Brontekst bekijken van Sergeant

{{short description|Rank in many uniformed organizations}}
{{Other uses}}
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{{Military ranks | state=expanded}}
&lt;span class="mwt-editable mwt-comment" id="R1720608626785" " draggable="false" contenteditable="true"&gt; If you’re thinking of capitalizing every occurrence of "sergeant", please read [[WP:MILTERMS]]'''Sergeant''' ('''Sgt''') is a [[Military rank|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 other units that draw their heritage from the British [[light infantry]]. Its origin is the [[Latin]] {{lang|la|serviens}}, 'one who serves', through the [[Old French]] term {{lang|fro|serjant}}.

The term ''sergeant'' refers to a [[non-commissioned officer]] placed above the rank of a [[corporal]], and a [[police officer]] immediately below a [[lieutenant]] in the US, and below an [[inspector]] in the UK. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://policeuk.com/police_ranks.php |title=UK Police Rank Structure |website=policeuk.com |access-date=9 November 2017 |archive-date=24 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224014941/http://www.policeuk.com/police_ranks.php |url-status=dead}}</ref>  <ref>{{cite web |title=sergeant |url=http://www.dictionary.com/browse/sergeant |publisher=[[Dictionary.com]] |access-date=12 March 2016}}</ref>  In most armies, the rank of sergeant corresponds to command of a [[team]]/[[section (military unit)|section]], or [[squad]]. In [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] armies, it is a more senior rank, corresponding roughly to a [[platoon]] second-in-command.{{cn|date=May 2024}} In the [[United States Army]], sergeant is a more junior rank corresponding to a [[fireteam]] leader or assistant squad leader; <ref>{{Cite web |title=Team Leader |url=https://www.ncoworldwide.army.mil/NCO-Corps-History/Shared-Experiences/Team-Leader/#:~:text=The%20fire%20team%20is%20led,assigned%20as%20a%20Team%20leader. |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=www.ncoworldwide.army.mil}}</ref>  while in the [[United States Marine Corps]] the rank is typically held by squad leaders. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Squad Leader Development Program |url=https://www.marines.mil/News/Marines-TV/videoid/481629/?dvpTag=squad+leaders |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=www.marines.mil |language=en-US}}</ref>  

More senior non-commissioned ranks are often variations on sergeant, for example [[staff sergeant]], [[gunnery sergeant]], [[master sergeant]], [[first sergeant]], and [[sergeant major]].&lt;span class="mwt-editable mwt-comment" id="R1720694273274" " draggable="false" contenteditable="true"&gt; few examples, not a complete list In many nations and services, the rank insignia for a sergeant often features three chevrons.

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== History ==
{{see also|Serjeanty}}
[[File:Sergeant_Arthur_Wilson_Dads_Army.jpg|thumb|Sergeant Arthur Wilson Dads Army]]
In medieval European usage, a sergeant was simply any attendant or officer with a protective duty. Any medieval knight or military order of knighthood might have "sergeants-at-arms", meaning servants able to fight if needed. The etymology of the term is from [[Anglo-Norman language|Anglo-French]] {{lang|xno|sergent}}, {{lang|xno|[[Serjeanty|serjeant]]}} "servant, valet, court official, soldier", from [[Middle Latin]] {{lang|la|servientem}} "servant, vassal, soldier".

Later, a "soldier sergeant" was a man of what would now be thought of as the "middle class", fulfilling a slightly junior role to the knight in the medieval hierarchy. Sergeants could fight either as heavy cavalry, light cavalry, or as trained professional infantry; either spearmen or crossbowmen. Most notable medieval mercenaries fell into the "sergeant" class, such as [[Flemish people|Flemish]] crossbowmen and spearmen, who were seen as reliable quality troops. The sergeant class was deemed to be 'worth half of a knight' in military value.

A specific kind of military sergeant was the [[serjeant-at-arms]], one of a body of armed men retained by English lords and monarchs. The title is now given to an officer in modern legislative bodies who is charged with keeping order during meetings and, if necessary, forcibly removing disruptive members.

The term had also civilian applications quite distinct and different from the military sergeant, though sharing the etymological origin – for example the [[serjeant-at-law]], historically an important and prestigious order of English lawyers.

== Types of sergeant ==
"Sergeant" is generally the lowest rank of sergeant, with individual military entities choosing some additional words to signify higher-ranking individuals. What terms are used, and what seniority they signify, is to a great extent dependent on the individual armed service. The term "sergeant" is also used in many appointment titles.

=== Ranks ===
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* [[Chief sergeant]]
* [[Chief master sergeant]]
* [[Colour sergeant]]
* [[Command sergeant major]]
* [[Company sergeant]]
* [[First sergeant]]
* [[Second sergeant]]
* [[Third sergeant]]
* [[Flight sergeant]]
* [[Gunnery sergeant]]
* [[Master gunnery sergeant]]
* [[Master sergeant]]
* [[Senior master sergeant]]
* [[Lance sergeant]]
* [[Junior sergeant]]
* [[Senior sergeant]]
* [[Senior staff sergeant]]
* [[Sergeant first class]]
* [[Sergeant major]]
* [[Staff sergeant]]
* [[Station sergeant]]
* [[Technical sergeant]]
{{div col end}}

=== Appointments ===
{{div col}}
* [[Academy sergeant major]]
* [[Band sergeant major]]
* [[Company quartermaster sergeant]]
* [[Company sergeant major]]
* [[Drill sergeant]]
* [[Drum major (military)|Drum major]]
* [[First sergeant]]
* [[Garrison sergeant major]]
* [[Master tailor]]
* [[Petty officer]]
* [[Pioneer sergeant]]
* [[Pipe major]]
* [[Platoon sergeant]]
* [[Platoon sergeant major]]
* [[Provost sergeant]]
* [[Quartermaster sergeant instructor]]
* [[Recruiting sergeant]]
* [[Regimental quartermaster sergeant]]
* [[Regimental sergeant major]]
* [[Senior enlisted advisor]]
* [[Sergeant major instructor]]
* [[Sergeant pilot]]
* [[Serjeant-at-arms]]
* [[Squadron quartermaster sergeant]]
* [[Squadron sergeant major]]
* [[Staff sergeant major]]
* [[Troop sergeant major]]
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== Current adaptations ==
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In most non-naval [[military]] or [[paramilitary]] organizations, the various grades of sergeant are [[non-commissioned officer]]s (NCOs) ranking above [[Private (rank)|privates]] and [[corporal]]s, and below [[warrant officer]]s and [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned officer]]s. The responsibilities of a sergeant differ from army to army. There are usually several ranks of sergeant, each corresponding to greater experience and responsibility for the daily lives of the soldiers of larger units. In police forces, sergeants are usually team leaders in charge of an entire team of constables to senior constables at large stations, to being in charge of sectors involving several police stations. In country areas, sergeants are often in charge of an entire station and its [[constabulary]]. Senior sergeants are usually in specialist areas and are in charge of sergeants and thus act as middle management.

=== Australia ===
Sergeant (Sgt) is a rank in both the [[Australian Army]] and the [[Royal Australian Air Force]]. The ranks are equivalent to each other and the [[Royal Australian Navy]] rank of [[petty officer]].

Although the rank insignia of the RAAF rank of [[flight sergeant]] (Flt Sgt) and the Australian Army rank of [[staff sergeant]] (SSgt) are identical, flight sergeant in fact outranks the rank of staff sergeant in the classification of rank equivalencies. The Australian Army rank of staff sergeant is now redundant and is no longer awarded, due to being outside the rank equivalencies and the next promotional rank is warrant officer class two. Chief petty officers and flight sergeants are not required to call a warrant officer class two "sir" in accordance with Australian Defence Force Regulations 1952 (Regulation 8).

The rank of sergeant exists in all Australian police forces and is of higher ranking than a constable or senior constable, but lower than an [[inspector]].

The sergeant structure varies among state police forces, generally two sergeant ranks are commonly classed as non-commissioned officers:
* Sergeant (Sgt) (three chevrons); and
* Senior sergeant (Sen Sgt) (three chevrons, crown surmounted by a laurel leaf)
[[South Australia Police]] has the additional rank of [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] sergeant (two chevrons below an inverted arrow head) which is an authorization for a temporarily higher rank. A brevet sergeant is less senior than a sergeant.

New South Wales Police Force has the additional rank of incremental sergeant (three chevrons and a crown). This is an incremental progression, following an appointment as a sergeant for seven years. An incremental sergeant rank is less senior than a senior sergeant but is more senior than a sergeant.

Upon appointment as a sergeant or senior sergeant, the sergeant is given:
* A warrant of appointment under the commissioner's hand and seal.
* A navy blue backing (which replaces a light blue backing to the officer's police badge)
* A navy blue nameplate (which replaces a light blue nameplate)
* A silver chinstrap positioned above his peaked cap on his headdress, replacing a black chinstrap.
Within the [[New South Wales Police Force]], a sergeant is a team leader or supervisory rank, whilst the rank of senior sergeant is a middle management rank with coordination responsibilities over human and physical resources.

All three sergeant ranks are informally referred to as "sergeant", or "sarge". However, at the New South Wales Police Academy, recruits must address all ranks of sergeants as "sergeant", and senior sergeants as "senior sergeant".

=== Canada ===

==== Army and Air Force ====
Sergeant (Sgt) ({{lang-fr|sergent}} or {{lang|fr|sgt}}) is an [[Land Force Command (Canada)|Army]] or [[Air Command (Canada)|Air Force]] [[non-commissioned officer]] rank of the [[Canadian Armed Forces]]. Its naval equivalent is [[petty officer 2nd class]] ({{lang-fr|maître de 2e classe}}). It is senior to the appointment of [[master corporal]] and its equivalent naval appointment, [[master seaman]], and junior to [[warrant officer]] and its naval equivalent, [[petty officer 1st class]]. Sergeants and petty officers 2nd class are the only [[Non-commissioned officer#Canada|senior non-commissioned officers]] in the Canadian Armed Forces, as WOs, MWOs and CWOs are warrant officers, not senior NCOs in accordance with the Queens Regulations and Orders. Volume 1, Article 102 "Definitions".

In army units, sergeants usually serve as [[section (military unit)|section]] commanders; they may often be called to fill positions normally held by [[warrant officer]]s, such as [[platoon]] or [[troop]] warrant, [[company quartermaster sergeant]], [[clerk|chief clerk]], etc.

The rank insignia of a sergeant is a three-bar chevron, worn point down, surmounted by a maple leaf. Embroidered rank badges are worn in "CF gold" thread on rifle green Melton, stitched to the upper sleeves of the service dress jacket; as miniature gold metal and rifle-green enamel badges on the collars of the army dress shirt and army outerwear jackets; in "old-gold" thread on air force blue [[shoulder mark|slip-ins]] on air force shirts, sweaters, and coats; and in a tan thread on [[CADPAT]] slip-ins (army) or dark blue thread on olive-drab slip-ins (air force) on the [[battledress|operational dress]] uniform.

[[Colour sergeant]] in the Canadian Armed Forces is not a rank of sergeant, but a warrant officer in one of the two [[Foot Guards]] regiments (the [[Governor General's Foot Guards]] and the [[Canadian Grenadier Guards]]). Likewise, a [[sergeant-major]] (including [[regimental sergeant-major]]) is not a sergeant rank, but an appointment held by a [[master warrant officer]] or [[chief warrant officer]].

