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field officer

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Definition of field officer

as in commissioned officer

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Recent Examples of field officer The local field officer assigned to civil rights cases resigned in protest. — Dobby Gibson, Literary Hub, 26 Jan. 2026 Earlier this month, an administration official told ABC News USCIS field officers were directed to refer up to 200 cases each month for potential denaturalizations, but the official said the guidance may change. — Armando Garcia, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2025 Internal memos though reviewed by WIRED showed that the data set was first requested by a field officer in the DHS Office of Intelligence Analysis in the summer of 2021. — Zoë Schiffer, Wired News, 19 Nov. 2025 The Probation Department began redeploying field officers last year to try to bolster staffing levels at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall enough to meet the state’s minimum staffing ratios. — Jason Henry, Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for field officer

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DeForest went on to become a drill sergeant himself, as well as coming in second place in a non-commissioned officer challenge that included a swimming competition.

— Brian Lisik, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2022
Before earning his commission, Glover was the first black staff non-commissioned officer to serve in many of his units.

— Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2021

Definition of commissioned officer

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The lower ranks might appreciate the freedom and adaptability of this arrangement, but their commanding officers in Kyiv do not.

— Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
Last Thursday, the Navy’s top spokesman, Rear Admiral John Robinson, released a policy that mandated the sea service remove all public-facing information about its commanding officers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026

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