N.C.O.
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Example Sentences
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The sergeant tucked the small pistol, a .22-caliber revolver, into the inside pocket of his sport coat and entered the base club for noncommissioned officers like himself — known as the N.C.O.
From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2019
“That was all based off being an N.C.O., going to a meeting, conversing with people.”
From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2015
Instead, they spent those years training soldiers, which, they assert, was perfect experience for running the N.C.O. academy and the drill sergeant school.
From New York Times • May 22, 2012
Other La Vey Satanists include a Marine Corps N.C.O. from North Carolina and, in New Jersey's Lilith Grotto, a real estate broker and an insurance executive.
From Time Magazine Archive
The scandalised N.C.O. glared at James Henry, who was furiously growling at a hot-air grating in the floor.
From Men, Women and Guns by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)
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