sergeant first class
noun
: a noncommissioned officer in the army ranking above a staff sergeant and below a master sergeant
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The bodies recovered included that of a former Army sergeant first class who was believed to have been buried at a veterans' cemetery, Cohen said.
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CBS News, 12 Jan. 2024
Before concluding her military career with the rank of sergeant first class, she was hit by a car and seriously injured.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2023
Card, a sergeant first class who enlisted in December 2002, spent about two weeks undergoing inpatient psychiatric treatment and was released, the officials said.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
The gunman was a sergeant first class in the 3rd Battalion, 304th Infantry Regiment based in Saco, Maine, according to the Army.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2023
Military officials said that Mr. Card was a sergeant first class in the Army Reserve, assigned to an infantry regiment in Saco, Maine, and had enlisted in 2002.
—Michael Levenson, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2023
As a sergeant first class, Card served as a petroleum supply specialist and received several Army achievement medals, Dubee said.
—Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
His current rank is as a sergeant first class and his job is a petroleum supply specialist.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2023
Hartsfield served from 1997 to 2017 and left the service as a sergeant first class, a spokeswoman said.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 22 Mar. 2023
CBS News, 12 Jan. 2024
Before concluding her military career with the rank of sergeant first class, she was hit by a car and seriously injured.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2023
Card, a sergeant first class who enlisted in December 2002, spent about two weeks undergoing inpatient psychiatric treatment and was released, the officials said.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
The gunman was a sergeant first class in the 3rd Battalion, 304th Infantry Regiment based in Saco, Maine, according to the Army.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2023
Military officials said that Mr. Card was a sergeant first class in the Army Reserve, assigned to an infantry regiment in Saco, Maine, and had enlisted in 2002.
—Michael Levenson, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2023
As a sergeant first class, Card served as a petroleum supply specialist and received several Army achievement medals, Dubee said.
—Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
His current rank is as a sergeant first class and his job is a petroleum supply specialist.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2023
Hartsfield served from 1997 to 2017 and left the service as a sergeant first class, a spokeswoman said.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 22 Mar. 2023
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