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Examples of field grade in a Sentence
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Any ordnance or supply officer above field grade will tell you that the mathematics of modern war is far beyond the fumbling minds of mere human beings.
—PCMAG, 14 Feb. 2023
In the United States Army, Colonel is the most senior field grade military officer and just below the rank of Brigadier General.
—courant.com, 17 May 2021
Later, at the big bases far from the action, surrounded by gyms and chow halls and the expeditionary office park where the flag and field grade officers did their work, it was replaced by a cologne of machinery and order.
—Timothy Kudo, Star Tribune, 15 Apr. 2021
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First Known Use
1836, in the meaning defined above
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“Field grade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20grade. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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