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Forms of address specified in Army Regulation AR 600-20 Army Command Policy are: "Sergeant Major" and "First Sergeant" for those holding those ranks, and "Sergeant" for master sergeants, sergeants first class, staff sergeants, and sergeants. Corporals and specialists are addressed by their rank.
Until his retirement in 2003, Chief Master Sergeant Norman Marous was the Air Force's most senior chief master sergeant, having served in the Air Force since 1962. Marous left active duty in 1967 to spend 22 years in the United States Air Force Reserve and National Guard before returning to active duty as a chief master sergeant in 1989. He ...
SMA – Sergeant Major of the Army (U.S. Army E-9 – Senior Enlisted Member) SMEAC – Situation Mission Execution Admin/logistics Command/signal (U.S. Marine Corps basic knowledge) SMSgt – Senior Master Sergeant (USAF E-8) SN – Seaman (USCG/USN E-3) SNAFU – Situation Normal: All Fucked/Fouled Up; SOCCENT – Special Operations Command ...
The command sergeant major, as the most senior sergeant of a color-bearing unit, began in July 1967, with a final definition of duties in December 1975. In contrast, the duties of a sergeant major have been defined in the U.S. Army since the days of von Steuben (1779).
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Most non-infantry master sergeants serve as section chief/SNCOIC of their MOS type staff section in a battalion or higher level headquarters. General command leadership at this paygrade is provided by the separate rank of first sergeant. Only in the Marine Corps are master sergeants required to be addressed by their full rank.
Command Chief Master Sergeant Joshua J. Wiener [175] U.S. Air Force: Sixteenth Air Force Air Forces Cyber: Command Chief Master Sergeant, Sixteenth Air Force (16 AF) and Command Chief Master Sergeant, Air Forces Cyber (AFCYBER) Command Chief Master Sergeant Robert L. Hopkins [176] U.S. Air Force: Air National Guard: Air National Guard
The sergeant major of the Army, like counterparts in the other branches, wears a unique rank insignia, including a unique collar insignia ("brass"). The collar insignia of the SMA is the shield portion of the collar insignia of an aide-de-camp to the Army Chief of Staff (less the surmounting eagle), placed upon an enlisted collar disk of gold ...