mess sergeant
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Sylvester James Sr. was a Marine mess sergeant, boxer and, later in life, a self-made business success.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 30, 2018
Then the mess sergeant, armed with a potato and peeler, earnestly re-enacted the whole business, slashing ruthlessly away until the potato looked like a candidate for a shoestring fry.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thereafter, according to the witnesses' stories, Provoo worked for the Japanese as a combination of bully boy, informer and mess sergeant.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then the voice of Marty Snyder, General Eisenhower's World War II mess sergeant, brayed through the hall: "Who are we going to elect in 1956?"
From Time Magazine Archive
McWatt was deeply impressed with Milo, who, to the amusement of Corporal Snark, his mess sergeant, was already buying eggs for seven cents apiece and selling them for five cents.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
