adjutant
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She spent 30 years working up the ranks in the Pasadena Police Department, where she became the department’s first Black female sergeant, lieutenant and adjutant to the chief of police, according to her campaign website.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2024
Gen. Thomas Suelzer was appointed by Abbott to oversee the Texas National Guard and Texas State Guard as the agency’s adjutant general.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2024
Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the adjutant general of Virginia, said in a statement.
From Washington Times • Mar. 21, 2023
Gen. Warner Ross, Tennessee’s adjutant general, said in a statement.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2023
One of them, Robert Serber, was present when Groves, fresh from his briefing by Lawrence, strode into the room trailed by his adjutant, Colonel Kenneth D. Nichols.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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