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	Rank Insignia - Enlisted
		The staff sergeant’s success, more than any other grade of the NCO rank, leads the path to the Army’s success, and the footprints you will see behind those of our greatest military leaders are probably those of a staff sergeant, where he stood confident, proud and eager to assist.
		The platoon sergeant or sergeant first class generally has 15 to 18 years or more of military experience and is rightfully expected to bring that experience to bear in quick, accurate decisions that are in the best interest of the mission and the soldier.
		The sergeant major’s experience and ability are equal to that of the command sergeant major, but the sphere of influence regarding leadership is generally limited to those directly under his charge.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/intro/enlist.htm (1437 words)

	The Ultimate Sergeant Major - American History Information Guide and Reference
		An alternate usage of Command Sergeant Major is the senior NCO of a headquarters unit at battalion level or above; the soldier filling this position should carry the rank of Sergeant Major, but personnel shortages may, from time to time, force this sergeant major position to be held by a senior Master Sergeant.
		In particular, the Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) (WO1) is the senior NCO of a battalion (in the infantry) or of a regiment (in other branches), equivalent to a Command Sergeant Major in the United States.
		In the late 19th century, the cavalry RSM and infantry Sergeant Major were among a number of senior non-commissioned positions that were confirmed with warrants, making them warrant officers.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Sergeant_Major (1367 words)

	The Sergeant Major
		To the CO, the sergeant major is the one person close to him, other than his wife, who without fear of retribution by efficiency report runs counter to the commander's known or suspected feelings.
		The sergeant major, in turn, realizes that he is the man in the middle and must answer to the commander if his orders are not properly carried out.
		The sergeant major is a symbol of leadership.
	www.4point2.org /sgtmajor.htm (1474 words)

	SMA
		Sergeant Major of the Army ~ Established in 1966, the title of Sergeant Major of the Army designates the senior sergeant major insignia of rank represents the senior enlisted position of the Army.
		The sergeant major in this position serves as the senior enlisted advisor and consultant to the Chief of Staff of the Army.
		The Sergeants Major of the Army chevrons are distinctive in that only the senior enlisted representative of the United States Army is authorized their wear.
	www.sergeantsmajor.org /SMA.htm (151 words)

	House Steiner Uniforms
		Sergeant Major - (Sergeant Major): Sergeant major is the highest NCO rank normally found on the battlefield Individuals bearing this rank are usually found supporting company commanders, or even occasionally commanding 'Mach lances.
		Sergeant majors form the bulk of instructors in the LCAF's boot camps and oversee the first few weeks of training in many academies.
		Staff Sergeant - (Staff Sergeant): Staff sergeants have at least five years' experience in the military and often command infantry platoons or vehicle lances A blue spear point insignia comprised of three stripes denotes then seniority.
	users.anet.com /~cplkagan/uniforms/steiner_rank.html (2973 words)

	STAR WARS: Imperial Insignia: Noncommissioned Personnel
		A staff sergeant is often assigned to a platoon; Sergeants first class and master sergeants are assigned to platoons.
		A sergeant major works at battalion level; and command sergeant major is assigned to a battalion or brigade.
		A staff sergeant major or army sergeant major is assigned to an army headquarters; they are at the same pay grade.
	www.theforce.net /SWTC/insignia/enlisted.html (1565 words)

	The Federated Commonwealth - House Steiner - Tamar
		Staff Sergeant officers up through Hauptmann-Kommandant rank wear their insignia on the upper arms of their uniform and a blue stripe runs down the outside of their trouser pants leg.
		There is usually one Senior Sergeant Major per regiment, and his responsibility is to ensure the discipline and well-being of all recruits and other noncommissioned officers.
		Kommandants, also called Commanders or Majors, are usually chosen from among battalion commanders for their mental skills in such areas as tactics or logistics.
	villa.lakes.com /josh/hs/rankdesc.html (2218 words)

	Staff Sergeant Jimmy Massey
		STAFF SERGEANT JIMMY MASSEY: With unknown gunfire, the potential is unlimited, and what I mean by unknown gunfire, whenever you fire a machine gun especially a 50 caliber and any type of lightweight machine gun, you don't know where the bullets are going to go.
		That's the job of the staff sergeant and the lieutenant, to make determinations on whether or not we were in the right or we were in the wrong.
		The staff sergeant is being used as a patsy.
	www.venusproject.com /ecs/Staff_Sergeant_Jimmy.html (3838 words)

