sergeants in English

noun
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a noncommissioned officer in the armed forces, in particular (in the US Army or Marine Corps) an NCO ranking above corporal and below staff sergeant, or (in the US Air Force) an NCO ranking above airman and below staff sergeant.
Because of the increased number of volunteer soldiers, the ministry will phase out recruitment of non-commissioned officers, including air force and army sergeants and naval petty officers.
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1. Sergeants and corporals outnumber private soldiers.

2. After the dance, all first sergeants quartermasters, saddler sergeants, farriers, cooks and bakers report to me at headquarters.

3. Henry picked up two straggling Italian sergeants.

4. Custody sergeants don't really like to be hurried, do they?

5. Platoon sergeants fell their men in on the barrack square.

6. 24 Meanwhile, supply sergeants throughout the battalion were keeping their fingers crossed.

7. 15 Sergeants Camb and Martin were gossiping in the foyer when he emerged from the lift.

8. "Basilisks! Bear your fangs in the name of the God-Emperor!" Warcry used by Squad Sergeants during combat

9. ‘The number of officers in a battalion was thus reduced dramatically during the war, sergeants and Corporals often taking over tasks normally performed by officers.’ ‘This is the result of bad leadership, from the top generals right down to those Corporals and sergeants and captains who didn't do their duty.’

10. ‘Having Crisscrossed the street several times to visit various shops we emerged with our last purchases.’ ‘Sergeants were crisscrossing southern California, tracking down …

11. OSP’s plan creates a total of 42 new Sergeant positions, added incrementally at the rate of 8-9 Sergeants per Biennium beginning in the 2021-2023 Biennium.

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13. ‘The Conventional approach to management based on analytical problem solving can no longer cope with accelerating change, complexity, uncertainty and conflict.’ ‘Current training is based on a Conventional, linear battlefield and enables drill sergeants to …

14. ‘The Conventional approach to management based on analytical problem solving can no longer cope with accelerating change, complexity, uncertainty and conflict.’ ‘Current training is based on a Conventional, linear battlefield and enables drill sergeants to …

15. And therefore neither Ushers, nor Sergeants, nor other Officers that waite on the Assembly, for no other purpose, but for the commodity of the men assembled, in an Aristocracy, or Democracy; nor Stewards, Chamberlains, Cofferers, or any other Officers of the houshold of …

16. The Arabic version reads, "these two men"; that is, Paul and Silas: who these sergeants were, is not very certain; they seem to be so called in the Greek language, from their carrying rods, or little staves in their hands, and were a sort of Apparitors; by these the magistrates sent orders, either by word of mouth, or in writing, to the jailer

17. The Government of the Republic of Angola welcomes with affability the climate of cooperation, fraternity and verified patriotism during the military conversations that enabled the transformations of mistrust and doubt, common in processes of this nature, into a candid exploration of efficient solutions for concrete problems of great impact to the destiny of the nation, among which are the disengagement, quartering and conclusion of the demilitarization of UNITA, and for the incorporation of its staff for future selection and incorporation of its generals, officers, sergeants and soldiers into the Angolan Armed Forces and the National Police, in accordance with the existing institutional vacancies, as well as the consequent social reintegration of demobilization into civil society through competent agencies and entities of the Government.