Sentence examples for first enlisted from inspiring English sources

He was the first enlisted veteran to head the Pentagon.

General Holm was one of first enlisted women to be accepted in officer candidate school.

Senator Hagel would be the first enlisted soldier and first Vietnam veteran to serve as secretary of defense.

But the Monitor's captain, William Jeffers, saw something in Josiah Carter and brought him on board as a "first class boy" — one of the Navy's first enlisted contrabands.

Mr. Hagel would be the first enlisted combat veteran to be defense secretary, a grunt who has seen war from the trenches.

This made him the first enlisted man to serve as Pentagon chief.He had forged a bond with Mr Obama when the pair travelled as senators to far-off places.

If former Senator Chuck Hagel, who will be heading to confirmation hearings on Thursday, is confirmed, he will become the first former enlisted soldier to lead the Pentagon.

If confirmed, he said, Mr. Hagel, 66, would be the first former enlisted man and the first Vietnam veteran to serve as defense secretary, and one of the few ever wounded in war.

Mr. Hagel, 66, a former senator from Nebraska and a decorated Vietnam veteran who would be the first former enlisted combat soldier to be secretary of defense, often seemed tentative in his responses.

Hagel, who should be confirmed after a pointed and at times dramatic and entertaining battle, will be the first former enlisted man to serve as defense secretary.

More than a third of enlisted reservists and 45percentt of officers say that their military service -- even short of a long deployment like the 49th's -- has created problems with their civilian bosses.