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
The only thing that puzzles me," said a Stockholm cab driver, "is how could a simple navy N.C.O. get access to so many top secrets.
From Time Magazine Archive
The latter N.C.O. displayed the greatest courage throughout the fight.
From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Ernest W. Hamilton
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
The other error was that the Russians do not have a good NCO core, meaning the non-commissioned officers.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2022
The disciplined NCO did not respond to the newspaper’s request for comment.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 6, 2018
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
Figure 85 The 1835 uniform regulations replaced the rather impractical S-hook NCO belt plate with a "round clasp" on which the branch designation was replaced with the raised letters "U S."
From American Military Insignia 1800-1851 by J. Duncan Campbell
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