51.   The Taliban force ranges from young men who have been forcibly conscripted to career Afghan military officers.

52.   This meant that a career officer was expected to emerge from his service there with as many awards for gallantry as possible.

53.   Timoney, an Irish immigrant and career officer in the department, has risen quickly through the ranks since Bratton took charge.

54.   Over the next few months, dozens of overweight career officers will receive orders to participate in a three-month slim-down seminar, the army said.

55.   Pavkovic said, while challenging his dismissal, said he would not oppose his replacement, Gen. Branko Krga, a career intelligence officer seen as politically neutral.

56.   A Korean war veteran and career military officer, Landazabal is survived by his wife, Olga, and eight children.

57.   A career KGB officer during the Soviet era, Putin was stationed in the former East Germany before returning to Russia.

58.   All are career foreign service officers.

59.   Both are career foreign service officers.

60.   Burghardt is a career foreign service officer who was U.S. consul general in Shanghai before arriving in Taiwan and replacing Darryl Johnson.