ex-sergeant

A few weeks shy of 27, Pulaski was the oldest cadet at West Point this year, an ex-sergeant and one of about 30 former enlisted soldiers who have already been to war.

Worried They Will Miss the War 2009

By 1968, when the ex-sergeant major of the US Army gave an anti-war speech to a convention of disabled Vietnam Veterans against the War, the people had decided.

Watching the Iraq Hearings With Petraeus and Crocker - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Present were Father Serra, three of his Franciscans, Governor Felipe de Neve, and the ex-sergeant, José Ortega, now a lieutenant after Father Serra's unsuccessful campaign to have him appointed governor of California.

Archive 2006-03-01 2006

The ex-sergeant was busy staunching the blood of a long scratch on his cheek.

Falk, by Joseph Conrad 2004

On the third day he thanked the maimed ex-sergeant and told him the story of Ralphie and Linda.

Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned Walter Mosley 1998

On the third day he thanked the maimed ex-sergeant and told him the story of Ralphie and Linda.

Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned Walter Mosley 1998

On the third day he thanked the maimed ex-sergeant and told him the story of Ralphie and Linda.

Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned Walter Mosley 1998

On the third day he thanked the maimed ex-sergeant and told him the story of Ralphie and Linda.

Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned Walter Mosley 1998

This bloke, ex-sergeant, had asked the C.O. for a reference, set him up in Civvy Street, and the C.O. had written in his file: 'Suitable for petrol pump attendant.'

Civvies La Plante, Lynda 1992

He had bought the foul stuff that passed for wine from one such commercial traveler, and the surplus - canvas had come from an enterprising young ex-sergeant who had bought up hundreds of old tents cheap when the border camps were disbanded.

The Misenchanted Sword Watt-Evans, Lawrence, 1954- 1985