ADJ
- air force, army, military, naval
- commanding, high-ranking, ranking, senior, superior
- The decision rests with the ranking officer (= the most senior officer present)
- junior, petty
- commissioned, non-commissioned
- recruiting
- duty
- He telephoned the duty officer at regimental headquarters
- uniformed
- retired
VERB + OFFICER
- salute
- to salute a superior officer
OFFICER + VERB
- command sth
- the officer commanding the infantry
ADJ
- chief, principal, senior
- full-time, part-time
- presiding, responsible, supervising
- Report the incident to the responsible officer. the officer responsible for implementing the scheme
- regional
- administrative, customs, environmental health, financial, liaison, medical, press, trading standards, training, welfare
VERB + OFFICER
- be, work as
- be appointed (as), become
- have
- The charity has a full-time press officer working with the national newspapers
ADJ
- police
- chief, senior, superior
- junior
- investigating
- duty
- We spoke to the duty officer at the police station
- uniformed
- plain-clothes
- undercover
OFFICER + VERB
- investigate sth
- officers investigating the murder
- patrol sth
- raid sth, swoop on sth (informal)
- Officers raided an address in south London, seizing bomb-making equipment
- seize sth
- arrest sb