sergeant
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The couple have four U.S.-born children together, and their eldest son, Carlos Ortiz Jr., is a sergeant in the Marine Corps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
The beast and the retired command sergeant major know each other better than they know anyone else, and they don’t particularly need anyone else.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
While Nicola, a former Police Scotland sergeant, accepts the final judgement, she says only she could truly decide when she could achieve a sense of closure.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The following day, police sergeant Sidney Short served him with a summons.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
“Will it? Then will you set about it at once, blacksmith?” said the off-hand sergeant, “as it’s on his Majesty’s service. And if my men can bear a hand anywhere, they’ll make themselves useful.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
“Every day witnessed the promotion of sergeants or even corporals to company and battalion commanders.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The Americans killed in the Palmyra attack last weekend were Iowa National Guard sergeants William Howard and Edgar Torres Tovar, and Ayad Mansoor Sakat, a civilian from Michigan who worked as an interpreter.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
Its drill sergeants are on Cam and the rest of his new platoon like flies on dung from the moment they wake until they go to sleep.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2025
It is a civilian role which involves working closely with sergeants and constables, but not taking part in arrests.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2025
When the drill sergeants yelled at us for not doing a better job spit-polishing our shoes, I said to myself, "Well, I won't be shot for that."
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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