Definition of Desk officer

1. Noun. A military officer who is not assigned to active duty.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Desk Officer

desisted
desisting
desistive
desists
desition
desitions
desitive
desitives
desk
desk-bound
desk clerk
desk dictionary
desk job
desk jockey
desk jockeys
desk officer (current term)
desk phone
desk pilot
desk pilots
desk sergeant
deskbound
desked
deskew
deskewed
deskewing
deskews
deskfast
deskfasts
deskill
deskilled

Literary usage of Desk officer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Landmine Monitor Report 2002: Toward a Mine-free World by International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Human Rights Watch (Organization). (2002)
"This report indicates mine action agreements in 2001 totaling SEK67.4 million. t2 Email from Magnus Carlquist, desk officer, Swedish International ..."

2. Owed Justice: Thai Women Trafficked Into Debt Bondage in Japan by Kinsey Dinan (2000)
"The Japan desk officer at the Consular Affairs Department of the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained to Human Rights Watch that there is no deadline ..."

3. Criminal Victimisation in the Developing World edited by Ugljesa Zvekic, Anna Alvazzi Del Frate (1996)
"At the police station, the desk officer is the person who receives all complaints brought to the attention of the police, including those cases that were ..."

4. Battle for Ulster: A Study of Internal Security by Tom F. Baldy (1997)
"The desk officer responsible for certain groups within his specific geographical area is a central point for collection and dissemination of intelligence ..."

5. Report of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department edited by Warren Christopher (1998)
"Holliday informed the desk officer who answered the call that he had witnessed an ... According to Holliday, the desk officer made no attempt to learn any ..."

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