Synonyms for military officer
mil·i·ta·ry of·fi·cer

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1. military officer, officernoun

   any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command

   "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men"

   Synonyms:
   policeman, officeholder, officer, ship's officer, police officer

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1. • Military
   • Serviceman

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1. Lindsey Graham:

   I don't know. He's denied some of these comments, he's a military officer, he's a doctor who was involved in the raid to capture Saddam Hussein, so he has a fine military record. I know him casually. This is why we have hearings. I want to make sure he's the right man to lead the Army.

2. Matthew Borowski:

   The board of immigration disagreed with the immigration judge and held that the Taliban is a de facto government in Afghanistan and that they exert power over large portions of the country, the danger that my client faces is not merely because he is a military officer but because he has an imputed position of being pro-Western because he attended training in the United States.

3. Mark Milley:

   Senator, as a senior military officer, resigning is a really serious thing – it's a political act – if I'm resigning in protest, my job is to provide advice – my statutory responsibility is to provide legal advice or best military advice to the president, and that's my legal requirement. That's what the law is.

4. Director Christopher Miller:

   The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the highest-ranking military officer whose sole role is providing military-specific advice to the president, and by law is prohibited from exercising executive authority to command forces, the chain of command runs from the President to the Secretary of Defense, not through the Chairman.

5. Mark Kirk:

   For Tom Cotton, a decorated military officer, to accuse him of treason is way over the top.