ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SERGEANT
From Old French sergent, from Latin serviēns, literally: serving, from servīre to serve.
10 QUOTES WITH «SERGEANT»
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sergeant.
My heroes are the non-commissioned officers. If I had another life that's what I'd be - a regimental sergeant major or a similar rank. That's where the spirit of the armed forces is.
In the early nineties, I was a cub reporter on a city newspaper in Limerick, and assigned to the courthouse there. One day, an old detective sergeant came and whispered to me in the press pit. He pointed out a young offender, a teenager who was up for stealing a car or something relatively minor, and said, 'See this kid? He'll kill.'
My father was a sergeant with the Connecticut state police. My mother was a hairstylist.
The old sergeant from headquarters treats me like a son and takes the greatest pride in whatever I do or write. He regularly assigns me now to certain doors, and I always obey orders like the little gentleman that I am.
If you grew up in a household with a football coach who looks like a drill sergeant, you would think you would be tough.
When I was 10, I had a paper route. One year, I delivered my papers through a hurricane. My mother was against the idea, but my dad, who was a sergeant in the Marine Corps, overruled her. I was determined to deliver my papers.
My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant.
Many people in Britain will regard the end of combat in Afghanistan as a very good news story, but for many young men and women joining the Armed Forces, the lure of operations is a big recruiting sergeant, and we have to think how we are going to replace the excitement of operations for them with equally stimulating training and exercising.
A coquette is like a recruiting sergeant, always on the lookout for fresh victims.
My father was a drill sergeant, and I've always had that mentality drilled into me of 'you've got to do better, you've got to do better.' I just try to listen to the characters. That's what works for me.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SERGEANT»
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sergeant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sergeant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Barron's Police
Sergeant Examination
Gives advice on test taking and provides a diagnostic test and three full length practice examinations. (back cover) Preparation for all exams given throughout the country that qualify applicants for promotion to the rank and ...
Donald J. Schroeder, Frank A. Lombardo, 2010
From tearing roads through the jungle to taking out Viet Cong positions, the author presents an eventful memoir of his year in the A Company, First Battalion tank company in Vietnam, the most highly decorated American unit in the war.
Ralph Zumbro, Paul McCarthy, 1988
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Sergeant Rex: The Unbreakable Bond Between a Marine and His ...
Tells the inspiring story of Sergeant Mike Dowling and his bomb-sniffing dog, Rex, as they navigated the always-dangerous Triangle of Death region in Iraq in 2004.
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Top
Sergeant: The Life and Times of
Sergeant Major of the ...
The author recounts his thirty years of service in the Army, a career that spanned three wars, internment in a POW camp, a score of honors, and an ascent to Sergeant Major, the Army's highest Non Commissioned Officer position. Reprint.
William G. Bainbridge, Dan Cragg, 1996
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The
Sergeant in the Snow
First published in Italy in 1953, this autobiography details the author's harrowing experiences as a soldier on the Russian front during World War II.
His mordant wit, keen sense of the absurd and acute powers of analysis pervade the book and his understanding of the labyrinthine workings of Westmister - and of the corridors of Broadcasting House - is second to none.
Whether the person is D.L. Moody, Sergeant York, Saint Nicholas, John Bunyan, or William F. Buckley, we are now living in the world that they created and understand both it and ourselves better in the light of their lives.
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Boy
Sergeant: A Young Soldier's Story of Vietnam
A college dropout who was drafted to serve his country, Doug Warden was barely 20 years old when he arrived in Vietnam in 1967 as a private first class.
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Sergeant Presley: Our Untold Story of Elvis' Missing Years
Rex Mansfield and Elisabeth Mansfield live in Tennessee. Marshall Terrill is the author of Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel and Flight of the Hawk: The Aaron Pryor Story. Zoe Terrill is a pop culture historian.
Rex Mansfield, Elisabeth Mansfield, 2002
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Brett Kebble: The Inside Story
An unbelievable story of the life and death of a South African mining magnate
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SERGEANT»
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sergeant is used in the context of the following news items.
Hayward police sergeant killed; alleged gunman wounded, arrested
Hayward police sergeant killed; alleged gunman wounded, arrested. By Henry K. Lee, Jill Tucker and Hamed Aleaziz. Updated 11:05 pm, Wednesday, July 22, ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
St. Louis police sergeant survives unexplained Central West End …
ST. LOUIS • Officials baffled by the motive of a gunman who wounded a city police sergeant in an ambush in the Central West End on Tuesday were hoping to ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»
Tech sergeant promotion rate spikes to 23.55 percent
The Air Force has selected 23.55 percent of eligible airmen for promotion to technical sergeant this year — the highest in four years, and the latest sign that the ... «AirForceTimes.com, Jun 15»
Sergeant scrambles to safety after sinkhole swallows his police SUV
SHERIDAN, Colo. — A Sheridan police sergeant's SUV went into a massive sinkhole early Friday morning on West Oxford Avenue near River Point Parkway. «FOX31 Denver, Jun 15»
Army sergeant sentenced in 2013 Afghan fuel bribery scheme
COLUMBUS, Ga. — Federal prosecutors in Georgia say an Army sergeant has been sentenced in a bribery scheme that involved Afghan truckers reselling ... «ArmyTimes.com, May 15»
Accused Philly cops' sergeant sticks up for drug squad
The sergeant reserved his harshest words for one former squad member - Jeffrey Walker, a disgraced former officer who testified this month against his one-time ... «Philly.com, Apr 15»
Army recruiting sergeant sexually assaulted female cadets, court told
Former army sergeant Edwin Mee at Southwark crown court in London, where he is accused of sexually abusing female recruits. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA. «The Guardian, Apr 15»
NYPD Sergeant Who Never Took Sick Day in 42-Year Career Dies …
An NYPD sergeant who never took a sick day in his 42-year career died of an apparent heart attack at his home over the weekend, weeks short of retiring. «NBC New York, Mar 15»
Sergeant-at-arms ousted over inauguration protests
MONTPELIER – Vermont lawmakers ousted the Statehouse's sergeant-at-arms on Thursday after he came under fire for the handling of a protest that disrupted ... «BurlingtonFreePress.com, Feb 15»
Lawsuit: Sergeant Punished For Racist Cartoon Complaint
A San Diego police sergeant has filed a racial-discrimination lawsuit against the city claiming he was punished for complaining about a racist cartoon that was ... «KPBS, Jan 15»