	Sergeant Major - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Commonwealth countries, Sergeants Major are usually appointments held by senior non-commissioned officers or warrant officers.
		In the Commonwealth tradition, Sergeant Major is an appointment held by senior Specialists (non-commissioned officer-equivalents in the Singapore Armed Forces) or Warrant Officers.
		The post of Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps was established in 1957, as the senior enlisted advisor to the Commandant of the Marine Corps.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sergeant_Major (1571 words)

	Staff Sergeant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Staff Sergeant is the sixth enlisted rank in the U.S. Army, just above Sergeant and below Sergeant First Class, and is a non-commissioned officer.
		Staff sergeants can also hold other appointments, such as Company Quartermaster Sergeant, and are usually known by that appointment.
		British staff sergeants are never referred to as "Sergeant", which would be reducing their rank, but are referred to and addressed as "Staff Sergeant" or "Staff" ("Staff Jones", for instance) or by their appointment or its abbreviation.
	staff-sergeant.kiwiki.homeip.net (459 words)

	2/46 Infantry Command Sergeant Major (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		He is a graduate of the Command Sergeant’s Major Academy.
		In March 1999 CSM Padilla was promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major and was reassigned to 2
		AIR as the Operations Sergeant Major until March 2000.
	www.knox.army.mil /school/1atb/246/csm.html (333 words)

	Sergeant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sergeants are non commissioned officers and are usually the 2ic's of infantry platoons or armoured/ transport troops.
		Sergeants are generally initially addressed as "Sergeant Bloggins" and thereafter as "Sergeant"; the colloquialism "Sarge" is used only in informal situations.
		Drill Sergeants are always addressed as "Drill Sergeant", regardless of rank (only when on an instruction tour indicated by the brown round.) For example; if a Drill Sergeant is done with his/her instruction tour, they go back to wearing their beret and are called sergeant again.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sergeant (2565 words)

	World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Staff Sgt. Edward A. Carter
		Staff Sgt. Carter was a World War II war hero who posthumously received the Army Medal of Honor more than five decades after the war.
		Staff Sgt. Edward A. Carter II, a fl non-commissioned officer who served with Company D, 56th Armored Infantry Battalion of the 12th Armored Division was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor Jan. 13, 1997.
		Staff Sergeant Carter's extraordinary heroism was an inspiration to the officers and men of the Seventh Army Infantry Company Number 1 (Provisional) and exemplify the highest traditions of the Armed Forces.
	www.medalofhonor.com /EdwardCarter.htm (4814 words)

	CJS - Bio Sergeant Major William Joseph Gainey
		Sergeant Major William J. Gainey is the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a newly created position established to advise the Chairman on matters of professional development of enlisted personnel for a joint environment.
		Sergeant Major Gainey enlisted in the Army under the Delayed Entry Program in 1974 and entered basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky on 17 June 1975.
		Sergeant Major Gainey is married to the former Cindy Chunn and they have a son and daughter.
	www.jcs.mil /bios/bio_gainey.html (276 words)

	Rank
		The 1SG is the senior NCO of a company, while a MSG is in a staff position.
		A MSG may leave a staff position to become the 1SG of a company, and a 1SG reverts to a MSG when going to a staff position.
		The SMA is the senior enlisted advisor to the Chief of Staff of the Army.
	www.uic.edu /depts/rotc/refer/rank.htm (101 words)

	Sergeant Major Kenneth O. Preston - Sergeant Major Army
		Sergeant Major of the Army Kenneth O. Preston was sworn in as the 13th Sergeant Major of the Army on January 15, 2004.
		The Sergeant Major of the Army serves as the Army Chief of Staff's personal adviser 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.army.mil /leaders/leaders/sma (224 words)

