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February 22nd, 2007   Post 1
Venom PL
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Post; Question about US Army rank


My friend has an original US Army uniform (it’s about 10 years old) with this rank on it.
My question is ………….Is this Sergeant Major rank or something else ?

 
February 22nd, 2007   Post 2
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I believe the rank is Air Force Staff Sergeant.
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February 22nd, 2007   Post 3
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I was looking in the wrong place I thought that it was US Army rank but clearly it is US Air Force rank.
It looks more like Technical Sergeant rank than Air Force Staff Sergeant.

Thx tomtom22
 
February 22nd, 2007   Post 4
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http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0199/ngrades.html
 
February 22nd, 2007   Post 5
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Venom PL
I was looking in the wrong place I thought that it was US Army rank but clearly it is US Air Force rank.
It looks more like Technical Sergeant rank than Air Force Staff Sergeant.

Thx tomtom22
You are right.
 
February 23rd, 2007   Post 6
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Yup, it's TSgt.
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February 23rd, 2007   Post 7
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On a related note, could someone please explain the difference between the various Sergents? 1st Class, Staff, Gunnery, Technical etc. Its all very confusing. Are they sub-grades, does the designation specify something particular. Do they outrank each other? is their a pay difference? etc...
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February 23rd, 2007   Post 8
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Youn can find some info on the different US ranks and rank system here:
US Air Force Ranks
US Army Ranks
US Marines Ranks
US Navy Ranks
 
February 25th, 2007   Post 9
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Thanks Redleg.
 
March 1st, 2007   Post 10
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mmarsh
On a related note, could someone please explain the difference between the various Sergents? 1st Class, Staff, Gunnery, Technical etc. Its all very confusing. Are they sub-grades, does the designation specify something particular. Do they outrank each other? is their a pay difference? etc...
Four generations of military service in your family and you don't know this?? Guess its not genetic.
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