How to Use staff sergeant in a Sentence

staff sergeant

noun

• He was discharged with the rank of staff sergeant in 1946.
  — Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 18 May 2021
• The staff sergeant came to the U.S. from Afghanistan as a teenage refugee just days before 9/11.
  — Ethan Barton, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2021
• The coming rains, though, will turn the earth to knee-deep mud, says a staff sergeant in the army.
  — The Economist, 4 June 2020
• His father spent 11 years in the U.S. Army, reaching the rank of staff sergeant.
  — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 24 Sep. 2017
• Rowland left the military in 1989 with the rank of staff sergeant.
  — Stephanie Farr, Philly.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• Those leaders can range from a staff sergeant to a colonel, Holland said.
  — Rose L. Thayer, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2022
• Inna and Alexiy, whose son Pavel, a Ukrainian staff sergeant, was killed in March.
  — Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2022
• Drueke served two tours in Iraq with the U.S. Army, leaving around 2010 as a staff sergeant, his mother said.
  — Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 15 June 2022
• Gaspard is a native of Rayne and served six years in the U.S. Army, acquiring the rank of staff sergeant.
  — NOLA.com, 25 Oct. 2020
• According to Hong, because of his rank as a staff sergeant, he wasn’t forced to work.
  — oregonlive, 11 Nov. 2019
• Knauss was a member of the Army's 82nd Airborne division and a staff sergeant.
  — CBS News, 31 Aug. 2021
• Sanchez did 20 years, attended radio repair school and rose to the rank of staff sergeant.
  — Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Feb. 2018
• Grossman didn’t mention that Uri, a staff sergeant, was a member of a tank crew in the thick of the fighting in southern Lebanon.
  — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
• Killeen police said he hasn't been seen since Monday when his staff sergeant dropped him off at home.
  — chicagotribune.com, 23 Aug. 2020
• He was last seen Monday when his staff sergeant dropped him off at his Killeen home, police said.
  — Kelsey Bradshaw, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2020
• Arnold, who has short red hair and a jocular vibe, is a former Army staff sergeant who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  — Deborah Netburn, latimes.com, 9 July 2019
• One year later, he was transferred to the airbase at Sioux Falls, South Dakota and named chief clerk with the rank of staff sergeant.
  — Mort Mazor, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Nov. 2019
• After the battle, the Marine Corps promoted Reckless to the rank of staff sergeant, the first and last time that has been done for a horse.
  — Marylou Tousignant, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2019
• Antonieta Rico is a former staff sergeant who served for more than six years in the U.S. Army.
  — Antonieta Rico, Time, 12 Dec. 2017
• After the world’s great cities fall, a Marine staff sergeant and his platoon make a last stand against alien invaders.
  — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021
• He was last seen by his staff sergeant on August 17, when a sergeant dropped him off at his residence.
  — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 2 Sep. 2020
• Just a few years ago, Brandon was an Army staff sergeant who worked with K9 dog units in Iraq to sniff out explosives.
  — Meghan Daum, Redbook, 12 Nov. 2012
• In 2013, Schmidt was honorably discharged as a staff sergeant.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2019
• He was promoted to the rank of staff sergeant after his death, the IDF said in a news release Saturday evening.
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 3 June 2023
• The 35-year-old staff sergeant sat at a table doing paperwork.
  — George Stanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2021
• That's the senior enlisted man, supposed to be a staff sergeant, but in the post-Vietnam era, a lot of our NCOs had gotten out.
  — CBS News, 23 Oct. 2019
• The staff sergeant next to him was decapitated and the gunner between them would lose his legs.
  — Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2022
• On the morning of March 26, Sergiy Barnich, a 47-year-old staff sergeant in Ukraine’s armed forces, came out of his trench and began to look for enemy mines in the brush.
  — Time, 12 Apr. 2021
• Led by a resourceful staff sergeant, the group face the otherworldly challenge with grit and courage.
  — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 23 Sep. 2022
• Engineer-gunner Omer Duquette, a staff sergeant, sat with his mates in Crew 12.
  — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024