Sentence examples for of first sergeant from inspiring English sources

He was given the canine rank of first sergeant.

Despite his wife's pleading and the death of their infant son soon after his enlistment, Lucius served throughout the war, rising to the rank of first sergeant in Company M of the 4th Indiana Cavalry.

By the Battle of Chaffin's Farm on September 29 , 1864 Beaty had risen to the rank of first sergeant in Company G. His regiment was among a division of black troops assigned to attack the center of the Confederate defenses at New Market Heights.

Why don't you come down?'" He made the dubious claim of being rapidly promoted to the rank of First Sergeant; Hubbard later explained his unusually rapid promotion as being due to his unit being newly formed and his superiors being unable to "find anyone else who could drill".

"I'm totally confused as to where the administration is," he said, adding, "If you remove a policy -- speaking from some military experience -- you've got to be able to then look in the eyes of a first sergeant or a chief and say what is the new policy".

The remaining Rangers gathered at an assembly area at the base of the hill under First Sergeant Charles L. Pitts, the highest ranking unwounded member of the company, and withdrew.

At one of the Army replacement centers an enlisted man was called in to see the first sergeant of his unit, to explain why he….

At one of the Army replacement centers an enlisted man was called in to see the first sergeant of his unit, to explain why he hadn't been around for the roll call at such-and-such formation.

By D. K. Bestley and Russell Maloney The New Yorker, March 31 , 1945P. 15 At one of the Army replacement centers an enlisted man was called in to see the first sergeant of his unit, to explain why he hadn't been around for the roll call at such-and-such formation.

As the battalion commander and the battalion command sergeant major looked out on the parade ground and saw a black sergeant standing in front of each platoon and a black first sergeant in front of the entire company, you could see the shock in the officers' eyes, the sergeants said.

Her husband, as first sergeant of the battalion, found himself in a similar position.