Sergeants generally mess and billet with warrant officers, master warrant officers, and chief warrant officers, and their naval counterparts, [[chief petty officer]]s and [[petty officer]]s. Their mess on military bases or installations is generally named the warrant officers' and sergeants' mess.

Historically, the rank of sergeant was severely downgraded after [[Unification of the Canadian Forces|unification of the three services in 1968]]. An army sergeant before unification was generally employed in supervisory positions, such as the second in command of a platoon-sized unit (i.e. an infantry platoon sergeant, or troop sergeant in an armoured unit). After unification, sergeants were downgraded in status to section commander, a job previously held by [[corporal]]s, and the former "platoon/troop sergeants" were replaced by "platoon/troop warrant officers".

==== Police ====
Police forces across Canada also use the rank of sergeant and staff sergeant for senior non-commissioned officers above the rank of constable or corporal. Except in the [[Sûreté du Québec|province of Quebec]] and in the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]], the insignia for a police sergeant is three chevrons, worn point down. Staff sergeants rank above sergeants and are responsible for a unit or team within a station or division. The insignia for a staff sergeant is three chevrons, worn point down surmounted by a royal crown. In the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the insignia for a sergeant is three chevrons, worn point down surmounted by a royal crown (which is the insignia of a staff sergeant in other Canadian police forces). The insignia of a staff sergeant in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is four chevrons worn point up.

=== Denmark ===
In the [[Danish Defence]], sergeants are typically squad (6-12 soldiers) or section commanders. The sergeants in the Danish forces also act as drill sergeants and platoon instructors, training both new soldiers in basic training, as well as professional soldiers. Sergeants with 1–2 years in the rank, who are in basic training units, are often second-in-command of the platoon.

In professional units, the role of second-in-command in the platoon is sometimes given to a very experienced sergeant, but in most cases will be a [[Senior sergeant#Denmark|Senior sergeant]], the rank above sergeant.

Sergeants in the Danish military are instructors in military drill, weapons, field-craft, small unit tactics, and physical training.

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| English translation
| Sergeant <ref>{{cite web |title=Badges and Insignia of the Royal Danish Army |url=https://www2.forsvaret.dk/viden-om/generelt/gradstegn/Documents/Army%202018.pdf |website=forsvaret.dk |access-date=25 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814165949/https://www2.forsvaret.dk/viden-om/generelt/gradstegn/Documents/Army%202018.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2018 |date=2018}}</ref> 
| [[Petty officer]] <ref>{{cite web |title=Badges and Insignia of the Royal Danish Navy |url=https://www2.forsvaret.dk/viden-om/generelt/gradstegn/Documents/The%20Royal%20Danish%20Navy.pdf |website=forsvaret.dk |access-date=25 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814232541/https://www2.forsvaret.dk/viden-om/generelt/gradstegn/Documents/The%20Royal%20Danish%20Navy.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2018 |date=2016}}</ref> 
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=== Finland ===
{{main|Sergeant (Sweden and Finland)}}

==== Army ====
{{lang|fi|Kersantti}} ([[Finnish language]] abrv. kers.) or ''Sergeant'' ([[swedish language]] abrv. Serg) is in [[Finnish Defence Forces]] the second and highest non-commissioned officer rank that a conscript who has completed the junior NCO course ({{lang|fi|aliupseerikoulu}} in Finnish) can reach before entering the reserve. The lowest and most common non-commissioned officer rank is {{lang|fi|alikersantti}} (lit. "lower sergeant"); see [[Corporal#Finland|corporal]].

Only a few non-commissioned officers in each conscript company reach the higher rank of full three-chevron {{lang|fi|kersantti}}. There's no difference between the 4-month squad leader training and service time of {{lang|fi|alikersantti}} and {{lang|fi|kersantti}}; all start their squad leader tour with the lower rank and the optional promotion is based on the superior's assessment of individual performance and intended duties in the wartime organization; special roles such as that of platoon sergeant or company first sergeant are typically reserved for {{lang|fi|kersantti}} and upwards.

A corporal can also obtain the rank of sergeant (and possibly above, the next rank being four-chevron {{lang|fi|ylikersantti}}, which is comparable to staff sergeant) by taking some military refresher courses while in reserve, or by enlisting to (short-term) professional service in the military.

=== France ===

==== Army ====
French sergeant ranks are used by the air force, engineers, infantry, [[French Foreign Legion|Foreign Legion]], {{lang|fr|[[Troupes de marine]]}}, communications, administrative service, and {{lang|fr|[[Gendarmerie mobile]]}}{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}. Other branches of the army and {{lang|fr|gendarmerie}} use the equivalent ranks of {{lang|fr|[[maréchal des logis]]}} ("marshal of lodgings" in English) instead of sergeant ranks.

There were three sergeant ranks in France, although the most junior, contract sergeant, has been superseded by student sub-officer now that conscription has been suspended. When the army contained a large proportion of conscripts, contract sergeant was very common as a rank for conscripts considered to have leadership potential. In general the term {{lang|fr|sergeant}} was used for both contract sergeant and career sergeant. Contract sergeant was classified as the lowest sub-officer{{efn|The French military, like many others, does not use the term "non-commissioned officer" but instead {{lang|fr|sous-officier}}, meaning "sub-officer" (compare to German {{lang|de|[[unteroffizier]]}}).}} rank, the rank below being chief corporal.
* '''Student sub-officer''', '''{{lang|fr|élève sous-officier}}''' (formerly "contract sergeant", {{lang|fr|sergent sous contrat}}): One chevron, gold or silver.{{efn|The color of the chevrons of the sergeant depends on his unit: the vast majority of infantry units use gold, but a few, such as the [[chasseurs alpins]], use silver.}}<br>"Contract sergeant" was a rank used for junior sergeants, either conscripts or reservists. The rank insignia is used nowadays for students. After a certain amount of time, a student sub-officer is entitled to be addressed "sergeant".
* '''Sergeant''', '''{{lang|fr|sergent}}''' (formerly "career sergeant", {{lang|fr|sergent de carrière}}): Two chevrons.<br>Normal sergeant rank, though normally directly recruited from civilian life into the sub-officer ranks, so the rank implies less experience and higher academic requirements than for a commonwealth sergeant. As a typical rank for the command of a squad (typically eight soldiers), a tank, or a gun, this rank is roughly equivalent to a commonwealth corporal, a US Army staff sergeant, or a US Marine Corps sergeant.
* '''Principal sergeant''', '''{{lang|fr|sergent-chef}}''': Three chevrons.<br>With long service, a sergeant's promotion to chief sergeant is automatic. Typically being a platoon second-in-command, the holder of this rank is therefore equivalent to a commonwealth sergeant or a US "[[sergeant first class]]". The next rank up is [[adjutant]].

=== Germany ===
{{see also|Military ranks of the German Empire|Military ranks of the Weimar Republic}}
The {{lang|de|Sergeant}} was introduced 1843 and was used until 1921, when the rank was changed to {{lang|de|[[Unterfeldwebel]]}}.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}
The current rank used in the {{lang|de|[[Bundeswehr]]}} which is equal to an American/British sergeant is the rank of {{lang|de|[[Unteroffizier]]}}.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO] Nato - (2021). STANAG 2116 NATO (7th ed.). Brussels, Belgium: NATO Standardization Agency. pp. D-1–D-3.</ref>

=== Ireland ===

==== Army ====
Sergeant (Sgt) ({{lang|ga|sáirsint}} in [[Irish language|Irish]]) is the second rank of non-commissioned officer within the [[Irish Army]]. The [[Irish Naval Service|naval]] equivalent is [[petty officer]].

The army rank insignia consists of three winged chevrons (or "stripes"). The service dress insignia consists of three wavy red chevrons 9&nbsp;cm wide bordered in yellow. The main infantry role of a sergeant is as second-in-command of a [[platoon]] or commander of a fire support section of a weapons platoon, such as an anti-tank or mortar platoon. Another role is that of company clerk and instructor. There are higher ranks of company sergeant and company quartermaster sergeant. Artillery sergeants are usually assigned as detachment and section commanders, as well as in administrative roles. The difference in roles of sergeant and corporal in the artillery corps is not as clearly defined as in the infantry corps.

Sergeant is also the second rank of non-commissioned officer in the [[Irish Air Corps]]. Before 1994, the Air Corps was considered part of the army and wore army uniforms with distinct [[Corps Badge|corps badges]], but the same rank insignia. With the introduction of a unique Air Corps blue uniform in 1994, the same rank markings in a white colour were worn, before the introduction of a new three-chevron with wing rank marking. There are higher ranks of [[flight sergeant]] and flight quartermaster sergeant.

==== Police ====
Sergeant is the second rank in the {{lang|ga|[[Garda Síochána]]}}, above {{lang|ga|garda}} and below inspector.

Sergeants appointed as detectives use the rank title detective sergeant (DS). They do not outrank regular sergeants, the 'detective' prefix indicates that they are permanently allocated to detective duties.

=== Israel ===

==== Defense forces ====
{{further|Israel Defense Forces ranks}}
In the [[Israel Defense Forces]], soldiers are promoted from corporal to sergeant after approximately 18 months of service (16 for combatants), if they performed their duties appropriately during this time, and did not have disciplinary problems. Soldiers who take a commander's course may become sergeants earlier. Sergeants get a symbolic pay raise of 1.80 [[Israeli new sheqel|NIS]].

The Hebrew name for the rank is {{lang|he-latn|samál}} originated as an acronym for {{lang|he|סגן מחוץ למנין}} {{lang|he-latn|segen mi-khutz la-minyan}} ("supernumerary lieutenant") (inspired by the abbreviation [[Non-commissioned officer|"NCO"]]). Nowadays is no longer treated as an acronym or an abbreviation<ref>Avraham Akavia, "Milon le-munkhey tzava" (1951), p. 220, 270; Avraham Even-Shoshan, "Ha-milon ha-khadash" (1967), vol. 4, p. 1814 ; Yaakov Kna'ani, "Otzar ha-lashon ha-ivrit" (1972), p. 4078; Zeev Shiff, Eitan Habber, "Leksikon le-bitkhon Yisrael" (1976), p. 114; "Milon Sapir" (ed. Eitan Avnian) (1998), vol. 5, p. 2019; Avraham Even-Shoshan, "Milon Even-Shoshan be-shisha krakhim" (2003), {{ISBN|965-517-059-4}}, vol. 4, p. 1302; "Entziklopedya Karta" (5th edition, 2004), {{ISBN|965-220-534-6}}, p. 409; "Milon Ariel" (ed. prof. Daniel Sivan and prof. Maya Fruchtman) (2007), {{ISBN|978-965-515-009-4}}, p. 765. {{in lang|he}}.

==== Police ====
In the Israeli Police, sergeant is the third rank, coming after [[constable]] and [[corporal]]. Officers are promoted to this rank after a year as a corporal, or after 20 months of service in total. Excelling officers may be promoted to this rank (or any other rank) in up to 6 months instead of a year. <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gov.il/he/Departments/General/police_human_resources_department_promotions |title=משטרת ישראל {{!}} מסלולי קידום במשטרת ישראל |trans-title=Israel Police {{!}} Promotion tracks in the Israel Police |website=www.gov.il |language=he |access-date=11 October 2018}}</ref> 

=== Russia ===

==== Armed Forces ====
Within the [[Russian Armed Forces]], there are three ranks which are explicitly sergeant ranks: [[junior sergeant]] ({{lang|ru|младший сержант}}, {{lang|ru-latn|mladshy serzhant}}), sergeant ({{lang|ru|сержант}}, {{lang|ru-latn|serzhant}}) and [[senior sergeant]] ({{lang|ru|старший сержант}}, {{lang|ru-latn|starshy serzhant}}). There is also a rank called "{{lang|ru-latn|[[starshina]]}}" ({{lang|ru|старшина}}), which is often translated as "master sergeant". These ranks are inherited from the [[Soviet Union]].

