field grade
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of field grade
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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It was the same in Iraq, where her dogged attention to responsibility and detail earned her a Meritorious Service Medal - awarded for outstanding performance to field grade officers like Tami Mielke.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 3, 2014
Men like Charles L. Ricks, one of the 696 Aggies killed in World War II, who lives in my memory as the finest field grade officer I ever knew.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two field grade officers were sentenced to ten-year terms and the only non-commissioned officer, a sergeant, was released.
From Time Magazine Archive
U.N. forces last week also honored a white flag'borne by a Communist lieutenant colonel, the first North Korean officer of field grade to surrender since the fighting began.
From Time Magazine Archive
By February 1948 the 332d had only thirteen of its forty-eight authorized field grade officers on duty.
From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by MacGregor, Morris J.
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