	Staff Sergeant Major - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Staff Sergeant Major (SSM) is an appointment in the British Army held by Warrant Officers Class 1 in the Royal Logistic Corps who are not Conductors or Regimental Sergeant Majors.
		Staff Sergeant Majors existed in the Army Service Corps and Ordnance Store Branch in the 19th century.
		Staff Sergeant Majors remained in the Army Service Corps, later the Royal Army Service Corps, and continued when it became the Royal Corps of Transport in 1965.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Staff_Sergeant_Major (199 words)

	sociology - Warrant Officer
		Warrant officers were generally introduced throughout the British Army under Army Order 70 of 1915, although Regimental Sergeant Majors and a few other appointments (beginning in 1879, when Conductors of Stores and Supplies were warranted), had been warranted before that time.
		WO2s wear a crown on the lower sleeve, surrounded by a wreath for Quartermaster Sergeants (for all WOIIs from 1938 to 1947).
		The three most senior warrant officer appointments in the British Army are generally considered to be, in descending order of seniority, the Conductors, the Academy Sergeant Major and the Garrison Sergeant Major, London District, although there is some debate about their precedence within the army.
	www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/Warrant_Officer (1987 words)

	Chart of German Army Ranks
		Sergeant in infantry, sappers, armored units, mechanized supply units, and smoke troops
		Sergeant in the cavalry, artillery, signals, and horse-drawn supply troops
		Senior paymaster with the rank of major or lieutenant-colonel
	www.skygodproject.net /history/german_army_ranks.htm (132 words)

	CSM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Sergeant Major, 1-67 AR CSM Ernest Barnett Jr.
		CSM Barnett has spent the majority of his career taking care of soldiers and their families.
		He was promoted to Staff Sergeant Major on 1 November 1997 and subsequently appointed to the position of Command Sergeant Major on 14 February 2000.
	www.hood.army.mil /4id_1-67AR/csm.htm (411 words)

	Warrant Officer Class II
		Officers as junior as Lieutenant wore the crown as a collar badge to indicate Officer status, not a rank.
		Crown of Colour Sergeants and Sergeants on the Staff (Staff Sergeants) bullion c.1912.
		Crown of Colour Sergeants and Sergeants on the Staff (Staff Sergeants) worsted c.1912.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-badges/wo2.htm (307 words)

	Command Sergeant Major
		Command Sergeant Major McCarty enlisted in the U.S. Army in September 1976.
		He was assigned to C Company, 15th Battalion, 4th Brigade as a drill sergeant, and afterwards, went to the 25th Division, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry (Gimlets).
		His appointment to command sergeant major brought Command Sergeant Major McCarty to 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry (Tomahawks), and later he assumed duties as command sergeant major of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division (Arrowhead).
	usacac.army.mil /CAC/sergeantmajor.asp (357 words)

	Online NewsHour:Army Sex Scandal- April 29, 1997
		Staff Sergeant Delmar Simpson has been found guilty of 18 counts of rape in a military trial.
		Until two years ago women in the army trained in all-female units, but in 1994, in a major policy shift, women were integrated into basic training groups, and for the first time their drill sergeants were men.
		In the chain of command the drill sergeant is the recruit's symbol of discipline, with almost unquestioned authority.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/military/april97/sex_scandal_4-29.html (1719 words)

	Taps - Roy H. Combs
		Staff Sergeant Major (Retired) Roy H. Combs, 72, died on Monday October 20, 2003, in Columbus, Georgia.
		SGM Combs was a veteran of the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War.
		SGM Combs was the USAMU Sergeant Major from 1975 until he retired in 1979.
	www.militarymarksmanship.org /tapscombs.htm (126 words)

	STAR WARS: Military Organisation
		A "staff sergeant" may sometimes be called a "sergeant major" (an American variation of common English terminology).
		There is modest detail in a chapter about sector group organisation, which names the supposed command structure of a typical sector, though it ignores the elite forces of the Core and galaxy-wide commands like those of Lord Vader, Admiral Giel and the Grand Admirals.
		These parts of the book suffer from the same flaw as the insignia diagrams in the earlier sourcebook: there are serious inconsistencies between relative rank and rank implied by the insignia.
	www.theforce.net /swtc/order.html (2391 words)

	NCOs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		On the need to staff Sergeant Major Academy instructor positions with seasoned senior NCOs, the first batch of 15 report in this summer, with 15 more following in 2003 and another 15 in 2004.
		The recent practice had been to staff the academy’s 48 instructor positions with sergeants major who had just graduated from the academy’s training, Armentrout said.
		Another fix in the works is lifting a regulatory ban that prohibits command sergeants major who leave command positions for other non-command assignments from returning to command slots, he said.
	www.usma.edu /publicaffairs/PV/020712/NCOs.htm (466 words)

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