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Sergeant (Sgt, etymologically: 'servant'), is a rank in use by the armed forces of many countries. It is also a police rank in some police services. The alternative spelling, serjeant, is used in The Rifles and in other units that draw their heritage from the British light infantry.
It came from the ranks ofSquadron or Battalion Sergeant Major, Squadron or Battalion Supply Sergeant, Sergeant Major Junior Grade, Sergeant First Class, the junior 50% of Master Gunners, Assistant Band Leader except from the West Point Band, Sergeant Bugler, Electrician Sergeant, Radio Sergeant, Color Sergeant and Sergeant of Field Music from ...
A Master Sergeant acts as a zone sergeant commanding a group of troopers. A Sergeant supervises an entire Patrol shift of their respective District. Corporals are the first-line supervisors and are usually assigned as road supervisors within barracks. In the absence of a sergeant, they may act as the duty officer.
SGM – Sergeant Major (U.S. Army E-9 – Sometimes referred to as Staff Sergeant Major) SGT – Sergeant (U.S. Army E-5) (U.S. Marines uses Sgt) SHORAD – Short Range Air Defense; SITREP – Situation Report; SJA – Staff Judge Advocate; SLAM – Standoff Land Attack Missile; SLBM – Submarine-launched ballistic missile; SLOTUS – Second ...
MSGT = Master Sergeant; NCO = Non-Commissioned Officer; OSGT = Ordnance Sergeant; PFC = Private First Class; PVT = Private; PVT 1CL = Private First Class; QM = Quartermaster; QMSGT = Quartermaster Sergeant; SFC = Sergeant First Class; SGM = Sergeant Major; SGT = Sergeant; SMSGT = Senior Master Sergeant; SPC = Specialist; TSGT = Technical ...
SGT may refer to Sergeant, a rank in many uniformed organizations; Scotland's Great Trails; Singapore Standard Time or Singapore Time; Society of Glass Technology
The prefix "temporary" before a rank (e.g. temporary detective sergeant, abbreviated T/DS) denotes an officer who has been temporarily promoted to a rank (and so who does actually hold that rank, albeit on a temporary basis), whilst the prefix "acting" (e.g. acting inspector, abbreviated A/Insp) denotes an officer who is performing the role of ...
Staff sergeant (SSG) is the E-6 rank in the United States Army, just above sergeant and below sergeant first class, and is a non-commissioned officer (NCO). Unlike the Marine Corps, U.S. Army staff sergeants are not considered senior NCOs (senior NCOs of the Army begin with sergeant first class, equivalent to the Marines' gunnery sergeant).