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How to use the word enlisted in a Sentence?

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We're seeing that our junior enlisted, because they're married, have to go on food stamps or [Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program] and I think that's a travesty, i hope in the next Congress I can be part of the team and work with [House Armed Services Committee ranking member] Mike Rogers to build that consensus. We have to adjust our enlisted pay because if pay is not keeping up with our junior ranks they're going to get out right away or just not get in.

Don Bacon

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

There are no words that I have that could come close to overemphasize Clyde's negative view of the military, his disdain of enlisted service members, and his revulsion to wear the uniform.

Brett Shavers

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

My father's service is one of the main reasons I enlisted in the service myself, once I was eligible, i entered the service at age 19. My father's selfless service to his country at such a young age as well, knowing that he would possibly be sacrificing his life during a conflict, is what inspired me to serve my country and join the Navy.

Keith Drake

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Hunter always wanted to become a Marine for quite a while before he actually enlisted, hunter has several family members that are in the military.

Herman Lopez

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Our sincerest condolences are with the family of the officer who was killed, we can confirm Austin W. Lanz enlisted in Marine Corps on October 9, 2012 but was administratively separated on November 2, 2012 and never earned the title Marine.

Marine Corps spokesperson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Today, I have approved a plan by the Department of the Navy that will permit former Naval Academy midshipman Cameron Kinley to play professional football in the NFL, this plan will see Cameron enlisted in the Inactive Ready Reserve for the duration of Secretary Austin football career. Upon completion of his playing time, we look forward to welcoming him back inside the ranks as a naval officer.

Secretary Austin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We have been working tirelessly to make sure we have the most relevant information (about the virus) and have enlisted medical experts and epidemiologists to help us develop the safest protocols.

Jane Kagan

Found on CNN
3 years ago

You should never think you're too good to do a job. And I think you should be like that in everything you do. 'Be a forever new guy' is what I try to emulate, and I don't mean as in you shouldn't step up to the role and be a leader and delegate appropriately, but never think that you are above taking out the trash or that you're above not respecting the secretary or the lowest junior enlisted.

Jonny Kim

added by anonymous
3 years ago

Military service doesn't just take courage and sacrifice from those in uniform -- they're required from their families, too, beau Biden understands those sacrifices because Beau Biden has made them Beau Biden. When Beau Biden son Beau enlisted in the Army and deployed to Iraq, that burden was shouldered by Beau Biden family as well.

Tammy Duckworth

Found on CNN
3 years ago

One of the divers I had enlisted to help me find these bottles with the intent of making beer had given one of them to this other brewer, unbeknownst to me.

Jamie Adams

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

With all this talk I sincerely give the credit to my officers and enlisted men. They are the ones who did it all. Mine is only to inspire and to lead them. When history is written I will give them all the credit. Their satisfaction is mine to share.

Vicente Lim

added by anonymous
5 years ago

The city I’m most excited about is San Antonio Texas. It’s the city where I enlisted in the military.

Air Force veteran Sunny Anderson

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

So many enlisted people don’t have anybody at home with the means to send them stuff.

Mary Fran

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

PO Cruises' culinary offerings on-board their new ship Britannia are particularly exciting, the line has enlisted the help of a number of celebrity chefs to create the first cookery school on-board a British ship.

Adam Coulter

Found on CNN
9 years ago

[On completely popular government:] Its superiority in reference to present well-being rests upon two principles, of as universal truth and applicability as any general propositions which can be laid down respecting human affairs. The first is, that the rights and interests of every or any person are only secure from being disregarded, when the person interested is himself able, and habitually disposed, to stand up for them. The second is, that the general prosperity attains a greater height, and is more widely diffused, in proportion to the amount and variety of the personal energies enlisted in promoting it.

John Stuart Mill

added by anonymous
10 years ago

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