How to Use general officer in a Sentence

general officer

noun

• 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

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024