How to Use general officer in a Sentence

general officer

noun
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  • Instead, the indelible image of the end of the War in Afghanistan is the lone soldier – and again, a general officer – boarding the last plane out.
    — Peter Suciu, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The verdict marks the first court-martial trial and conviction of a general officer in the Air Force's 75-year history.
    — Brook Endale, The Enquirer, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Maryland could then request a review of the decision by a general officer assigned to the bureau, said Air Force Maj.
    — USA Today, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Each general officer was given a portion of tickets for the event, McKee spokesman Matthew Sheaff said.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Officials said the verdict marks the first court-martial trial and conviction of a general officer in the Air Force’s 75-year history.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Xi's nationwide campaign against graft and corruption has not spared the PLA, with general officers sacked for taking bribes and enriching themselves at the expense of the armed services.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 24 Oct. 2017
  • The congratulatory peck has gone by the wayside, as dozens of women have since become general officers.
    — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Removal for loss of confidence typically kills the career of a general officer.
    — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Cooley, whose career with the Air Force began in 1988, was the first general officer in his service’s history to be criminally prosecuted.
    — Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2022
  • First, an active-duty general officer rarely denounces the command style of a former commander-in-chief so explicitly.
    — chicagotribune.com, 13 Sep. 2017
  • There are folks who are expressing very serious concern about a general officer so soon assuming the civilian leadership.
    — CBS News, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Long-standing tradition says that, to protect the principle of civilian control over the military, general officers should not resign in protest against lawful orders given by the president.
    — Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 29 Nov. 2019
  • In the coming weeks the Biden administration plans to name its military mission supporting Ukraine and appoint a general officer to lead the training and assistance effort, U.S. officials said.
    — James Marson, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022
  • After Assembly members voiced concern that data did not back up the assertion that the trails were a center of crime or danger, the administration changed the wording to make them general officers, giving the police department more discretion.
    — Aubrey Wieber, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Russia has also suffered a relatively high number of fatalities among its general officer ranks.
    — Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Efflandt, the report stated eight officers and non-commissioned officers would be given general officer memorandums of reprimand, with another person told they’ll be relieved.
    — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Formalizing the investigation requires the investigating general officer to gather the facts and produce a report on the findings and issue recommendations.
    — Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 28 June 2023
  • Generations of general officers like Kelly cultivated the exclusively male warrior Marine ideal at the exclusion of women.
    — Kate Germano, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2017

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