first sergeant
Noun
Meaning
a sergeant in the Army above the rank of staff sergeant and below master sergeant
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First sergeants are addressed as 'First Sergeant (last name)', and sergeants major and command sergeants major are addressed as 'Sergeant Major (last name)'.
And, they paid off, said First Sergeant Skyler Ahlers.
He married Mary Elaine Hickerson on Sept. 17, 1976, in Clovis, N. M. He was a retired Master sergeant in the US Air Force with 22 and one half years of service as a hydraulic mechanic, drill sergeant, hydraulics instructor, and a first sergeant.
The report is controversial because it lays all the blame for the command climate surrounding the murder on Winchell’s first sergeant, a noncommissioned officer, who has since been relieved of his duties.
First Sergeant Etikasari, a UNIFIL Indonesian peacekeeper, is visiting the public school in Aytarun, a village close to the Blue Line in south Lebanon.
Irwin "Ray" Fraser, First Sergeant, received three Purple Hearts during the Korea War and six during his two tours in Vietnam.