In the [[Soviet Army]], most sergeants (with the exception of the aforementioned {{lang|ru-latn|starshina}}) were not career non-commissioned officers but specially trained conscripts; the rank of {{lang|ru-latn|starshina}} was reserved for career non-commissioned officers. In the modern Russian army, there are attempts to change this system and make most or all sergeants career non-commissioned officers; they are met with limited success.

==== Police ====
Unlike most police forces of the world, in the [[Russian police]] sergeant is a starting, entry-level rank. Ranks of "policeman" or "senior policeman" are not used in Russia (the rank of "[[private (rank)|private]] of police" technically exists but is rare, and most recruits become sergeants right away). It is divided into three grades the same way as the army sergeant rank.

=== Singapore ===

==== Singapore Armed Forces ====
In the [[Singapore Armed Forces]] (SAF), there are five different grades of sergeant: [[third Sergeant|third sergeant]] (3SG), [[second Sergeant|second sergeant]] (2SG), [[first sergeant]] (1SG), [[staff sergeant]] (SSG), and [[master sergeant]] (MSG). Sergeants are considered [[Specialist (rank)|specialist]]s in the SAF. They are equivalent to the non-commissioned officers of other militaries.

Soldiers must complete their specialist course at the [[Specialist Cadet School]], formerly known as the [[School of Infantry Specialists]] (SISPEC) or other training institutes before being promoted to third sergeant. While active duty [[National Service in Singapore|national servicemen]] may be promoted to second sergeant, most personnel holding ranks above that are career soldiers.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}

Promotion from third sergeant to staff sergeant takes an average of 6 years, although there are many factors that may cause a soldier's promotion to cease. These factors include failure to pass an annual physical fitness proficiency test, poor performance, or being charged for offences.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}

Third sergeants are usually [[section (military unit)|section]] commanders. They may also hold certain logistics or administrative posts such as [[company quartermaster sergeant]]. Second sergeants usually serve as [[platoon sergeant]]s. First sergeants, staff sergeants and master sergeants usually serve as [[company sergeant major]]s or administrative specialists at [[company (military unit)|company]] level or higher.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}

==== Home Team ====
In the [[Singapore Police Force]], [[Singapore Civil Defence Force]], [[Singapore Prison Service]] and [[Immigration and Checkpoints Authority]], the rank of sergeant lies between corporal and staff sergeant. Unlike most police forces in the world, the rank of sergeant has been changed since the late 1990s to an entry-level rank for Diploma/GCE "A" Level holders rather than a supervisory one.

==== Uniformed Youth Organisations ====
In the [[National Cadet Corps (Singapore)|National Cadet Corps]] (NCC), the rank of third sergeant is below second sergeant, and above corporal. <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.acsindep.moe.edu.sg/nccland/ncc-ranks-and-badges/ |title=NCC Ranks and Badges |website=Anglo Chinese School (Independent) |language=en |access-date=20 November 2018}}</ref>  In the [[National Police Cadet Corps]] (NPCC) and the [[National Civil Defence Cadet Corps]] (NCDCC), the rank of sergeant is below staff sergeant, and above corporal. <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.npcc.org.sg/roa.html |title=National Police Cadet Corps |website=www.npcc.org.sg |language=en |access-date=20 November 2018 |archive-date=20 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120221035/https://www.npcc.org.sg/roa.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>  <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uniforminsignia.org/?option=com_insigniasearch&Itemid=53&result=3489 |title=National Civil Defence Cadet Corps (NCDCC) / National Civil Defence Cadet Corps (NCDCC) |website=www.uniforminsignia.org |language=en-gb |access-date=20 November 2018}}</ref>  The rank of third sergeant and sergeant is held by cadets who have been appointed as [[non-commissioned officer]]s by their units and thus have the power to command a squad.

NPCC and NCDCC sergeants wear a rank insignia of three pointed-down chevrons, with the letters 'NPCC' and 'NCDCC' located below the insignia, so as to differentiate NPCC and NCDCC [[cadet]]s from [[Singapore Police Force]] and [[Singapore Civil Defence Force]] personnel respectively.

NCC third sergeants, second sergeants and first sergeants wear a rank insignia of three pointed-down chevrons, three pointed-down chevrons with one pointed-up chevron and three pointed-down chevrons with two pointed up-chevrons respectively, all with the letters 'NCC' located below the insignia, so as to differentiate NCC cadets from [[Singapore Armed Forces]] personnel.

In the [[St John Singapore|St John Brigade]] (SJB), the rank of sergeant is above corporal and below staff sergeant. It is usually held by a non-commissioned officer.

=== Sweden ===

==== Army ====
In Sweden, {{lang|sv|sergeant}} is the most junior specialist officers rank above {{lang|sv|[[överfurir]]}} (a squad leader at skill level C (advanced)) and below {{lang|sv|[[översergeant]]}}. The Swedish rank system comprises two different types of officers, "specialist officers" (in other countries categorized as NCO:s) and "tactical officers". Though marked as OR 6 to OR 9, the Swedish rank system is that of a parallel system, and both officer categories mentioned above are recognized as officers according to the stipulations of commission, given by Swedish parliament. The rank of {{lang|sv|fanjunkare}} (OR 7) is superior to that of a second lieutenant (OF1). An individual officer can transition during a career between serving as a tactical officer or specialist officer, depending on what kind of role the officer are serving in and if one meets the qualifications to transfer. Specialist Officers ranking from OR7 to OR9 can be found in the same tactical and strategical levels as tactical officers, for example in staff positions on brigade and higher tactical levels, as advanced and skilled specialist or staff section commanders.

The creation of the specialist officers corps in 2008, meant that many former officers from OR 1b to OR 3 where commissioned to the ranks of OR 7 - OR 9.

From 1983 to 2008 there was only one professional officers corps within the Swedish armed forces (OF 1 to OF 9). All OR-ranks where hold by conscripts.

Historically, the role of the specialist officer, until 1972 categorised as "underofficer" in Sweden is reminiscent of that of a senior non-commissioned officer in Germany ({{lang|de|[[unteroffizier mit portepee]]}}), hence there was a third stipulated "corps" of junior commanding ranks, that of the {{lang|sv|underbefäl}}, in direct translation "sub commanders" or "junior leader ranks", comprising the equivalents to the ranks of corporal (OR 4), {{lang|sv|furir}} (OR5) and {{lang|sv|[[överfurir]]}} (OR5b). This former "corps" (until 1983) was much like that of the senior {{lang|de|[[gefreiter]]}} ranks within the different German-speaking armed forces. These ranks are today held by long serving and skilled professional or reservist soldiers, but are distinctly not specialist officers ranks.

In order to be appointed sergeant (until 2019 "first sergeant") in today's Swedish armed forces, it is required that the candidate have completed specialist officer training (1.5years).

=== United Kingdom ===

==== Royal Marines and British Army ====
A sergeant in the [[Royal Marines]] and [[British Army]] wears three-point-down [[Chevron (insignia)|chevron]]s on their sleeve and usually serves as a [[platoon]] or [[troop]] sergeant, or in a specialist position. [[Staff sergeant]] (in technical units) or [[colour sergeant]] (in the [[Royal Marines]] and the [[infantry]]), is the next most senior rank, above which come warrant officers. The [[Household Cavalry]] use the rank of [[Corporal of Horse|corporal of horse]] instead, the only regiments to preserve the old [[cavalry]] tradition of having corporals but not sergeants.

A [[lance-sergeant]] (LSgt) was formerly a corporal acting in the capacity of a sergeant. The appointment now survives only in the [[Foot Guards]] and [[Honourable Artillery Company]], where it is awarded to all [[corporal]]s. A lance-sergeant wears three chevrons and belongs to the [[Mess#United Kingdom|sergeants' mess]], however, functionally he remains a corporal rather than an acting sergeant (e.g., he will typically command a [[section (military unit)|section]]). In the Household Cavalry, the equivalent appointment is [[Lance-Corporal of Horse|lance-corporal of horse]].

A sergeant in infantry regiments usually holds the appointment of "[[platoon sergeant]]" and is second in command of a [[platoon]]. In the Royal Marines a sergeant is sometimes the commander of a platoon-sized Close Combat Rifle Troop. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/brochures/royal-marines/ranks-and-roles |title=Ranks & roles |last=e3 |website=www.royalnavy.mod.uk |access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref> 

==== Royal Air Force ====
The [[Royal Air Force]] also has the rank of sergeant, wearing the same three chevrons. The rank lies between corporal and [[flight sergeant]] (or [[chief technician]] for technicians and musicians).

Between 1950 and 1964 in technical trades there was a rank of senior technician which was the equivalent of a sergeant. Senior technicians wore their chevrons point up.

On 1 July 1946, [[aircrew]] sergeants were re-designated as aircrew IV, III or II, replacing the chevrons with one, two or three six-pointed stars within a wreath and surmounted by an eagle. This was unpopular and in 1950 they returned to the old rank, but have worn an eagle above their chevrons ever since.

Sergeants of the [[Royal Flying Corps]]<div class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable" role="note">See also: [https://wiki-raamsdonk.nl/index.php?title=Police_ranks_of_the_United_Kingdom&action=tinymceedit&redlink=1 Police ranks of the United Kingdom] and [https://wiki-raamsdonk.nl/index.php?title=Law_enforcement_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=tinymceedit&redlink=1 Law enforcement in the United Kingdom]</div>wore a four-bladed propeller above their chevrons.

The spelling "serjeant" was never used in the Royal Air Force.

{{Anchor|UK Police Sergeant}}

==== {{anchor|UK police}}Police ====
{{See also|Police ranks of the United Kingdom|Law enforcement in the United Kingdom}}
[[File:UK Patrol Sergeant Epaulette.jpg|thumb|UK Police Patrol Sergeant epaulette]]

Within the [[Law enforcement in the United Kingdom|British police]], sergeant is the first supervisory [[Police ranks of the United Kingdom|rank]]. Sergeant is senior to the rank of [[Constable#United Kingdom|constable]], and junior to [[Inspector#United Kingdom|inspector]]. The rank is mostly operational, meaning that sergeants are directly concerned with day-to-day policing. Uniformed sergeants are often responsible for supervising a shift of constables and allocating duties to them. Prisoner-handling stations will also have one or more separate [[Custody officer|custody sergeant]]s who are responsible for authorising and supervising the detention of arrested persons in accordance with the [[Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984|Police and Criminal Evidence Act]], along with the daily management and effective running of the [[custody suite]].

Detective sergeants are equal in rank to their uniformed counterparts; only the prefix '[[detective]]' identifies them as having completed at least one of the various detective training courses authorising them to conduct and/or manage investigations into serious and/or complex crime. In British police services, not all officers deployed in [[Undercover#Plainclothes law enforcement|plain clothes]] are detectives, and not all detectives are deployed within the [[Criminal Investigation Department|CID]]. Thus, it is not unusual for detectives to supervise uniformed officers and vice versa.

