signal corps
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of signal corps
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Let There Be Light was the third commission in what sounds like an increasingly fraught partnership between the director and the US army signal corps.
From The Guardian • Jul. 24, 2020
The new jobs within combat battalions are in personnel, intelligence, logistics, signal corps, medical and chaplaincy.
From Time • Nov. 30, 2012
After graduating from Columbia University, New York, in 1951, he served with the army signal corps, during which time he wrote movie columns for an armed-forces magazine.
From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2012
The new openings in combat battalions are personnel, intelligence, logistics, signal corps, medical and chaplaincy jobs.
From New York Times • May 26, 2012
We also wanted to do something special for our non-Indian buddies, who were going through regular signal corps training and knew nothing about our code.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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