adjutant
Example Sentences
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Gen. Torrence Saxe, the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, not only approved the medals for the men, he personally handed them out at the ceremony held with a driving snow outside.
From Seattle Times
Gen. David Baldwin, adjutant general of the California National Guard, told reporters that the state was “becoming pretty good at it.”
From Seattle Times
Gen. David Baldwin, adjutant general of California, said the state has also deployed more than 1,000 National Guard soldiers, airmen and sailors and 10 other states have sent around 1,250 additional Guard members.
From Seattle Times
Gen. Jeff Holmes, the adjutant general of the Tennessee National Guard, wrote on Twitter.
From New York Times
Life can change in an instant, as I experienced when I first laid my eyes on a tall and bizarrely striking bird known as the greater adjutant.
From New York Times
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