| It was six months before Andrew got a command, but then of troops purposely ill-equipped, poorly officered and virtually untrained. |
| Western militaries are typically small, professional organizations officered by the middle class and filled by working-class volunteers. |
| The navy, of course, was commanded and largely officered by Royal Navy personnel. |
| It expanded by calling upon the states for militia, officered by men chosen and characterized by bonds of friendship, popularity, and politics. |
| The Streltsy and the Cossacks were professional units but they were officered by foreigners. |
| Thus most of the 380,000 blacks who served in the Army were in labor units officered by whites. |
