N.C.O.
abbreviation
Noncommissioned Officer.
N.C.O.
Americanabbreviation
NCO
British
abbreviation
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The sergeant tucked the small pistol, a .22-caliber revolver, into the inside pocket of his sport coat and entered the base club for noncommissioned officers like himself — known as the N.C.O.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2019
“That was all based off being an N.C.O., going to a meeting, conversing with people.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2015
Instead, they spent those years training soldiers, which, they assert, was perfect experience for running the N.C.O. academy and the drill sergeant school.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2012
"If stones hit the window," says the tough-looking Soviet N.C.O. who escorts us, "duck your head down."
From Time Magazine Archive
Standing by myself all the time while this unhappy man was severally instructed by N.C.O.,
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 23, 1914 by Various
The period of silence was ended by a single chime of a bell from the highest ranking military official in attendance, Senior NCO Robert Brockelsby Miller of the Irish Guards.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2022
Mr. Bacon is himself a retired Green Beret senior NCO.
From Washington Times ● May 31, 2022
She’s an exceptionally competent Marine NCO, and from the time we meet her, we see that she’s cool under fire, and keeps her head about her.
From The Verge ● Jul. 14, 2016
The younger soldiers had to groom their own horse; probably one ridden by an officer or NCO, and then the packhorses . . . had to be groomed, too.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2016
There remained only the five-man crew, the NCO technician and his gang, who actually ran the ship.
From The Highest Treason by Garrett, Randall
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