staff sergeant
U.S. Air Force. a noncommissioned officer ranking below a technical sergeant and above an airman first class.
U.S. Army. a noncommissioned officer ranking below a sergeant first class and above a sergeant.
U.S. Marine Corps. a noncommissioned officer ranking below a gunnery sergeant and above a sergeant.
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How to use staff sergeant in a sentence
On the morning of March 26, Sergiy Barnich, a 47-year-old staff sergeant in Ukraine’s armed forces, came out of his trench and began to look for enemy mines in the brush.
'They Want the West to Be Frightened.' Ukraine's President on Why Russia Sent Troops to the Border | Simon Shuster / Shumy, Ukraine | April 12, 2021 | TimeThe staff sergeant said that when he was in the Givati Brigade in 2007 or so, it was “openly secular.”
On August 18, an IED killed Private First Class Morris Walker and staff sergeant Clayton Bowen during a reconnaissance mission.
We Lost Soldiers in the Hunt for Bergdahl, a Guy Who Walked Off in the Dead of Night | Nathan Bradley Bethea | June 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMarine staff sergeant Dean Sanchez, in charge of USMC Wounded Warriors living in the Rocky Mountain region, joined me from Denver.
Homefront Veterans: Skiing With Wounded Warriors | John Kael Weston | February 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe last Marine, staff sergeant Mark Mangio, decamped in March 2009.
Their Fight…But Our Legacy: The New Battle for Fallujah | John Kael Weston | January 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
She described one particularly difficult kid who was paired with a staff sergeant.
The staff sergeant took the card with his left hand, saluted smartly again with his right, and looked at Dave and Freddy.
Dave Dawson with the R.A.F | R. Sidney BowenThere used to be a tough guy over there,—a staff sergeant, he was—that gave lectures on military morals in a deep bass voice.
The Machine That Saved The World | William Fitzgerald JenkinsEven without his suggestion I should wish to have you with me as my staff sergeant.
The Master of Warlock | George Cary EgglestonIt was in an enlisted club or staff sergeant's club, something of that nature.
Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyIt was on this day that my nephew, Staff-Sergeant Nickson, was wounded.
Five Months at Anzac | Joseph Lievesley Beeston
British Dictionary definitions for staff sergeant
British a noncommissioned officer holding a rank between sergeant and warrant officer and employed on administrative duties
US
(in the Army) a noncommissioned officer who ranks above sergeant and below sergeant first class
(in the Air Force) a noncommissioned officer who ranks above airman first class and below technical sergeant
(in the Marine Corps) a noncommissioned officer who ranks above sergeant and below gunnery sergeant
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