noncommissioned officer

How to use noncommissioned officer in a sentence

• One of the senior noncommissioned officers at the base, Huddleston, 32, did not normally ride in the gunner’s turret, a place that, in Iraq, was regarded as a convoy’s most dangerous post.

  In the shadow of the towers: Five lives and a world transformed | Joby Warrick, Souad Mekhennet | September 2, 2021 | Washington Post

• The two soldiers, who are noncommissioned officers in the Maryland National Guard, said troops inhaled exhaust fumes, shared few toilets with hundreds of soldiers and struggled to sleep under the harsh fluorescent lights.

  National Guard members allowed back at Capitol after they were banished to a parking garage | Alex Horton | January 22, 2021 | Washington Post

• “Soldiers are soldiers,” she said, reflecting her own position as the highest-ranking female noncommissioned officer in the Army.

  Powell's Gay Soldier Dilemma | Gail Sheehy | February 5, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST

• noncommissioned officer commanding platoon or company, carrying of piece and taking of post.

  Manual of Military Training | James A. Moss

• Guide: An officer, noncommissioned officer, or private upon whom the command or elements thereof regulates its march.

  Manual of Military Training | James A. Moss