platoon sergeant
noun
: a noncommissioned officer normally with the rank of sergeant first class in the U.S. Army and with the rank of staff sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps
Note: Platoon sergeant was formally its own rank in both the U.S. Army and U.S. Marines.
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There Timothy Edwards, the senior platoon sergeant, introduced himself.
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Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register, 29 Jan. 2024
Her boss, platoon sergeant Eric Ivory, 38, from Gilbert, Ariz., joined the Army in 2005.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2023
Snoop looked just like my old platoon sergeant.
—Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Aug. 2022
Serving as the motorsports equivalent of a platoon sergeant, this person oversees all technical aspects of the car and its setup, works closely with everyone involved and calls the shots atop the pit box to strategically orchestrate each race.
—Cole Cusumano, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2023
Dylan’s platoon sergeant told his brother, David Merola Jr., who lives in Jefferson County, that Dylan had just lifted a child over a gate to safety and was going back for another person when authorities say the deadly attack was carried out by the Islamic State group.
—Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 31 Aug. 2021
Ross was a platoon sergeant-convoy commander.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Nov. 2020
As a platoon sergeant with the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion of the International Brigades, the 25-year-old African American from Mississippi commanded white troops and led them into battle against the forces of General Franco, men who saw him as less than human.
—James Stout, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2020
Jerry Obieglo, a former platoon sergeant stationed in Germany with Chauvin, remembers him as laser-focused on studying to become a police officer.
—Jennifer Bjorhus, Star Tribune, 8 Aug. 2020
Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register, 29 Jan. 2024
Her boss, platoon sergeant Eric Ivory, 38, from Gilbert, Ariz., joined the Army in 2005.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2023
Snoop looked just like my old platoon sergeant.
—Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Aug. 2022
Serving as the motorsports equivalent of a platoon sergeant, this person oversees all technical aspects of the car and its setup, works closely with everyone involved and calls the shots atop the pit box to strategically orchestrate each race.
—Cole Cusumano, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2023
Dylan’s platoon sergeant told his brother, David Merola Jr., who lives in Jefferson County, that Dylan had just lifted a child over a gate to safety and was going back for another person when authorities say the deadly attack was carried out by the Islamic State group.
—Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 31 Aug. 2021
Ross was a platoon sergeant-convoy commander.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Nov. 2020
As a platoon sergeant with the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion of the International Brigades, the 25-year-old African American from Mississippi commanded white troops and led them into battle against the forces of General Franco, men who saw him as less than human.
—James Stout, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2020
Jerry Obieglo, a former platoon sergeant stationed in Germany with Chauvin, remembers him as laser-focused on studying to become a police officer.
—Jennifer Bjorhus, Star Tribune, 8 Aug. 2020
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