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	Platoon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In an army a platoon is a unit of to forty soldiers typically commanded by a First Lieutenant who is assisted with either a Second Lieutenant or Sergeant Major as platoon lieutenants; a platoon may be commanded by a Second Lieutenant with Sergeant Major as his platoon lieutenant.
		In the United States Army a platoon is led by a or Second Lieutenant with a platoon Sergeant (pay grade E-7) as his or deputy.
		In the British Army the infantry platoon commander is a or Second Lieutenant assisted by a platoon (who usually actually holds the rank of sergeant).
	www.freeglossary.com /Platoon (750 words)

	Duties of the Sergeant Major
		The sergeant major is the ranking non-commisioned officer of the regiment: he is appointed by the regimental commander.
		The sergeant major attends at guard-mounting, taking post in front and on the right of the line on which the guard is to form, facing to the left.
		The sergeant major should be a model soldier for the rest of the regiment in his dress and military deportment.
	44tennessee.tripod.com /dutchman/article30500.html (586 words)

	BSI Reports: Week 102: 22 - 25 Sept 2003
		Major Lewis agreed that Major Loden had told him it would be necessary for statements to be made but he denied there was any need for him to have made his own statement about matters he had witnessed.
		Sergeant 041 and his men were just on the waste ground on the south side of the street and the shot struck a building on the north side.
		Sergeant 041 denied reporting that he had not observed the strike of the incoming round or that there was a 3 minute delay between it and Soldier Z firing.
	www.birw.org /bsireports/100_120/report102.html (15203 words)

	Sergeant Major Bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Sergeant Major Metoyer was born 1 July 1960, in Chicago, Illinois.
		While serving as Platoon Sergeant, Staff Sergeant Metoyer, along with a platoon of Marines, were the first Marines from company "D" to deploy to Okinawa, Japan, for a Unit Deployment.
		Sergeant Major Metoyer is married to the former Ms.
	www.11meu.usmc.mil /sgtmajbio.htm (568 words)

	Sergeant Major Jimmie Brown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Sergeant Major Brown was born in Dooly County, Georgia on 14 April 1957.
		First Sergeant Brown was frocked to present rank in August 1998, and assigned as Sergeant Major MMSB in September 1998.
		Sergeant Major Brown is married to Angela Delores Brown, formerly of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
	www.embassymarine.org /SgtMajBrownBio.asp (506 words)

	Rifle Platoons
		The platoon was the smallest subunit in a battalion to be led by an officer.
		The platoon headquarters contained the support weapons of the platoon; the two-inch mortar was used either to fire high explosive rounds, provide illumination at night, or to provide smoke cover to the platoon.
		The Platoon Commander was officially armed only with a pistol (.38 calibre revolver until November 1944 when they were replaced with Browning 9mm automatics) but in action usually carried a Sten or even a rifle so as not to be singled out by enemy snipers.
	www.calgaryhighlanders.com /history/rifpn.htm (488 words)

	Glen E. Morrell - Former Sergeant Major of the Army
		William A. Connelly, the 6th Sergeant Major of the Army, was sworn in on July 2, 1979, and served until his term ended in June of 1983.
		Sergeant Major Connelly remained in Augsburg serving as a Platoon Sergeant with the 3/32d Armor until November 1962.
		Sergeant Major Connelly initially served as Sergeant major of the 1/35th Army, 1st Armored Division at Erlangen.
	www.army.mil /leaders/leaders/sma/former/connelly.html (456 words)

	Quantico Advanced Course Class 3-04 Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Writing Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Infantry Platoon Sergeant Course was established to give Marines the knowledge to be successful platoon sergeants in the field and in battle.
		Many of my fellow platoon sergeants feel that due to a lack of the returning Marine’s experience, a newly promoted staff sergeant on special assignment should be required to go to this course before leaving his assignments and checking into an infantry battalion.
		The platoon sergeant felt this was an unnecessary order to give in front of the platoon and felt that it questioned his abilities to handle the responsibilities of the platoon sergeant.
	www.mcu.usmc.mil /sncoa/Quantico/ACRS3-04SMMC.htm (925 words)

