staff officer
noun
: a commissioned officer assigned to a military commander's staff compare line officer
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In combat, junior commanders can take the initiative without meddling from phalanxes of staff officers at higher levels.
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Shashank Joshi, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Haley is being deployed as a staff officer with the 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, which the National Guard says is providing support in the Horn of Africa.
—James Pollard, Quartz, 11 Feb. 2024
During his rookie season with the Patriots, Cardona balanced a second full-time job in the Navy serving as a staff officer at the Naval Academy Preparatory School in Rhode Island.
—Rob Maaddi, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2024
In the clip, the remaining six competitors — YouTuber JoJo Siwa, Olympic skier Bode Miller, Vanderpump Rules' Tom Sandoval, The Bachelor's Nick Viall, The Bachelorette's Tyler Cameron, and Olympic skater Erin Jackson — must bear crawl through the snow to one of the directing staff officers.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2023
Daniel Cressy, a public services staff officer for the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, estimated that more than 4,000 people visited Zephyr Shoals at the peak of the celebrations.
—Cari Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2023
The Senate also would appoint staff officers to serve during the impeachment trial.
—Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 27 May 2023
Yet such estimates are hypothetical, because only about 20% to 30% of swordfish boats have observers on board who can accurately track the entanglements, said Kit Dahl, staff officer for highly migratory species, including swordfish, at the Pacific Fishery Management Council.
—Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 July 2021
Fearing their position was about to be overrun, U.S. Army medics, mechanics, drivers and staff officers also joined the fight.
—William Branigin, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
Shashank Joshi, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Haley is being deployed as a staff officer with the 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, which the National Guard says is providing support in the Horn of Africa.
—James Pollard, Quartz, 11 Feb. 2024
During his rookie season with the Patriots, Cardona balanced a second full-time job in the Navy serving as a staff officer at the Naval Academy Preparatory School in Rhode Island.
—Rob Maaddi, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2024
In the clip, the remaining six competitors — YouTuber JoJo Siwa, Olympic skier Bode Miller, Vanderpump Rules' Tom Sandoval, The Bachelor's Nick Viall, The Bachelorette's Tyler Cameron, and Olympic skater Erin Jackson — must bear crawl through the snow to one of the directing staff officers.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2023
Daniel Cressy, a public services staff officer for the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, estimated that more than 4,000 people visited Zephyr Shoals at the peak of the celebrations.
—Cari Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2023
The Senate also would appoint staff officers to serve during the impeachment trial.
—Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 27 May 2023
Yet such estimates are hypothetical, because only about 20% to 30% of swordfish boats have observers on board who can accurately track the entanglements, said Kit Dahl, staff officer for highly migratory species, including swordfish, at the Pacific Fishery Management Council.
—Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 July 2021
Fearing their position was about to be overrun, U.S. Army medics, mechanics, drivers and staff officers also joined the fight.
—William Branigin, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
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