How to Use platoon sergeant in a Sentence

platoon sergeant

noun

• The platoon sergeant ordered the soldiers to move into formation next to the hearse.
  — Greg Jaffe, Anchorage Daily News, 27 May 2018
• My first platoon sergeant was a corporal named Wayne Johnson.
  — CBS News, 23 Oct. 2019
• Not far away, a platoon sergeant raises his arms to the heavens, seemingly seeking divine help.
  — CBS News, 12 Feb. 2018
• Romero, a former platoon sergeant in the Army, retired after 17 years of service.
  — Andrew Favakeh, The Arizona Republic, 16 July 2021
• After the meal, the prisoner was first moved into the officers’ tent, where Moshe and the platoon sergeant joined her.
  — Robyn Creswell, The New York Review of Books, 6 Oct. 2020
• My platoon sergeant was a high-speed E-6 that had been put in charge of the platoon because there [were] no E-7s that could do it.
  — Fox News, 29 Mar. 2020
• Whittington, a squad leader, assumed command of his platoon when the platoon leader and platoon sergeant became missing in action.
  — Drew Broach | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 7 Dec. 2020
• His former platoon sergeant recalled that Reinoehl’s stint in the military was marked by drug- and alcohol-related offenses on and off the base.
  — Bryan Denson, ProPublica, 5 Nov. 2020
• On September 9, Martin’s platoon sergeant gave him follow-up counseling.
  — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2021
• Director Perry, a military veteran, based the latter character on his old platoon sergeant.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 7 June 2022
• His platoon sergeant helped formulate a lot of the training regimen that was developed for Army Cavalry leaders, which further set Nick up for success.
  — Paula Davis, Forbes, 18 May 2021
• The platoon sergeant has the final responsibility in the coordination, control and termination of a pursuit and is in overall command, the policy says.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 29 Sep. 2021
• 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
• Separately on the base, the former platoon sergeant of the Bravo Company platoon involved in the sinking will face an administrative separation board.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2022
• Over just a few days, 50 percent of the 40-man platoon was wounded in a series of IED attacks, including the platoon sergeant and other experienced Marines.
  — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 2021
• Separately, the unnamed former platoon sergeant of the Bravo Company platoon involved in the sinking will face an administrative separation board.
  — Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2022
• In 2015, Tabansky was a flight engineer instructor and flight platoon sergeant stationed in Germany when he was called to stage a new Chinook helicopter at a military expo in London.
  — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Nov. 2021