	Battalion Sergeant Major (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Sergeant Major Swann was born 11 December 1960 in Sanford, North Carolina.
		In 1996, Gunnery Sergeant Swann was transferred to the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of Wisconsin to serve as the Assistant Marine Officer Instructor where he prepared college students to become Marine Corps Officers.
		First Sergeant Swann was transferred to 2d Battalion, 10th Marines and assumed the duties of Company First Sergeant for Battery G. In December 2003, he was selected for promotion to Sergeant Major and transferred to his current assignment as the Battalion Sergeant Major, 2d Battalion, 2d Marines.
	www.lejeune.usmc.mil /2dmardiv/22/sgtmaj.htm (516 words)

	MCAS \| Marine Corps Air Satation, Camp Pendleton - California \| CO's Page
		In September 1976, Sergeant Major Chin returned to active duty and was transferred to Company C, 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division where he served as a Tank crewman and Tank Commander.
		In January 1978, Sergeant Major Chin was assigned to Marine Barracks Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for duty with the Ground Defense Force as a Tank Section Leader.
		Sergeant Major Chin was then assigned to Inspector Instructor Staff, Company C, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th MarDiv, Boise, Idaho for duties as the Tank Leader and Master Gunner.
	www.pendleton.usmc.mil /mcas/sgtmajspage.htm (449 words)

	HD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Sergeant Major Sommers was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on 18 February 1943 and attended Bishop DuBourg High School.
		Sergeant Major Sommers was transferred to Henderson Hall, Arlington, Virginia, in August 1975, to serve as Instructor and Chief instructor of the Marine Security Guard School.
		Sergeant Major Sommers was assigned as the first enlisted Director of the Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy at the Marine Corps Combat Development Command in Quantico, Virginia, in June 1987.
	hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil /HD/Historical/Whos_Who/Sommers_DW.htm (664 words)

	Sergeant Major (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In December 1983 Sergeant Major Freed was assigned to Ottawa, Canada where he served as Watch Stander and Detachment ANCOIC until June 1985.
		Upon graduation, Sergeant Major Freed was assigned to D Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, where he served for ten training cycles as a Drill Instructor, Senior Drill Instructor, and Chief Drill Instructor.
		Sergeant Major Freed performed as the Drill Instructor School First Sergeant until his selection to his present rank and assignment as the Sergeant Major of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267.
	www.cpp.usmc.mil /3dMAW/MAG39/hmla267/Pages/SGTMAJ.htm (544 words)

	Virtual Wall - Richard Schaaf, SMAJ, Army, Baltimore MD, 08Aug66 09E117 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Command Sergeant Major Schaaf, disregarding enemy sniper fire, took a flashlight and signaled helicopters to a safe landing zone to evacuate the wounded.
		Command Sergeant Major Richard Schaaf was killed while exposing himself to enemy fire to cover the withdrawal of those pinned down and wounded.
		Platoon Sergeant Francisco Roig led the platoon to safety while personally beating off several attacks on his beleaguered men.
	www.virtualwall.org /ds/SchaafRA01a.htm (457 words)

	SGTMAJ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Sergeant Major Bullock was born April 20, 1958, and raised in Manheim, PA. Upon graduating from Manheim Central High School, Bullock entered recruit training at Parris Island, SC, in June of 1976.
		LCpl Bullock served as squad and section leader for First Platoon, Company B. After completion of his tour, Sgt Bullock was reassigned to Camp Lejeune, NC where he served as a squad leader, section leader, and platoon sergeant for Weapons Platoon, company L, Third Battalion, Sixth Marines.
		He was selected for sergeant major in February of 1998 and transferred to Recruiting Station, Harrisburg, PA, in September of 1998 where he served at the Recruit Station Sergeant Major.
	www.15meu.usmc.mil /SGTMAJ.htm (457 words)

