special staff
all staff officers assigned to headquarters of a division or higher unit who are not members of the general staff or personal staff.
Origin of special staff
1- Compare general staff, personal staff.
Words Nearby special staff
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How to use special staff in a sentence
It afterwards became a separate branch of railway business, and was entrusted to a special staff.
Lives of the Engineers | Samuel SmilesThat a special staff officer should be appointed to organize the proposed mounted corps.
The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon | Jos Maria GordonBesides this, the National Phonograph Company maintains a special staff for carrying on the business with foreign countries.
Edison, His Life and Inventions | Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford MartinThe men who succeed at special staff work are those who stick to the principle enunciated.
Letters from an Old Railway Official | Charles DeLano HineThe temptation of the special staff men, call them inspectors or efficiency engineers, if you please, is to become meddlers.
Letters from an Old Railway Official | Charles DeLano Hine
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