Uniformed sergeants' [[epaulettes]] feature three down-pointed [[Chevron (insignia)#Rank insignia|chevrons]], above or below a [[Collar number|personal identification number]]. Sergeants (and constables) in service with the [[Metropolitan Police]], responsible for [[Law enforcement agency|law enforcement]] in [[Greater London]], have a "shoulder number", analogous to the [[collar number]] of regional forces, which is distinct from the warrant number on their [[warrant card]]. This is simply a management device to help order what is by far the largest police service in the UK. In the case of the [[Police Service of Northern Ireland]]
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Until the abolition of [[Station sergeant|first-class detective sergeants]] in 1973, Metropolitan Police detective sergeants when initially promoted were officially known as second-class detective sergeants.

Unlike the military and allowing for regional variations, addressing a police sergeant as "sarge" is commonplace. Additionally, in some forces (especially the Metropolitan Police) sergeants are referred to as "skippers" and again allowing for regional variations, context and expectations it is not necessarily wrong for a constable to address their sergeant as "skip" or "skipper".{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

=== United States ===
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==== History ====
The rank of sergeant was inherited from its use in the [[British Army]] and its [[colonial America]] regulars and [[Militia (United States)|militia]] of the several colonies. The sergeant has historically been the senior [[non-commissioned officer]] rank immediately subordinate to an officer and superior to [[corporal]].

Commonly, in the British Army and American colonial forces there was one sergeant for each officer with the sergeants serving as the senior non-commissioned officer of each section or squad (the terms were used somewhat interchangeably). Companies would sometimes be split into half-companies, or [[platoon]]s, commanded by a [[lieutenant]], for special duties. A typical British infantry regiment of the time was essentially coincident with a [[battalion]], with eight "battalion" (or [[line infantry]]) companies consisting of men equipped with muskets who fought in a line, a [[light infantry|light company]] with muskets and sometimes rifles for reconnaissance and skirmishing, a [[grenadier|grenadier company]] equipped with muskets, and a small support staff. Some larger "strong" regiments did have multiple battalions, each commanded by a major or lieutenant colonel. The regiment frequently had a ceremonial [[colonel-in-chief]] who was often a general officer or other dignitary, with day-to-day responsibility exercised by a [[colonel commandant]], who held the rank of [[brigadier general]] (in more elite regiments) or colonel. The colonel commandant personally commanded one of the companies, in addition to having responsibility for the regiment, and had his own sergeant. While corporals and [[lance-corporal]]s could be removed by order of the regimental commander, a sergeant could only be reduced in rank by a [[court-martial]].

In British Army and its colonial American forces, infantry companies usually had three officers (a [[captain (armed forces)|captain]], [[lieutenant]], the now obsolete rank of [[ensign (rank)|ensign]], later [[second lieutenant]] and three sergeants, with the sergeants' primary role in combat being to protect the officers, while any [[wikt:supernumerary]] officers assigned to the regiment often had a corporal as their bodyguard instead. Several higher ranks of sergeant existed, including the [[staff sergeant]] who was appointed over the other sergeants in the company, and the "[[sergeant major]]", an informal designation for the senior-most sergeant in the colonel's company, which was later formalized as a separate rank the British Army in 1797.

In battle formation, the line companies were marched into formation in three ranks consisting of the "rank and file" (i.e., the corporals and privates), also referred to as the "bayonet strength", in order to present volley fire by rank or massed bayonets for assault or defense, with each sergeant marching with a [[spontoon]] or half-pike, which was also frequently born by officers of this period. The sergeants played less of a leadership role in combat than in modern forces, as the massed company was under the direct control of the officers, but the sergeant aided the officer by repeating commands, and by using his spontoon to signal, align the ranks, and ensure that their muskets were properly leveled. When a soldier was sentenced to lashing by [[field punishment|company punishment]] or by court martial, the sergeants' spontoons would be bound together in a triangle frame to which the unfortunate soldier could be tied and [[flagellation|lashed]]. Spontoons driven into the ground were also used as braces for stacking arms when not in use, one of the many tasks in which the men would frequently be supervised by a non-commissioned officer when not in combat. Many of these practices would persist in the [[Continental Army]] even as it began to adopt Prussian or French organization and drill.

Beginning in 1775, the [[Thirteen Colonies]]' [[Continental Army]] began to organize under the Continental European (i.e., Prussian-French) model, which in addition to organizing infantry companies into two platoons and forming each platoon into two ranks by section/squad, ''vice'' the three ranks of the British model, gave a more direct leadership role to sergeants by assigning two sergeants to each platoon as section/squad leaders. Sergeants began to transition from serving as the battlefield [[bodyguard]]s of aristocratic officers and disciplinarians into being combat leaders integral to the tactical situation. In 1781, a fifth sergeant was authorized in each company to serve as company first sergeant, although a separate grade of rank was not established until 1831. However, from 1775, each regiment/battalion (these two terms were also used interchangeable during this time period as mentioned above) was authorized a sergeant major and a quartermaster sergeant.

The rank was used by both the [[Union Army|U.S. Army]] and the [[Confederate States Army|Confederate army]] during the [[American Civil War]]. The same rank insignia was used similarly by both armies. Both varied the color of the stripes by assigning red for artillery, yellow for cavalry, blue for infantry and later in the war, green for sharpshooters. Some militia units varied these colors even further and had other colors including black and red with gold piping for various units. The rank was just below first sergeant and just above corporal. They usually commanded a section of twenty men with two corporals under him. As the war progressed these men were often in command of platoons and even companies as the units were depleted of officers during combat.

While the number of sergeants (including the first sergeant) authorized in an infantry company fluctuated from three to five during various periods of history, by the United States Civil War it was relatively fixed at four sergeants, a first sergeant, and a company quartermaster sergeant (added in 1861). In 1898 the infantry company was expanded to three platoons, increasing the number of sergeants in each company to six, along with a first sergeant and a company quartermaster sergeant. In 1905, the company quartermaster sergeant was renamed as company supply sergeant and a mess sergeant was added to the company.

In 1917, the Army reorganized under the "square division" plan. The size of units from company up increased significantly and there were now four rifle platoons and 12 sergeants per company, along with three "staff" NCOs (first sergeant, supply sergeant, and mess sergeant). While there were still two sergeants assigned as section leaders in each platoon, a new position of "assistant to platoon commander" was filled by the senior ranking sergeant of the three assigned to assist the lieutenant in leading the unit.

The 1939 "triangular division" reorganization eliminated sections in rifle platoons. In 1940, rifle squad leaders, who had been corporals, became sergeants (with two staff sergeants – one as a platoon leader and the other as a platoon guide in the platoon headquarters; the lieutenant was still titled platoon commander), with three squads/sergeants per rifle platoon. In 1942, sergeants became assistant squad leaders, with staff sergeants as squad leaders (and a technical sergeant and a staff sergeant, as platoon leader and platoon guide, respectively, in the platoon headquarters).

In 1943 ''platoon leaders'' (technical sergeants) were re-designated as ''platoon sergeants'', while ''platoon commanders'' (officers – usually second or first lieutenants) became ''platoon leaders'', with only company and higher-level commanding officers known as a "commander". (Of note, while the U.S. Marine Corps followed the Army's lead in re-designating the senior NCO in a platoon from "assistant to platoon commander" to platoon leader and then as the platoon sergeant, the Marine Corps continues to style an officer commanding a platoon as "platoon commander".) In 1948, squad leaders again became sergeants (with corporals as assistant squad leaders) and finally, in 1958, sergeants became fire-team leaders under a staff sergeant as squad leader.

In 1958, as part of a rank restructuring, two pay grades and four ranks were added: sergeant (E-5) returned to its traditional three chevron insignia, E-6 became staff sergeant, which had been eliminated in 1948.

==== Army ====
In the [[United States Army]], although there are several ranks of sergeant, the lowest carries the title of sergeant. Sergeant is the enlisted rank in the U.S. Army above [[Specialist (rank)|specialist]] and [[corporal]] and below [[staff sergeant]], and is the second-lowest grade of [[non-commissioned officer]]. The rank was often nicknamed "buck sergeant" to distinguish it from other senior grades of sergeants. <ref>{{cite book |page=21 |last=Morton |first=Jerry |title=Reluctant Lieutenant: From Basic to OCS in the Sixties |publisher=[[Texas A&M University Press]] |date=13 April 2004}}</ref>  Sergeants in the [[infantry]], for example, lead [[fire team]]s of four men. There are two fire teams in a nine-man rifle [[squad]], which is led by a [[staff sergeant]]. Sergeants are normally section and team leaders and are a critical link in the NCO channel. These non-commissioned officers live and work with their soldiers every day and are responsible for their health, welfare and safety. These section and team leaders ensure that their soldiers meet standards in personal appearance and teach them to maintain and account for their individual and unit equipment and property. The NCO enforces standards and develops and trains soldiers daily in their military occupational specialty and unit mission. <ref>''Non-Commissioned Officer Guide'' FM 7-22.7 page 2-22</ref> 

[[Drill sergeant]]s are typically addressed as "drill sergeant" regardless of rank, though use of this term depends on post policy. When serving a tour as drill sergeant this is indicated by the traditional [[campaign hat]]. In late 1971, Headquarters, Continental Army Command (CONARC) received approval from the Chief of Staff of the Army for permission to include women in the Drill Sergeant Program. In February 1972, six Woman Army Corps (WAC) non-commissioned officers from Fort McClellan, Alabama, were enrolled in the Drill Sergeant Program, at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. <ref>ArmyStudyGuide.com, n.d.</ref>  Upon graduation, the women were authorized to wear the female drill sergeant campaign hat. Today, women drill sergeants are also referred to as "drill sergeant", regardless of their rank. Both men and women drill sergeants will always wear the drill sergeant badge indicating they completed the required training program at an authorized drill sergeant academy. The army drill sergeant badge appears on the right breast pocket. <ref>

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==== Marine Corps ====
The [[United States Marine Corps]] has several ranks that include the title of "sergeant", the lowest of which is sergeant (E-5). Marine sergeants are the fifth enlisted rank in the U.S. Marine Corps, ranking above [[corporal#United States Marine Corps|corporal]] and below [[staff sergeant#U.S. Marine Corps|staff sergeant]], and are often referred to as the backbone of the Marine Corps.

[[Infantry Branch (United States)#U.S. Marine Corps Infantry|Infantry]] sergeants typically serve as [[squad leader]]s in either a rifle or weapons [[Platoon#United States Marine Corps|platoon]] or as the [[platoon guide]] (i.e., assistant platoon sergeant) in a rifle platoon.

Once a Marine attains the rank of sergeant, promotions no longer derive from a composite and cutting score-based system; instead, they receive a [[Fitness Report]], or FITREP (i.e., a formal written evaluation, grading attributes from appearance and bearing to leadership and technical proficiency).

In the Marine Corps, enlisted ranks above sergeant are referred to as [[SNCO#United States|staff non-commissioned officers]], or SNCOs. These ranks, staff sergeant through [[sergeant major#United States Marine Corps|sergeant major]], are always referred to by their full rank and never merely as "sergeant".

Staff sergeant is usually the lowest enlisted rank that reports directly to an officer. In the infantry this would typically be as a rifle [[platoon sergeant]] or as a [[Section (military unit)#United States Marine Corps|section leader]] in a [[Heavy weapons platoon|weapons platoon]] (i.e., machine guns, mortars, anti-tank/assault weapons).

