Historical clue formulations

• N.Y.P.D. rank: Abbr. — 2026-02-27
• "___ Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" — 2026-02-24
• Army rank above cpl. — 2025-03-23
• Army rank: Abbr. — 2024-10-30
• Three-striper in the Army: Abbr. — 2024-07-30
• Pepper introduced in the 1960s: Abbr. — 2023-11-03
• Police title: Abbr. — 2023-07-20
• Pepper, for one: Abbr. — 2023-07-01
• Lowish mil. rank — 2023-05-01
• Drill instructor's rank, often: Abbr. — 2023-03-28
• Pepper or Friday: Abbr. — 2022-06-21
• Pepper's rank: Abbr. — 2022-03-27
• Rank above cpl. — 2021-09-08
• One crying "Hup, two, three, four!": Abbr. — 2021-05-17
• ___ Pepper — 2021-04-28
• "___ Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" — 2020-07-06
• Police dept. member — 2019-11-20
• "___ Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" — 2019-10-07
• Police rank: Abbr. — 2019-09-15
• Mil. title in a Beatles song — 2019-08-29
• Army NCO — 2019-07-02
• Private instructor: Abbr. — 2019-06-16
• ___ Friday (main role on "Dragnet"): Abbr. — 2018-10-15
• Rank for Jay Landsman on "The Wire": Abbr. — 2018-10-03
• Drill master: Abbr. — 2018-09-28
• Driller in R.O.T.C., maybe: Abbr. — 2017-11-06
• Three-striper: Abbr. — 2017-10-27
• Army NCO — 2017-10-01
• Squad cmdr. — 2017-05-05
• Abbr. before Friday — 2017-02-17
• York, for one: Abbr. — 2016-11-29
• Friday, on old TV: Abbr. — 2016-10-23
• ___ Pepper — 2015-12-20
• The Beatles' ___ Pepper — 2015-08-03
• The Beatles' ___ Pepper — 2015-07-06
• Squad leader: Abbr. — 2015-06-12
• ___ Pepper — 2015-03-16
• Snorkel, in "Beetle Bailey": Abbr. — 2015-02-10
• Mil. rank — 2014-12-21
• Pepper, for one — 2014-11-02
• ___ Pepper — 2014-10-19
• Army fig. who knows the drill? — 2013-08-18
• Tripp's rank on "CSI: Miami": Abbr. — 2013-01-31
• Snorkel, e.g.: Abbr. — 2012-10-25
• Driller: Abbr. — 2012-09-22
• ___ Pepper — 2012-04-01
• ___ Friday — 2012-02-18
• Staff ___: Abbr. — 2012-02-05
• ___ Pepper — 2011-11-13
• E-5: Abbr. — 2011-10-01