"All right, you people," the sergeant commanded as a nurse gave the last of the volunteers a tetanus shot, "let's move it on out."

After the War of 1812, an individual sergeant sometimes commanded Fort Johnston, and the Army abandoned it altogether at least once while engaging its troops elsewhere.

A senior corporal or sergeant will command the other vehicles.

"Bring up the ferral paste," the sergeant commanded.

While a sergeant might have commanded a squad upon promotion, he usually became a staff officer.

Right after Gettysburg, sergeants had commanded some companies of the 47th North Carolina; at the moment, the Invincibles were oversupervised.

"Surround the house," the sergeant commanded.

"Ask him where it is," commanded the sergeant.

"Go on and ask that question," commanded the sergeant.

"Silence," the sergeant commanded.