Infantry [[gunnery sergeant]]s usually serve as platoon sergeants for weapons platoons before moving up to a [[Gunnery sergeant#Responsibilities|company gunnery sergeant]] billet. This position is filled by an experienced gunnery sergeant who is typically in charge of coordinating [[Staff (military)#Operations (3)|operations]], [[Staff (military)#Logistics (4)|logistics]], and individual [[Staff (military)#Training (7)|training]] for a company-sized group of Marines (approximately 180 personnel). Owing to their involvement in the management of unit supply/re-supply the "Company Gunny" is colloquially known to be in charge of the "3 Bs": beans, bullets, and band-aids. Gunnery sergeants are commonly addressed as "gunny", but never officially. Use of this informality by subordinates is permitted solely at the rank holder's discretion.

Infantry [[Master sergeant#U.S. Marine Corps|master sergeant]]s typically serve as the operations chief of a weapons company (in lieu of the Company Gunnery Sergeant located in the rifle companies) or as the assistant operations chief in the [[Headquarters and Service Company#Regimental H&S Company|headquarters]] of an infantry [[Regiment#United States Marine Corps|regiment]]. Master sergeants are addressed as either "master sergeant" or "top" at the preference of the incumbent and dependent upon the commonly accepted practice within the [[United States military occupation code#Marine Corps|MOS]] community. For example, in Intelligence (the 02 MOS field), use of "Top" is common; in the Infantry (the 03 MOS field) its use is nearly unheard of and aggressively discouraged.

[[First sergeant#United States Marine Corps|First sergeant]]s serve as the [[senior enlisted advisor]] (SEA) to a [[Company (military unit)#Marine Corps|company]] or [[Artillery battery#United States Marine Corps|battery]] [[Commanding officer#Marine Corps|commander]] and are always addressed by their full rank title as "first sergeant". However, it is common for first sergeants to be referred to as "first shirt" by those under their command. Unlike "gunny" and even "top", a first sergeant is never addressed as "first shirt" directly.

Infantry [[master gunnery sergeant]]s serve as the operations chief in the headquarters of an infantry [[Battalion#United States Marine Corps|battalion]] or higher level organization (viz., [[Marine Expeditionary Unit]], [[list of United States Marine Corps regiments|regiment]], [[Marine Expeditionary Brigade]], [[List of United States Marine Corps divisions|division]], [[Marine Expeditionary Force]]) and follow the same verbal address protocol as master sergeants but are commonly referred to as "master guns", or "master gunny".

Sergeants major serve as the SEA to a battalion or [[United States Marine Corps Aviation#Squadrons|squadron]], or higher level, commander, and are always addressed by their full rank title as "sergeant major".

The history of the rank of sergeant in the USMC roughly parallels that of the US Army until 1942. From 1775 until WWII the Marine Corps used essentially the same rank and organizational structure as its common British and colonial forebears with the Army, as well as the later Continental and U.S. Armies. In 1942, as the Army modified its triangular-division infantry organization to best fight in the European/North African/Middle Eastern theatre, the Marine Corps began modifying the triangular-division plan to best employ its amphibious-warfare doctrine in the Pacific Theatre. This meant that for the Corps, squad leaders would remain as sergeants and the rifle squad would be sub-divided into three 4-man fire teams, each led by a corporal.

==== Air Force ====
[[File:E4 USAF SAM.svg|right|80px|thumb|Old U.S. Air Force sergeant rank insignia.]]
{{See also|Senior airman}}
{{See also|United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia}}
When the [[United States Air Force]] was separated from the U.S. Army in 1947, sergeant became the second junior [[Non-commissioned officer|NCO]] grade (above Air Force corporal) of this newly created independent branch of the U.S. Armed Forces. The U.S.A.F. sergeant (E-4) was equivalent to an Army corporal (since 1949) or Marine corporal (since 1958) and Navy/Coast Guard petty officer third class (since 1948), when additional enlisted grades below NCO level were implemented in these branches, moving up all enlisted ranks above for one pay grade each. 

The U.S.A.F. sergeant was replaced by [[Airman 1st Class]] (A/1c) in April 1952, this E-4 grade being now an enlisted rank below NCO level.<ref>{{cite web |website=A Chronology of the Enlisted Rank Chevron |first=Barry L. |last=Spink |title=A Chronology of the Enlisted Rank Chevron |url=https://www.afsfc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/862018/a-chronology-of-the-enlisted-rank-chevron/ |date=30 July 2013 |access-date=10 February 2024}} From then through October 1967, there was no rank titled "sergeant", though A/1cs were often called "sarge" or "sergeant" informally. 

The title "sergeant", commonly and informally referred to as "buck sergeant", was used again beginning in October 1967 in the hope that the prestige of being an [[Non-commissioned officer|NCO]] would increase the re-enlistment rate. Thus the rank of Airman 1st Class lost his E-4 status, becoming E-3, while Airman held E-2 and Airman basic E-1 continuously. E-4 

From June 1976 sergeant and the newly approved rank [[Senior airman]] shared the same pay grade E-4, with sergeant as lowest NCO rank and SrA as most senior enlisted personnel grade. This schism ended in April 1991, with the last promotions to sergeant. The allegedly last rank holder left the U.S.A.F. in 1998. Since then, alone Senior airmen have been holding E-4.

During the period when the E-4 title was divided, senior airmen were promoted to sergeant and granted non-commissioned officer status after 12 months time in grade; this lateral promotion is no longer conferred and senior airmen compete directly for promotion to staff sergeant. From 1976 to 1991, senior airman rank insignia had a light blue subdued central star (vice silver for sergeant and above), as did airman first class (E-3) and airman (E-2). Airman Basic, E-1, has no rank insignia.

In today's Air Force, the term sergeant refers to all Air Force non-commissioned officers up to the rank of senior master sergeant (E-8). An Airman who has achieved the rank of senior master sergeant (E-8) may also be referred to as "senior". An airman who has achieved the rank of chief master sergeant (E-9) is referred to as "chief". Those in the grade of staff sergeant (E-5) and [[technical sergeant]] (E-6) are referred to as non-commissioned officers, while those in the grade of [[master sergeant]] (E-7) through chief master sergeant (E-9) are referred to as senior non-commissioned officers.

==== Space Force ====
On February 1, 2021, the [[United States Space Force]] established the rank of sergeant for the paygrade E-5, replacing the rank of [[staff sergeant]] used in the Air Force. This aligned the Space Force's E-5 grade with the Army and Marine Corps, in which sergeants hold the grade of E-5 and staff sergeants hold the grade of E-6. In the Air Force, staff sergeants hold the grade of E-5 and the prior rank of sergeant was a non-commissioned officer in the grade of E-4, equivalent to the U.S. Army's corporal. Sergeants rank above [[specialist (rank)#United States Space Force|specialist 4]] but below[[technical sergeant#United States Space Force|technical sergeant]]. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Rachel S. |date=2021-01-29 |title=Space Force to Adopt 'Specialist,' Other New Ranks Feb. 1 |url=https://www.airforcemag.com/space-force-to-adopt-specialist-other-new-ranks-feb-1/|access-date=2021-01-29 |website=[[Air Force Magazine]] |language=en-US}}</ref> 

