What is "commissioned officers"

Usage examples of "commissioned officers".

Because access to ammunition and the fully automatic weapons was limited to commissioned officers, he wasnt supposed to have a key to the arms locker, but he did.

You took us to Hope Nation on course and on schedule without commissioned officers.

But these are not regular soldiers, and we are short of non-commissioned officers.

Mayhew asked suspiciously, and she nodded, then flicked her head at the burly senior chief who'd finally arrived in the lounge, trailing along behind the commissioned officers from the shuttle.

On the other hand, the more youthful commissioned officers who found themselves warrant officers' legal superiors knew those WOs had been given their warrants expressly because they were so good—.

So far as the Philippine Element of USFIP is concerned, I have eleven commissioned officers and approximately 225 enlisted men.

That is to assign senior noncommissioned officers to fill the billets of commissioned officers on a permanent basis.

A Marine Major Frade and an Army Captain Ashton, plus four men he identified to me as commissioned officers.

Army did not instill in its enlisted men a proper respect for commissioned officers—.

Rotating through the watches and departments, it took a full week for the entire crew to get their shore liberty, and even the most senior chief petty officers and the commissioned officers got the full seventy-two hours planetside.

Normally, a warrant was offered to a noncom who, because of his special knowledge or depth of expertise, or because he was needed for duties normally assigned to an officer, had to be placed on a footing of equality with at least the more junior of the commissioned officers with whom he dealt.

On the other hand, the more youthful commissioned officers who found themselves warrant officers' legal superiors knew those WOs had been given their warrants expressly because they were so good—.