Sentence examples for brigadier for from inspiring English sources

"I applaud the brigadier for starting the debate," he said.

Prosecutors quickly said they would appeal, but the government's last hope of convicting even one high military officer (Basson was a brigadier) for crimes committed during the South African Army's long, dirty war against its own people in the years before democracy now seems lost.

The cartel is named after solar badges used by generals in the Venezuelan military — one sun for brigadier general, two for a division general, and three for a general in chief.

Mr. Sarnoff, who held the Army Reserve rank of brigadier general for service in World War II, had been ill for several years with complications of a mastoid infection.

Hartwell recovered, and he was brevetted a brigadier general for gallantry on the field.

In many speeches she mentions an incident last year when Boxer chastised an Army brigadier general for calling her "Ma'am," saying she preferred "Senator".

His military career for the next eight years was uneventful, but in August 1799 he was sent to defend the Little St. Bernard Pass in southeastern France and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general for distinguished service.

SAN FRANCISCO — During her 18 years in the Senate, Barbara Boxer has earned a reputation for being unafraid to confront colleagues, conservatives or even the United States Army Corps of Engineers, as she did last year when she chided a brigadier general for calling her "ma'am" during testimony instead of "Senator".

Fired upon by field cannon, bunkered anti-tank guns and entrenched machine-guns, he drove his jeep off a landing craft into shallow surf and shifting sands carrying the brigade's commander, Brigadier Alexander Stanier, for whom he served as liaison officer and interpreter.

The Army made no announcement withdrawing his name, but on Friday the Army's chief of staff, Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, appointed another two-star general to take over the position, which has been filled temporarily by a brigadier general for nearly eight months.

He commanded troops in the field in the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War (1832), and the second of the Seminole Wars in Florida (1835 42), in which he won promotion to the rank of brigadier general for his leadership in the Battle of Lake Okeechobee (1837).