== NATO code ==
While the rank is used in a number of [[NATO countries]], it is ranked differently depending on the country.
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
! rowspan="2" | NATO code
! rowspan="2" | Country <ref>{{cite book |author1=[[NATO]] |title=STANAG 2116 NATO |date=2021 |publisher=NATO Standardization Agency |edition=7th |location=Brussels, Belgium |pages=D-1–D-3}}</ref> 
! colspan="2" | English equivalent
|- 
! UK
! US
|- 
! OR-6
| Bulgaria, Canada, Spain
| rowspan="2" | Sergeant
| [[Staff sergeant]]
|- 
! OR-5
| Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania
| Sergeant
|- 
! OR-4
| Estonia
| [[Corporal]]
| [[Corporal]]
|}
== Gallery ==
<gallery class="center">
<!-- In alphabetic order of Country please -->
File:03.AlgA-SGT.svg|{{lang|fr|Sergent}}<br />{{small|({{lang-ar|رقيب|Raqib}})}}<br />([[Algerian Land Forces]])<ref name="Algeria">{{cite web |title=Ranks |url=https://www.mdn.dz/site_principal/sommaire/presentation/armoiries_an.php |website=mdn.dz |publisher=[[Ministry of National Defence (Algeria)]] |access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref>
File:British Army OR-6.svg|Sergeant<br />([[Antigua and Barbuda Regiment]])<ref name="Antigua&Barbuda">{{cite web |title=Paratus |author1=Antigua & Barbuda Defence Force |url=http://abdf.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ABDF_mag_2011.pdf |publisher=Regional Publications Ltd. |access-date=2 March 2020 |pages=12–13 |archive-date=7 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607174320/http://abdf.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ABDF_mag_2011.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
File:Ejercito Argentino - Sargento.svg|{{lang|es|Sargento}}<br />([[Argentine Army]])<ref name="Argentina_Army">{{cite web |title=Grados |url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/ejercito/grados |website=argentina.gob.ar |date=14 February 2018 |publisher=[[Government of Argentina]] |access-date=27 May 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
File:Armenia-Army-OR-5.svg|{{lang|hy|ՍԵՐԺԱՆՏ}}<br />{{lang|hy-Latn|Serzhant}}<br />([[Armenian Ground Forces]])<ref name="Armenia">{{cite web |title=ԶԻՆՎՈՐԱԿԱՆ ԾԱՌԱՅՈՒԹՅԱՆ ԵՎ ԶԻՆԾԱՌԱՅՈՂԻ ԿԱՐԳԱՎԻՃԱԿԻ ՄԱՍԻՆ |url=https://www.arlis.am/documentview.aspx?docid=117633 |website=arlis.am |publisher=Legal information system of Armenia |access-date=3 June 2021 |language=hy |date=15 November 2017}}</ref>
File:Australian Army OR-6.svg|Sergeant<br />([[Australian Army]])<ref name="Australia">{{cite web |title=Badges of rank |url=https://www.defence.gov.au/images/Badges_of_rank.pdf |website=defence.gov.au |publisher=Department of Defence (Australia) |access-date=31 May 2021}}</ref>
File:Bangladesh-army-OR-5.svg|Sergeant<br />{{small|({{lang-bn|সার্জেন্ট|Sārjēnṭa}})}}<br />([[Bangladesh Army]])<ref name="Bangladesh_Army">{{cite web |title=Ranks & insignia |url=https://joinbangladesharmy.army.mil.bd/home/page/ranks-insignia |website=joinbangladesharmy.army.mil.bd |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref>
File:BDF OR-6 (2021).svg|Sergeant<br />([[Barbados Regiment]])<ref name="Medals Parade">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDeATyAgCWE |title=Barbados Defence Force Medal Ceremony |date=18 Jul 2019 |access-date=29 October 2022 |website=[[YouTube]] |publisher=[[Barbados Defence Force]]}}</ref>
File:Russia-Army-OR-5-1994-field.svg|{{lang|be|Сяржант}}<br />{{lang|be-Latn|Siaržant}}<br />([[Belarusian Ground Forces]])<ref name="Belarus">{{cite web |title=Указ Президента Республики Беларусь от 21.07.2009 N 388 "О военной форме одежды, знаках различия по воинским званиям и внесении дополнений в Указ Президента Республики Беларусь от 9 июня 2006 г. N 383" |url=http://pravo.levonevsky.org/bazaby11/republic09/text814.htm |website=pravo.levonevsky.org/ |publisher=Government of Belarus |access-date=30 May 2021 |language=ru}}</ref>
File:Belgium-Army-OR-5.svg|{{lang|nl|Sergeant}}<br />([[Belgian Land Component]])<ref name=Belgium_Army>{{cite web |title=IPR Landcomponent |url=http://www.mil.be/def/ranks/index.asp?LAN=nl&ID=1&IDS=1&IDT=3 |website=mil.be |access-date=25 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050217100130/http://www.mil.be/def/ranks/index.asp?LAN=nl&ID=1&IDS=1&IDT=3 |archive-date=17 February 2005 |language=nl}}</ref>
File:British Army OR-6.svg|Sergeant<br />([[Belize Defence Force]])
File:Benin Army OR-5.svg|{{lang|fr|Sergent}}<br />([[Benin Armed Forces|Benin Army]])<ref name="Benin">{{cite web |title=LOI N° 2005-43 DU 26 JUIN 2006 |url=https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/94851/111467/F-404511779/BEN-94851.pdf |website=ilo.org |publisher=[[National Assembly (Benin)]] |access-date=13 June 2021 |pages=19-20, 35-36 |language=fr |date=26 June 2006}}</ref>
File:Botswana-Army-OR-6.svg|Sergeant<br />([[Botswana Ground Force]])<ref name="Botswana">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gov.bw/en/Ministries--Authorities/Ministries/State-President/Botswana-Defence-Force-BDF/About-the-BDF1/Ranks-and-Insignia/ |title=Ranks |publisher=Government of Botswana |access-date=22 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826111806/http://www.gov.bw/en/Ministries--Authorities/Ministries/State-President/Botswana-Defence-Force-BDF/About-the-BDF1/Ranks-and-Insignia/ |archive-date=26 August 2016 }}</ref>
File:03.RBrLF-SGT.svg|{{lang|ms|Sarjan}}<br />([[Royal Brunei Land Force]])<ref name="Brunei_Army">{{cite web |title=Akta angkatan bersenjata diraja Brunei (Penggal 149) |url=http://www.agc.gov.bn/AGC%20Images/LAWS/Gazette_PDF/2013/BM/b088.pdf |website=agc.gov.bn |access-date=14 July 2021 |pages=1999–2000 |language=ms |date=16 December 2013}}</ref>
File:Bulgaria-Army-OR-6.svg|{{lang|bg|Сержант}}<br />{{lang|bg-Latn|Serzhant}}<br />([[Bulgarian Land Forces]])<ref name="Bulgaria">{{cite web |title=ЗАКОН ЗА ОТБРАНАТА И ВЪОРЪЖЕНИТЕ СИЛИ НА РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ |url=https://www.lex.bg/bg/laws/ldoc/2135631954 |website=lex.bg |access-date=25 May 2021 |location=Глава седма. ВОЕННА СЛУЖБА |language=bg |date=12 May 2009}}</ref>
File:03. Burkina Faso Army - SGT.svg|{{lang|fr|Sergent}}<br />([[Burkina Faso Armed Forces|Burkina Faso Ground Forces]])<ref name="BurkinaFaso1">{{cite web |title=LOI N° 037-2016/AN PORTANT CONDITIONS D'AVANCEMENT DES PERSONNELS D'ACTIVE DES FORCES ARMEES NATIONALES |trans-title=LAW N° 037-2016/AN ON THE CONDITIONS FOR ADVANCEMENT OF ACTIVE PERSONNEL OF THE NATIONAL ARMED FORCES |url=https://lavoixdujuristebf.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/loi_037_avancement_personnel_fan.pdf |date=2015 |access-date=3 June 2021 |pages=17–21 |language=fr |archive-date=31 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831104305/https://lavoixdujuristebf.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/loi_037_avancement_personnel_fan.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
File:blank.svg|{{lang|fr|Sergent}}<br />{{small|({{lang-rn|Sereja}})}}<br />([[Burundi Army]])<ref name="Burundi">{{cite web |title=Loi organique N°1/ 04 du 20 février 2017 portant Missions, Organisation, Composition, Instruction, Conditions de service et Fonctionnement de la Force de Défense Nationale du Burundi |trans-title=Organic Law No. 1/04 of February 20, 2017 on Missions, Organization, Composition, Instruction, Conditions of Service and Operation of the National Defense Force of Burundi |url=http://fdnb.bi/sites/default/files/loi-04-2017.pdf |website=fdnb.bi/ |publisher=[[Government of Burundi]] |access-date=27 June 2021 |page=45 |language=fr}}</ref>
File:Cameroon-Army-OR-5.svg|{{lang|fr|Sergent}}<br />([[Cameroon Armed Forces|Cameroon Ground Forces]])
File:Canadian Army OR-6.svg|Sergeant<br />{{small|({{lang-fr|Sergent}})}}<br />([[Canadian Army]])<ref name="Canada">{{cite web |title=Ranks and appointment |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/services/defence/caf/military-identity-system/rank-appointment-insignia.html |website=canada.ca |date=23 November 2017 |publisher=[[Government of Canada]] |access-date=28 May 2021}}</ref>
File:Cape_Verde-army-OR-5b.svg|{{lang|pt|Sargento}}<br />([[Cape Verdean Armed Forces|Cape Verdean National Guard]])<ref name="CapeVerde_Army">{{cite web |title=Patente |url=https://www.fa.gov.cv/index.php/uniforme/patente |website=fa.gov.cv |publisher=Cape Verdean Armed Forces |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=pt |archive-date=26 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726014311/https://www.fa.gov.cv/index.php/uniforme/patente |url-status=dead }}</ref>
File:04.CAGF-SGT.svg|{{lang|fr|Sergent}}<br />([[Central African Armed Forces|Central African Ground Forces]])
File:Chad-Army-OR-5.svg|{{lang|fr|Sergent}}<br />([[Chadian Ground Forces]])
File:Comoros-Army-OR-5.svg|{{lang|fr|Sergent}}<br />([[Comorian Army]])
File:03.DRC-SGT.svg|{{lang|fr|Sergent}}<br />([[Land Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Land Forces of the DR Congo]])
File:04-ROCongo Army-SGT.svg|{{lang|fr|Sergent}}<br />([[Armed Forces of the Republic of the Congo|Congolese Ground Forces]])<ref name="RepublicoftheCongo">{{cite web |title=Grades appellations distinctions |url=https://defense.gouv.cg/gradesappellationsdistinctions/ |website=defense.gouv.cg |publisher=[[Ministry of National Defense (Republic of the Congo)]] |access-date=7 June 2021 |language=fr}}</ref>
File:Denmark-Army-OR-5-M11.svg|{{lang|da|Sergent}}<br />([[Royal Danish Army]])<ref name="Denmark_Army">{{cite web |title=Hærens Gradstegn |url=https://www.forsvaret.dk/globalassets/fko---forsvaret/dokumenter/gradstegn/-plakater_gradstegn_haren_a2_okt_2021-.pdf |website=forsvaret.dk |publisher=[[Danish Defence]] |language=da |date=October 2021 |access-date=13 October 2023}}</ref>
File:Djibouti-Army-OR-5.svg|{{lang|fr|Sergent}}<br />([[Djiboutian Army]])
File:SargentoE.N.svg|{{lang|es|Sargento}}<br />([[Dominican Army]])<ref name="DominicanRepublic_Army">{{cite book |title=Ejército de República Dominicana: Reglamento de uniforme |date=18 August 2016 |publisher=Dominican Army |pages=130–139 |url=https://www.ejercito.mil.do/transparencia/images/docs/base_legal/REGL__UNIFORMES__ERD__18-08-16.pdf |access-date=18 June 2021 |language=es |chapter=Capítulo II: Insignias y Distintivos}}</ref>
File:El-Salvador-Army-OR-6.svg|{{lang|es|Sargento}}<br />([[Salvadoran Army]])<ref name="ElSalvador">{{cite web |title=Grados Militares |trans-title=Military ranks |url=https://www.fuerzaarmada.mil.sv/?page_id=734 |website=fuerzaarmada.mil.sv |publisher=Ministry of National Defense of El Salvador. |access-date=29 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304153314/https://www.fuerzaarmada.mil.sv/?page_id=734 |archive-date=4 March 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
File:04. EGLF-SGT.svg|{{lang|es|Sarjento}}<br />([[Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea|Army of Equatorial Guinea]])
File:Fijian-OR-06.svg|Sergeant<br />([[Fiji Infantry Regiment]])
File:Kersantti kauluslaatta.svg|{{lang|fi|Kersantti}}<br />([[Finnish Army]])<ref name="Finland">{{cite web |title=Sotilasarvot Puolustusvoimissa |trans-title=Military ranks in the Defense Forces |url=https://puolustusvoimat.fi/sotilasarvot |website=puolustusvoimat.fi |publisher=[[Finnish Defence Forces]] |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=fi}}</ref>
