staff sergeant
Mid-level military NCO
Staff sergeant is a noncommissioned officer rank in the U.S. military, typically supervising a squad or section.
In the Army and Marines, it falls between sergeant and sergeant first class.
The rank carries significant responsibility for training and leading enlisted personnel: The staff sergeant ran the platoon's daily operations.
V-shaped rank markings
- paygradeCompensation classification tier
- gradeClassification by rank
- NCOEnlisted military leader
- promotionRank increase or publicity
seniority · advancement · insignia · enlisted · career · hierarchy · structure · responsibility
Small infantry formation
- squadSmall working group
- infantryGround combat troops
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
drill · uniform · battalion · company · brigade · regiment · corporal · mess hall
Guidance from experienced person
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- coachingGuiding others to improve
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
motivation · training · instruction · delegation · accountability · direction · coordination · teamwork
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V-shaped rank markings
promotion · seniority · advancement · insignia · enlisted · career · hierarchy · structure · responsibility · authority
platoon
Small infantry formation
deployment · drill · uniform · battalion · company · brigade · regiment · corporal · mess hall · duty station
mentorship
Guidance from experienced person
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- coachingGuiding others to improve
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
discipline · motivation · training · instruction · delegation · accountability · direction · coordination · teamwork · decision-making
deployment
Organized distribution of resources
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- patrolRegular surveillance route
combat · valor · medals · sacrifice · wounded · veteran · service · brotherhood · warrior · honorable discharge
- sergeant ranks
- military ranksgeneral, captain, major, private, officer
- officerspolice officer, military officer, naval officer, army officer, commanding officer
- Police Rankschief of police, police chief, police commissioner, sheriff, deputy chief
- Air Force Ranksairman, second lieutenant, first lieutenant, captain, major
- Air Force Rolesairman, colonel, general, major, lieutenant
staff sergeantcommissioned officer
Formally appointed military leader
general · private · four-star general · lieutenant · general of the army
staff sergeantcivilian
Non-military person
noncombatant · private citizen · pacifist · conscientious objector · draft dodger