How to Use flag officer in a Sentence

flag officer

noun
  • The hold affects only those at the very top — generals and flag officers.
    — USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
  • The hold affects only those at the very top — generals and flag officers.
    — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
  • There are about 900 general and flag officers—those with the rank of one star or higher—in the military.
    — Adeola Adeosun gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
  • Venezuela’s 1,000 or so flag officers operate in silos and are spied on by minders.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2019
  • The man reportedly flagged officers down when a passenger in his car was showing signs of overdosing.
    — Brian Lisik, cleveland, 31 May 2020
  • Inside its walls, flag officers observe a reverence and decorum for the wrenching decisions that have been made there.
    — Carol D. Leonnig, Philip Rucker, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Jan. 2020
  • The summons impacted general and flag officers stationed across the world, or soldiers with one-star rank or higher.
    — Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Of those, there are just 71 who are general or flag officers, wearing one to four stars, including only two who have attained the top four-star rank.
    — Robert Burns, Anchorage Daily News, 5 June 2020
  • More than 800 generals and flag officers are stationed across the globe, although not all are expected to attend.
    — Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The news first appeared in a standard announcement of promotions and new assignments for 17 general and flag officers.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Last week, general and flag officers at the one-star level and above were told to fly to Quantico from their duty stations with just several days' notice and no hint as to what the meeting might be about.
    — Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The Pentagon report establishes a new command structure led by a four-star flag officer and a single civilian position to oversee the command.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2018
  • Trump was following Hegseth with his own speech before releasing the military general and flag officers to return to their duty stations after the hourlong event.
    — Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Previous secretaries have been flag officers or held other top level government posts or had outstanding private sector experience.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025
  • There are currently more than 270 general and flag officers pending final confirmation from the Senate.
    — Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 31 July 2023
  • As of mid-September, 319 officers general and flag officer nominations have been held up in the Senate.
    — Ashley Murray, al, 19 Sep. 2023
  • There’s some question here whether (Jackson’s) flag officer nomination will move forward given his VA nomination.
    — Andrew Degrandpre, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2018
  • There’s some question here whether [Jackson’s] flag officer nomination will move forward given his VA nomination.
    — Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2018
  • Over the years several reviews, proposals, and recommendations have been made to adjust (usually lower) the general/flag officer numbers.
    — David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • But senior lawmakers in recent weeks have worked to provide Tuberville with an off-ramp to the impasse, which is so far holding up the nominations of some 260 general and flag officers.
    — David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 12 July 2023
  • Bell recounted his positive experience of speaking at a summit in February that was attended by Coast Guard senior leaders and flag officers.
    — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2024
  • If multiple legacies are at risk, flag officers will develop and implement more objective metrics for recommending general officer positions.
    — S.l. Nelson, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2024
  • These proceedings can only be convened by the US president, secretary of defense, the commanding officer of a major military installation or by a general or flag officer.
    — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 17 June 2021
  • The Pentagon has said Tuberville’s holds are putting the nation’s military readiness at risk, as 650 general and flag officers will require Senate confirmation by year’s end.
    — Glenn Kessler, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2023
  • The memo also directs the Pentagon to cut the number of general officers in the National Guard by 20 percent, and to slash the total of general and flag officers across the military by 10 percent.
    — Adeola Adeosun gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
  • The United States military assigns its four-star general and flag officers to roles where their rank, authority, and strategic leadership are essential to national security and global command responsibilities.
    — David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • In that May memo, Hegseth said there would also be a minimum 20% reduction in the number of general officers in the National Guard and an additional 10% reduction among general and flag officers across the military.
    — Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The exercise, unprecedented in scope in recent city history, is designed to help prosecutors flag officers with credibility issues early in a case and possibly prevent their testimony, District Attorney Larry Krasner said in an interview last week.
    — Mark Fazlollah, Philly.com, 4 June 2018

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