File:Army-FRA-OR-05.svg|{{lang|fr|Sergent}}<br />([[French Army]])<ref name="France_Army">{{cite book |title=Instruction N° 10300/DEF/EMAT/LOG/ASH |date=13 June 2005 |publisher=Staff of the French Army |url=https://rescue18.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/INSTRUCTION-N-10300_DEF_EMAT_LOG_ASH-DEF_DCCAT_LOG_REG.pdf |access-date=30 May 2021 |language=fr |archive-date=12 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612085956/https://rescue18.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/INSTRUCTION-N-10300_DEF_EMAT_LOG_ASH-DEF_DCCAT_LOG_REG.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
File:04.GLF-SGT.svg|{{lang|fr|Sergent}}<br />([[Gabonese Army]])
File:03.Gambian Army-SGT.svg|Sergeant<br />([[Gambian National Army]])
File:Ghana-Army-OR-6.svg|Sergeant<br />([[Ghana Army]])
File:Georgia-Army-OR-5.svg|{{lang|ka|სერჟანტი}}<br />{{lang|ka-Latn|Serzhant’i}}<br />([[Georgian Land Forces]])<ref name="Georgia">{{cite web |title=სამხედრო წოდებები და ინსიგნიები |trans-title=Military Ranks and Insignia |url=https://mod.gov.ge/ge/page/34/samxedro-wodebebi-da-insigniebii |website=mod.gov.ge |publisher=Ministry of Defense of Georgia |access-date=12 March 2018 |language=ka}}</ref>
File:blank.svg|{{lang|fr|Sergent}}<br />([[Republic of Guinea Armed Forces|Guinea Ground Forces]])
File:Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Sergeant insignia.svg|Sergeant<br />([[Guyana Defence Force|Guyana Army]])<ref name="Guyana_Army">{{cite book |last1=Merrill |first1=Tim |title=Guyana and Belize: country studies |date=1993 |publisher=Library of Congress |lccn=93010956 |page=138 |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/frdcstdy.guyanabelizecoun00merr_0/?sp=176&st=text |access-date=3 June 2021}}</ref>
File:IDF Ranks Samal.svg|Samal<br />{{Small|[[Hebrew]]: סמל}}<br />([[Israel Defense Forces]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-08-30 |title=Ranks |url=http://dover.idf.il/IDF/English/about/insignia/ranks.htm |access-date=2024-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830070254/http://dover.idf.il/IDF/English/about/insignia/ranks.htm |archive-date=30 August 2009 }}</ref>  
File:Ireland-Army-OR-5.svg|Sergeant<br />{{small|({{lang-ga|Sáirsint}})}}<br />([[Irish Army]])<ref name="Ireland_Army">{{cite web |title=Army Rank Markings |url=http://www.military.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/images/Info_Centre/Posters/rank_markings/Army_Rank_Markings_01.png |website=military.ie |publisher=Defence Forces (Ireland) |access-date=26 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425021608/http://www.military.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/images/Info_Centre/Posters/rank_markings/Army_Rank_Markings_01.png |archive-date=25 April 2016}}</ref>
File:IT-Army-OR5.svg|{{lang|it|Sergente}}<br />([[Italian Army]])<ref name="Italy_Army">{{cite web |title=i gradi dell'Esercito Italiano - distintivi di incarico e funzionali |url=http://www.esercito.difesa.it/root/equipaggiamenti/gradi_270906.pdf |website=esercito.difesa.it |publisher=Italian Army |access-date=30 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100801094145/http://www.esercito.difesa.it/root/equipaggiamenti/gradi_270906.pdf |archive-date=1 August 2010 |language=it}}</ref>
File:Ivory_Coast-Army-OR-5.svg|{{lang|fr|Sergent}}<br />([[Armed Forces of the Republic of Ivory Coast|Ivory Coast Ground Forces]])<ref name="IvoryCoast">{{cite web |title=GRADES / APPELLATIONS / DISTINCTIONS |url=http://www.defense.gouv.ci/culture/grades |website=defense.gouv.ci |publisher=Ministère de la Défense |access-date=23 September 2020 |language=fr |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001165925/https://www.defense.gouv.ci/culture/grades |url-status=dead }}</ref>
File:Jamaica-Army-OR-6.png|Sergeant<br />([[Jamaica Defence Force|Jamaican Army]])<ref name="Jamaica">{{cite web |title=BADGES OF RANK |url=https://www.jdfweb.com/badges-of-rank/ |website=Official Jamaica Defence Force Website |access-date=16 November 2019 |date=2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820143541/https://www.jdfweb.com/badges-of-rank/ |archive-date=20 August 2020}}</ref>
File:04-RKGF-SGT.svg|{{lang|kk|Cержант}}<br />{{lang|kk-Latn|Serjant}}<br />([[Kazakh Ground Forces]])<ref name=Kazakhstan>{{cite web |title=Қазақстан Республикасының Қарулы Күштері, басқа да әскерлері мен әскери құралымдары әскери қызметшілерінің әскери киім нысаны және айырым белгілері туралы |url=https://adilet.zan.kz/kaz/docs/U1100000144 |website=adilet.zan.kz |publisher=Ministry of Justice (Kazakhstan) |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=kk |date=25 August 2011}}</ref>
File:Kenya-Army-OR-6.svg|Sergeant<br />([[Kenya Army]])<ref name="Kenya">{{cite web |title=KDF Ranks |url=https://mod.go.ke/kdf-ranks/ |website=mod.go.ke |publisher=Ministry of Defence - Kenya |access-date=9 December 2022}}</ref>
File:04.Kyrgyzstan Army-SGT.svg|{{lang|ky|Сержант}}<br />{{lang|ky-Latn|Serjant}}<br />([[Kyrgyz Army]])<ref name="Kyrgyzstan">{{cite web |title=Кыргыз Республикасынын жарандарынын жалпыга бирдей аскердик милдети жөнүндө, аскердик жана альтернативдик кызматтар жөнүндө |url=http://cbd.minjust.gov.kg/act/view/ky-kg/202536 |website=cbd.minjust.gov.kg/ |publisher=Ministry of Justice (Kyrgyzstan) |access-date=3 June 2021 |language=ky |date=9 February 2009}}</ref>
File:Latvia-Army-OR-5.svg|{{lang|lv|Seržants}}<br />([[Latvian Land Forces]])<ref name="Latvia">{{cite web |title=Pakāpju iedalījums |url=https://www.mil.lv/lv/aktivais-dienests/dienesta-gaita/dienesta-pakapes/pakapju-iedalijums |website=mil.lv/lv |publisher=Latvian National Armed Forces |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=lv}}</ref>
File:Zimbabwe-Army-OR-6.svg|Sergeant<br />([[Lesotho Army]])<ref name="Lesotho">{{cite web |title=Ranks in the Army |url=http://www.ldf.gov.ls/ranks.html |publisher=Lesotho Defence Force |access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref>
File:Army-USA-OR-05.svg|Sergeant<br />([[Armed Forces of Liberia|Liberian Ground Forces]])<ref name="Liberia">{{cite web |url=http://www.vertic.org/media/National%20Legislation/Liberia/LR_Defense%20Act%20of%202008.pdf |title=Defense Act of 2008 |date=3 September 2008 |page=8 |access-date=20 November 2017}}</ref>
File:05-Lithuania Army-SGT.svg|{{lang|lt|Seržantas}}<br />([[Lithuanian Land Force]])<ref name="Lithuania">{{cite web|title=Kariniai laipsniai|trans-title=Military Ranks|url=https://www.kariuomene.lt/kas-mes-esame/kariniai-laipsniai/16|website=Lithuanian Army|access-date=30 June 2023|language=lt}}</ref>
File:Luxembourg-Army-OR-5.svg|{{Lang|lb|Sergent}}<br />([[Luxembourg Army]])<ref name="Luxembourg">{{cite web |title=Grades |url=http://www.armee.lu/organisation/personnel/grades |website=Armee.lu |publisher=Luxembourg Army |access-date=12 October 2022}}</ref>
File:04.Madagascar Air Force-SGT.svg|{{lang|fr|Sergent}}<br />([[Madagascar People's Armed Forces|Madagascar Ground Forces]])<ref name="Madagascar">{{cite web |title=LOI N° 96-029 portant Statut Général des Militaires |url=http://www.defense.gov.mg/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/LOI-96-029.pdf |website=defense.gov.mg |publisher=Ministry of Defence (Madagascar) |access-date=10 July 2021 |pages=2 |language=fr |date=15 November 1996}}</ref>
File:Malaysia-army-OR-6.svg|{{lang|ms|Sarjan}}<br />([[Malaysian Army]])<ref name="Malaysia_Army">{{cite web |title=Kategori Pangkat |url=https://army.mod.gov.my/index.php/ms/about-us/profile/kategori-pangkat |website=army.mod.gov.my/ |publisher=Malaysian Army |access-date=10 July 2021 |language=mg |archive-date=28 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928155733/http://army.mod.gov.my/index.php/ms/about-us/profile/kategori-pangkat |url-status=dead }}</ref>
File:blank.svg|Sergeant<br />([[Malawi Army]])
File:Maldives-Army-OR-5.svg|{{lang|dv|ސާރޖަންޓް}}<br />{{lang|dv-Latn|Saarjant}}<br />([[Maldives National Defence Force]])<ref name="Maldives">{{cite web |title=ރޭންކް ސްޓްރަކްޗަރ |url=https://mndf.gov.mv/mndf/ranks |website=mndf.gov.mv |publisher=Maldives National Defence Force |access-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229225234/https://mndf.gov.mv/mndf/ranks |archive-date=29 February 2020 |language=dv}}</ref>
File:04.Mali Army-SGT.svg|{{lang|fr|Sergent}}<br />([[Malian Army]])<ref name="Mali">{{cite web|title=2011 - Plaquette sur les insignes et blasons des Forces Armées du Mali|url=http://www.memoriamali.com/webdossier/2011-parcours-historique-de-la-region-de-segou/|language=fr|date=23 April 2011 |access-date=17 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121154146/http://www.memoriamali.com/webdossier/2011-parcours-historique-de-la-region-de-segou/ |archive-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>
File:03.Malta Army-SGT.svg|Sergeant<br />([[Armed Forces of Malta|Army of Malta]])<ref name="Malta">{{cite web |title=Rank Insignia |url=https://afm.gov.mt/en/equipment/Pages/Rank-Insignia.aspx |website=afm.gov.mt |publisher=Armed Forces of Malta |access-date=26 May 2021}}</ref>
File:04-Moldovan Army-SGT.svg|{{lang|ro|Sergent}}<br />([[Moldovan Ground Forces]])<ref name="Moldova">{{cite web |title=Epoleţi |url=https://www.army.md/inf/epoleti/epoleti.htm |website=army.md |publisher=Ministry of Defense |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=ro}}</ref>
File:05-Moroccan Army-SGT.svg|{{lang|fr|Sergent}}<br />([[Royal Moroccan Army]])<ref name="Morocco">{{cite book |last1=Ehrenreich |first1=Frederich |editor1-last= Nelson |editor1-first=Harold D. |title=Morocco: a country study |series=Area Handbook |date=1985 |location=Washington, D.C. |lccn=85600265 |pages=350–351 |edition=5th |chapter=National Security}}</ref>
File:03-Namibia Army-SGT.svg|Sergeant<br />([[Namibian Army]])<ref name="Namibia">{{cite magazine |title=Government Notice |magazine=Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia |date=20 August 2010 |volume=4547 |pages=99–102 |url=http://www.lac.org.na/laws/2010/4547.pdf |access-date=20 December 2021}}</ref>
File:Netherlands-Army-OR-5.svg|{{lang|nl|Sergeant}}<br />([[Royal Netherlands Army]])<ref name="Netherlands">{{cite web |title=De rangonderscheidingstekens van de krijgsmacht |url=https://www.defensie.nl/binaries/defensie/documenten/brochures/2021/01/15/rangen-krijgsmacht/rangonderscheidingstekens.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Defence (Netherlands) |access-date=18 March 2021 |date=19 December 2016 |language=nl}}</ref>
File:New Zealand-Army-OR-6.svg|Sergeant<br />([[New Zealand Army]])<ref name="NewZealand">{{cite web |title=Badges of Rank |url=https://nzdfpop.cwp.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/Resources/21-Update_Rank-Poster-all-services.pdf |website=nzdf.mil.nz |publisher=New Zealand Defence Force |access-date=28 July 2022}}</ref>
File:blank.svg|{{lang|fr|Sergent}}<br />([[Niger Army]])<ref name="Niger">{{cite web |author1=Bureau international des droits des enfants |title=État des Lieux: Formation des forces de défense et de sécurité sur les droit de l'enfant au Niger |url=http://www.ibcr.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/%C3%89tat-des-lieux-Niger.pdf |access-date=28 September 2020 |page=34 |language=fr |date=December 2012}}</ref>
