _soldier;
hint format ["%2 %1 reporting for duty.", recname, recrank];

EDIT: OK, that works with the "hint" format but how would I get _soldier to do the same thing in group or side chat instead?

Thanks in advance!

_soldier sidechat format ["%2 %1 reporting for duty.", recname, recrank];

_soldier sidechat format ["%2 %1 reporting for duty.", recname, recrank];

Oooops! I forgot the "format" when I tried it! Thanks rakowozz! :)