	Command Sergeant Major (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In October of 1984 he was reassigned to E Co, 505th 3rd BDE, 82nd ABN DIV, as Platoon Sergeant and interim First Sergeant.
		In April of 1986, he was reassigned to D Co, 2/505th, 82nd ABN DIV to serve as Platoon Sergeant and later as First Sergeant.
		Upon appointment as Command Sergeant Major, on February 7th 1997, he was assigned to 3rd BN, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment as the Battalion Command Sergeant Major.
	www-tradoc.army.mil /monroe/sites/commander/csm.asp (346 words)

	Sergeant Major Alford L (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Born on 19 January 1950 in North Carolina, Sergeant Major Lee enlisted into the Marine Corps on 28 March 1968.
		He was promoted to Sergeant Major on 1 January 1984 and appointed the 13th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps on 1 July 1995.
		Sergeant Major Lee's personal decorations include: The Distinguished Service Medal; The Legion of Merit; Purple Heart (2 awards); Meritorious Service Medal; Navy Commendation Medal with Combat "V" (2 awards); Navy Achievement Medal (3 awards); and the Combat Action Ribbon.
	www.1stmarinedivisionassociation.org /usmc-sgt-majors/sergeant_major_lee.htm (371 words)

	COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR ROBERT W. DELANEY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		ROBERT W. Command Sergeant Major Robert W. Delaney was selected as the Command Sergeant Major for the California State Military Reserve on 7 December 2004.
		In May 1988 CSM Delaney was selected as the Command Sergeant Major of the 4th Battalion, 160th Infantry, 40th Infantry Division, (Mech), and promoted to Command Sergeant Major in December 1988.
		He was also one of the four Command Sergeants Major selected to go the Ukraine and brief their General Staff and their Military Academy on the “Role of the Noncommissioned Officer”.
	www.calguard.ca.gov /casmr/bioDelaneyR.htm (720 words)

	HD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Sergeant Major Robert E. Cleary assumed the post of Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps on 28 June 1983.
		Sergeant Major Cleary was born in Tewksbury, Mass., on 2 June 1931, and graduated from Holyoke Trade High School in May 1949.
		Sergeant Major Cleary then reported to HandS Company, 2d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, as the Company First Sergeant, followed by his third tour in Vietnam as the Squadron Sergeant Major of HMM-165, MAG-36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing.
	hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil /HD/Historical/Whos_Who/Cleary_RE.htm (693 words)

	Sergeant Major of the Army, Sergeant Major Jack L. Tilley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Sergeant Major of the Army Jack L. Tilley was sworn in as the 12th Sergeant Major of the Army on June 23, 2000.
		As Sergeant Major of the Army, Tilley serves as the Army Chief of Staff's personal advisor on all enlisted-related matters, particularly in areas affecting soldier training and quality of life.
		The SMA devotes the majority of his time to traveling throughout the Army observing training, and talking to soldiers and their families.
	www.armystudyguide.com /chain_of_command/leadership/sma_tilley.htm (399 words)

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		The experiment was not a successful one, and both armies decided to do away with the rank, preferring that all platoons in infantry units be instead commanded by commissioned officers.
		It was in Shilo in 1940 that the appointment of Platoon Sergeant Major was phased out of the Calgary Highlanders, and 11 PSMs were recommended for commissions at that time, according to Roy Farran's history.
		These are the 11 PSMs he mentions specifically by name, with notes, where known, about their careers as officers.
	www.calgaryhighlanders.com /history/psms.htm (278 words)

	Platoon
		In the United States Army, a platoon is led by a First or Second Lieutenant, with a platoon Sergeant (pay grade E-7) as his or her deputy.
		In the British Army, the infantry platoon commander is a Lieutenant or Second Lieutenant, assisted by a platoon Sergeant (who usually actually holds the rank of sergeant).
		The word is derived from 17th century French peleton, meaning a small ball or small detachment of men, which came from pelote, a ball.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/p/pl/platoon.html (284 words)