File:Sajenti (Tanzania Army OR-06).png|Sergeant<br />([[Nigerian Army]])<ref name="Nigeria">{{cite book |last1=Smaldone |first1=Joseph P. |editor1-last=Metz |editor1-first=Helen Chapin |editor-link=Helen Chapin Metz |title=Nigeria: a country study |series=Area Handbook |date=1992 |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |location=Washington, D.C. |lccn=92009026 |pages=296–297 |edition=5th |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/frdcstdy.nigeriacountryst00metz_0/?sp=340 |access-date=21 October 2021 |chapter=National Security}}</ref>
File:Norway-Army-OR-5a.svg|{{lang|no|Sersjant}}<br />([[Norwegian Army]])<ref name="Norway">{{cite web |title=Militære grader |url=https://www.forsvaret.no/om-forsvaret/uniformer-grader-medaljer/grader |website=forsvaret.no |publisher=Norwegian Armed Forces |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=no |date=4 February 2021}}</ref>
File:PNGDF Land OR-06.svg|Sergeant<br />([[Papua New Guinea Defence Force|Papua New Guinea Land Element]])
File:PHIL_ARMY_SGT_WOODLAND.svg|Sergeant<br />([[Philippine Army]])<ref name="Philippines_Army">{{cite web |title=Ranks and insignia |url=http://www.army.mil.ph/About_the_army/army/history/Ranks_and_Insignias.html |website=army.mil.ph |publisher=Philippine Army |access-date=20 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428163644/http://www.army.mil.ph/About_the_army/army/history/Ranks_and_Insignias.html |archive-date=28 April 2010}}</ref>
File:Army-POL-OR-05.svg|{{lang|pl|Sierżant}}<br />([[Polish Land Forces]])<ref name="Poland_Army&AirForce">{{cite web |title=Sposób noszenia odznak stopni wojskowych na umundurowaniu wojsk Lądowych i sił Powietrznych |url=https://www.wojsko-polskie.pl/iwsp/u/14/fc/14fc23f7-28a0-4a42-9ac0-287d512ffcb9/08b_oznaki_stopni_wojskowych_na_umundurowaniu_wl_i_sp_ok.pdf |website=wojsko-polskie.pl |publisher=Armed Forces Support Inspectorate |access-date=7 June 2021 |language=pl}}</ref>
File:RO_ARMY_OR-5.png|{{lang|ro|Sergent}}<br />([[Romanian Land Forces]])<ref name="Romania">{{cite web |title=Grade militare (Military ranks) |url=https://www.defense.ro/foto/album6 |website=defense.ro |publisher=Romanian Defence Staff |access-date=1 February 2021 |language=ro}}</ref>
File:Russia-Army-OR-5-2010.svg|{{lang|ru|Сержа́нт}}<br />{{lang|ru-Latn|Serzhánt}}<br />([[Russian Ground Forces]])<ref name="Russia_Army&AirForce">{{cite web |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 11 марта 2010 года № 293 "О военной форме одежды, знаках различия военнослужащих и ведомственных знаках отличия" |url=https://rg.ru/2010/03/12/forma-dok.html |website=rg.ru |publisher=Российской газеты |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=ru |date=12 March 2010}}</ref>
File:SKN Regiment OR-6.svg|Sergeant<br />([[Saint Kitts and Nevis Defence Force|SKN Regiment]])<ref name="SaintKitts&Nevis_Army">{{cite book |title=SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS DEFENCE FORCE ACT |date=31 December 2009 |publisher=Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis |pages=110–111}}</ref>
File:Senegal-Army-OR-5.svg|{{lang|fr|Sergent}}<br />([[Senegalese Army]])
File:Seychelles Army OR-06 (2018).svg|Sergeant<br />([[Seychelles People's Defence Force|Seychelles Infantry Unit]])<ref name="Seychelles">{{cite web |title=Rank structure |url=https://www.spdf.sc/rank-structure/ |website=spdf.sc |publisher=Seychelles People's Defence Forces |access-date=4 June 2021}}</ref>
File:Zimbabwe-Army-OR-6.svg|Sergeant<br />([[Sierra Leone Army]])
File:Spain-Army-OR-6.svg|{{lang|es|Sargento}}<br />([[Spanish Army]])<ref name="Spain">{{cite web |title=Army Ranks & Insignia |url=https://ejercito.defensa.gob.es/en/personal/divisas-empleos.html |website=ejercito.defensa.gob.es |publisher=Ministry of Defence (Spain) |access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref>
File:SAA-OR-6.svg|Sergeant<br />([[South African Army]])<ref name="SouthAfrica_Army">{{cite web |title=Uniform: Rank insignia |url=http://www.army.mil.za/aboutus/uniform/rankinsignia.htm |website=army.mil.za |publisher=Department of Defence (South Africa) |access-date=29 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020110337/http://www.army.mil.za/aboutus/uniform/rankinsignia.htm |archive-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>
File:03. SLA-SGT.svg|Sergeant<br />([[Sri Lanka Army]])<ref name="SriLanka_Army">{{cite web |title=Dress Regulation PDF - Part I |url=https://www.army.lk/sites/all/themes/bootstrap/common/images/images2/downloads/Dress-regulation-2019-PART-I.pdf |website=army.lk |publisher=Sri Lanka Army |pages=10-4–10-11 |date=January 2019 |access-date=20 May 2021}}</ref>
File:Nl-landmacht-sergeant-wachtmeester.svg|{{lang|nl|Sergeant}}<br />([[Suriname National Army|Suriname Army]])<ref name="Dyer 1979 - Surinam">{{cite book |last1=Dyer |first1=Gwynne |editor1-last=Keegan |editor1-first=John |title=World armies |date=1979 |publisher=[[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy]] |location=Sandhurst |lccn=79-9217 |page=663 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/worldarmies00keeg/page/662/mode/2up |chapter-url-access=registration |access-date=9 March 2022 |chapter=Surinam|isbn=9780871964076 }}</ref>
File:Sweden-Army-OR-6a (M1987).svg|{{lang|sv|Sergeant}}<br />([[Swedish Army]])<ref name="FMgrader2019">{{cite web|title=Nya gradbeteckningar införs|url=https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/aktuellt/2019/10/nya-gradbeteckningar-infors/|publisher=Försvarsmakten|date=2019-10-01|access-date=2019-10-02}}</ref>
File:blank.svg|Sergeant<br />([[Umbutfo Eswatini Defence Force|Eswatini Army]])
File:Tajikistan-Army-OR-6.png|{{lang|tg|Сержант}}<br />{{lang|tg-Latn|Serzhant}}<br />([[Tajik Ground Forces]])<ref name="Tajikistan">{{cite web |title=ҚОНУНИ ҶУМҲУРИИ ТОҶИКИСТОН ДАР БОРАИ ЎҲДАДОРИИ УМУМИИ ҲАРБӢ ВА ХИЗМАТИ ҲАРБӢ |url=https://majmilli.tj/%D2%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8-%D2%B7%D1%83%D0%BC%D2%B3%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B8-%D1%82%D0%BE%D2%B7%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80-%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8-35/ |website=majmilli.tj |publisher=The National Assembly of the Republic of Tajikistan |access-date=2 June 2021 |language=tg |date=13 April 2017}}</ref>
File:03-Tanzania Army-SGT.svg|Sergeant<br />{{small|({{lang-sw|Sajenti}})}}<br />([[Tanzania People's Defence Force|Tanzanian Army]])
File:blank.svg|{{lang|fr|Sergent}}<br />([[Togolese Armed Forces|Togolese Army]])<ref name="Togo">{{cite web |title=Journal officiel de la république togolaise |date=12 February 2008 |volume=5 |url=http://jo.gouv.tg/sites/default/files/annee/2008/jo%202008-5.pdf |access-date=16 June 2021 |language=fr}}</ref>
File:Tonga-Army-OR-6.svg|Sergeant<br />([[His Majesty's Armed Forces (Tonga)|Tongan Land Component]])<ref name="Tonga">{{cite journal |title=Tonga Defence Services (Amendment) Regulations 2009 |journal=Tonga Government Gazette Supplement Extraordinary |date=10 May 2010 |volume=5 |pages=151–153 |url=https://ago.gov.to/cms/phocadownload/2010-regulations/TongaDefenceServices(Amendment)Regulations2009s.pdf |access-date=26 September 2021}}</ref>
File:TaT-Army-OR-06.png|Sergeant<br />([[Trinidad and Tobago Regiment]])<ref name="Trinidad&Tobago_Other">{{cite web |title=Rank Chart (Enlisted) |url=http://69.0.195.188/HQ/Our-Organisation/Rank-Chart-(Non-Commissioned-Officers).aspx |website=69.0.195.188 |publisher=Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force |access-date=27 May 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
File:Grade Marine tunisienne E4.png|{{lang|fr|Sergent}}<br />{{small|({{lang-ar|عريف|Earif}})}}<br />([[Tunisian Army]])<ref name="Tunisia">{{cite web |title=Décret n° 72-380 du 6 décembre 1972, portant Statut particulier des militaires |url=https://legislation-securite.tn/law/40982 |website=legislation-securite.tn |publisher=Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance |access-date=22 December 2021 |language=fr |date=6 December 1972}}</ref>
File:Turkmenistan army OR-6.svg|{{lang|tk|Seržant}}<br />([[Turkmen Ground Forces]])<ref name="Turkmenistan">{{cite web |title=TÜRKMENISTANYŇ KANUNY Harby borçlulyk we harby gulluk hakynda (Türkmenistanyň Mejlisiniň Maglumatlary 2010 ý., № 3, 58-nji madda) (Türkmenistanyň 01.10.2011 ý. № 234-IV Kanuny esasynda girizilen üýtgetmeler we goşmaçalar bilen) |trans-title=LAW OF TURKMENISTAN On military service and military service (Information of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, 2010, No. 3, Article 58) (as amended by the Law of Turkmenistan of October 1, 2011 No. 234-IV)  |url=https://milligosun.gov.tm/storage/file/04-harby-borclulyk-we-harby-gulluk-hakynda-ky9J0pKxTQ.pdf |website=milligosun.gov.tm |publisher=Ministry of Defense (Turkmenistan) |access-date=2 June 2021 |pages=28–29 |language=tk}}</ref>
File:Uganda-Army-OR-6.svg|Sergeant<br />([[Uganda People's Defence Force|Ugandan Land Forces]])<ref name="Uganda_Army">{{cite journal |title=Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces Act |journal=The Uganda Gazette |date=18 September 2019 |volume=CXII |issue=46 |pages=1851–1854 |url=https://www.updf.go.ug/Gazette.pdf |access-date=29 May 2021 |publisher=Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation |archive-date=14 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814162155/https://www.updf.go.ug/Gazette.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
File:UA shoulder mark 04.svg|{{lang|uk|Сержант}}<br />{{lang|uk-Latn|Serzhant}}<br />([[Ukrainian Ground Forces]])<ref name="Ukraine">{{cite web |title=НАКАЗ 20.11.2017 № 606 |url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z1502-17#Text |website=zakon.rada.gov.ua |publisher=Ministry of Justice of Ukraine |access-date=2 June 2021 |language=uk |date=13 December 2017}}</ref>
File:British Army OR-6.svg|Sergeant<br />([[British Army]])<ref name="UK_Army">{{cite web |title=Rank structure |url=https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/our-people/ranks/ |website=army.mod.uk |publisher=British Army |access-date=27 May 2021}}</ref>
File:Army-USA-OR-05 (Army greens).svg|Sergeant<br />([[United States Army]])<ref name="US_Army">{{cite web |title=U.S. Army Ranks |url=https://www.army.mil/ranks/ |website=army.mil |publisher=[[United States Army]] |access-date=27 May 2021}}</ref>
File:Uruguay-Army-OR-6.svg|{{lang|es|Sargento}}<br />([[National Army of Uruguay]])<ref name="Uruguay">{{cite book |editor1-last=Hudson |editor1-first=Rex A. |editor2-last=Meditz |editor2-first=Sandra W. |title=Uruguay: A Country Study |date=1992 |publisher=Federal Research Division, [[Library of Congress]] |isbn=0-8444-0737-2 |pages=222–223 |edition=2nd |url=https://www.marines.mil/portals/1/Publications/Uruguay%20Study_3.pdf?ver=2012-10-11-163307-517 |access-date=13 June 2021 |chapter=Chapter 5. National Security}}</ref><ref name="Uruguay2">{{cite web |title=Ley N° 19775 Modificacion de la Ley Organica de Las Fuerzas Armadas |language=es |trans-title=Law No. 19775 Modification of the Organic Law of the Armed Forces |date=5 August 2019 |url=https://www.impo.com.uy/bases/leyes/19775-2019 |access-date=4 September 2022}}</ref>
File:Zimbabwe-Army-OR-6.svg|Sergeant<br />([[Zambian Army]])
File:Zimbabwe-Army-OR-6.svg|Sergeant<br />([[Zimbabwe National Army]])
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Comparative military ranks]]
* [[Military rank]]
* [[Military unit]]
* [[Chevron (insignia)]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
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