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field grade

American  

noun

  1. military rank applying to mid-level army officers, as majors, lieutenant colonels, and colonels.


Etymology

Origin of field grade

First recorded in 1945–50


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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

Two field grade officers were sentenced to ten-year terms and the only non-commissioned officer, a sergeant, was released.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

As a consequence there are a lot of field grade officers who would be glad to have the quarters in which our noncoms are living.

From Time Magazine Archive

Below the army general there are three general grade, three field grade, and four company grade officer ranks.

From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Violeta D. Baluyut

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