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单词 flag officer
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Definition of flag officer in English:

flag officer

noun
  • An admiral, vice admiral, or rear admiral, or the commodore of a yacht club.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It remains the only domestic example of Newton's work in Scotland and for more than 70 years has provided accommodation for successive Scottish and Northern Irish admirals and flag officers.
    • It would be headed by a flag officer who is supported by senior program management and requirements officers from each of the services.
    • Gold lace became confined to flag officers in both dress and undress uniforms; captains wore it only in full dress.
    • At the flag officer level, however, that recognition, while important, is baseline.
    • Section 1032 would eliminate the existing requirement that the U.S. Defense Attaché in France be a flag officer or selected to be a flag officer.
    • In contrast, only around 30 percent of the serving flag officers in the U.S. Navy have attended even one senior service college, while less than 5 percent have attended both an intermediate and a senior service college.
    • Andrea, personally I'm surprised after all that they didn't escort you to the flag officer's lounge when you walked in here.
    • Only those who bear direct responsibility, the U.S. Navy's senior civilian and uniformed flag officers, can ever hope to change this mentality.
    • Each of these categories had its own flag officer, although elements of his command, especially where the smaller types were concerned, were often placed under the operational control of other commands and task forces.
    • During the 1920s and 1930s, he emerged as the most important flag officer in American Naval Aviation.
    • Also prominent at the event were the flag officer for the fleet and other top-ranking officers.
    • The commanders and captains selected in the twenty years following the passage of the act were to become the flag officers who led the Navy in its greatest test, and finest hours, during World War II.
    • If such a program is to succeed, maritime history in the Navy will have to have the direct attention and the solid and continuing support of the flag officers who lead the service.
    • At the same time less senior flag officers might be released early in order to avoid slowing promotion rates to prized positions at the one and two star level.
    • One flag officer billet and Naval Surface Group 2 will be disestablished, creating personnel savings and alignment efficiencies.
    • A naval flag officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Task Force 63 will be commanded by the chief of the educational training and doctrine development command.
    • Its battle staff, when airborne, was under the command of a flag officer - an Air Force general officer or a Navy admiral.
    • These reforms will proceed beyond formal education and training opportunities and include how the US armed forces ‘grow’ senior general and flag officers.
    • Megaproblem management requires the supervision of a high-level general or flag officer who is charged with handling these interdependencies as a normal course of his work.
    • The flag officer flying with us had a plane to catch for another meeting in a couple of hours.

Origin

Mid 17th century: flag, because the officer had the privilege of carrying a flag that denoted his rank.

 
 

Definition of flag officer in US English:

flag officer

nounˈäfəsər
  • 1An admiral, vice admiral, or rear admiral.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In contrast, only around 30 percent of the serving flag officers in the U.S. Navy have attended even one senior service college, while less than 5 percent have attended both an intermediate and a senior service college.
    • It would be headed by a flag officer who is supported by senior program management and requirements officers from each of the services.
    • At the same time less senior flag officers might be released early in order to avoid slowing promotion rates to prized positions at the one and two star level.
    • Andrea, personally I'm surprised after all that they didn't escort you to the flag officer's lounge when you walked in here.
    • One flag officer billet and Naval Surface Group 2 will be disestablished, creating personnel savings and alignment efficiencies.
    • Gold lace became confined to flag officers in both dress and undress uniforms; captains wore it only in full dress.
    • Also prominent at the event were the flag officer for the fleet and other top-ranking officers.
    • A naval flag officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Task Force 63 will be commanded by the chief of the educational training and doctrine development command.
    • During the 1920s and 1930s, he emerged as the most important flag officer in American Naval Aviation.
    • Megaproblem management requires the supervision of a high-level general or flag officer who is charged with handling these interdependencies as a normal course of his work.
    • The commanders and captains selected in the twenty years following the passage of the act were to become the flag officers who led the Navy in its greatest test, and finest hours, during World War II.
    • It remains the only domestic example of Newton's work in Scotland and for more than 70 years has provided accommodation for successive Scottish and Northern Irish admirals and flag officers.
    • If such a program is to succeed, maritime history in the Navy will have to have the direct attention and the solid and continuing support of the flag officers who lead the service.
    • Only those who bear direct responsibility, the U.S. Navy's senior civilian and uniformed flag officers, can ever hope to change this mentality.
    • These reforms will proceed beyond formal education and training opportunities and include how the US armed forces ‘grow’ senior general and flag officers.
    • The flag officer flying with us had a plane to catch for another meeting in a couple of hours.
    • Section 1032 would eliminate the existing requirement that the U.S. Defense Attaché in France be a flag officer or selected to be a flag officer.
    • Each of these categories had its own flag officer, although elements of his command, especially where the smaller types were concerned, were often placed under the operational control of other commands and task forces.
    • Its battle staff, when airborne, was under the command of a flag officer - an Air Force general officer or a Navy admiral.
    • At the flag officer level, however, that recognition, while important, is baseline.
    1. 1.1 The commodore of a yacht club.

Origin

Mid 17th century: flag, because the officer had the privilege of carrying a flag that denoted his rank.

 
 
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