	MCAS Futenma Sergeant Major (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Sergeant Major Veater was born 4 December 1955 and was raised in State College, Pennsylvania and Robbinsville, North Carolina.
		Upon his return to CONUS, First Sergeant Veater was assigned to Inspector-Instructor duty with India Battery, Third Battalion, Fourteenth Marines in Reading, Pennsylvania where he served as the Battery First Sergeant and the Senior Enlisted Advisor for the 3D Battalion.
		Sergeant Major Veater is married and has six children.
	www.futenma.usmc.mil /SgtMaj/main.htm (428 words)

	505th Quatermaster Bn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		She served as a Platoon Sergeant for a POL Platoon.
		After completion of her EOA tour, Command Sergeant Major Jackson was assigned to the Defense Fuel Office-Korea where she served as the NCOIC of DFOK.
		Command Sergeant Major Jackson then went on to serve as the 240th Quartermaster Battalion CSM also at Fort Lee.
	www.usarj.army.mil /organization/505th/csm.htm (386 words)

	SERGEANT MAJOR WERTJES
		But from First Sergeant Reynolds, I was always treated with respect coupled with exposure to his vast knowledge of the Marine Corps.
		First Sergeant Reynolds told me that he was one of the best leaders he had ever met and was a well-respected Sergeant Major.
		He said that he had called ahead and that the Sergeant Major was waiting for my call.
	www.grose.us /bootdir/sgtmaj.html (1432 words)

	Command Sergeant Major (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Command Sergeant Major was raised in Atoka, Tennessee, and entered the U.S. Army on 2 February 1973.
		Command Sergeant Major served as Command Sergeant Major, 14th Transportation Battalion, Vicenza, Italy and Command Sergeant Major, 71st Transportation Battalion, Fort Eustis, Virginia and as Commandant for the Fort Eustis Noncommissioned Officer Academy.
		Command Sergeant Major also served as Command Sergeant Major of the 28th Transportation Battalion, Mannheim, Germany and 37th Transportation Command, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
	www.21tsc.army.mil /Aercg/Csminfo.htm (156 words)

	The Second World War Experience Centre - Company Sergeant Major Stanley Elton Hollis VC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		He had his arm broken on the beach and he had walked about until now, which was about two o'clock in the afternoon, with a broken arm, and he was killed just outside the village.
		This was the particular one he picked on for me and 16 Platoon to come in and clear.
		On the way back to here I and Sergeant Major Moffat - and he was B Company Sergeant Major - picked up one of our Captains, a Captain Bolo Young, he was a very good officer and we put him on this tank.
	www.war-experience.org /history/keyfigures/hollis/pagetwo.htm (1957 words)

	First Sergeant Major of Kazakh Armed Forces Takes Office
		In the past, in the Soviet tradition, sergeants were in existence in the armed forces of Kazakhstan, but only at the level of platoon sergeant.
		Introducing Sergeant Major Abdulin, Defense Minister Army General Mukhtar Altynbayev said: "I have asked commanders and deputy commanders to build new relations [with sergeants] because they are their primary assistants.
		The new Sergeant Major of the Armed Forces will have oversight of 9,000 sergeants in all units, ranging from the smallest unit on to divisions and armies.
	www.pressbox.co.uk /Detailed/20975.html (295 words)

	Sgt Grit's Marine Forum - Sergeant Major, Gunnery Sergeant, and Platoon Sgt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Platoon Sergeant, as noted in the article was a uniquely Marine rank--some of the first chevrons sported a star (5-pointed)between the chevrons and rocker.
		It had been recommended that the rank titles of chief sergeant, sergeant 1st, 2d, and 3d class be adopted, and this nearly came to be.
		And, of course the Master Gunnery Sergeant was a variation of both the unique Marine gunnery sergeant rank which dates to 1898, and the (Army) master sergeant rank.
	www.grunt.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=38088 (2355 words)

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