Changes: First sergeant

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USMC first sergeant insignia patch.

First sergeant is a military rank, a traditional infantry or army enlisted grade held by a noncommissioned officer. In comparison to naval rate systems, this rank is equivalent to senior chief petty officer.

First sergeant is, in title, the senior noncommissioned officer of a designated group of people with many other sergeants (possibly of the same grade) reporting to him/her. First sergeants are senior to all sergeant but sergeant major (equivalent to MCPO), who is the first sergeant of first sergeants.

This was used by the United States in more than one branch of their armed forces, represented as a uniform insignia by a diamond-shaped "lozenge" insignia within the three sergeant chevrons -- although the number of "rocker" insignia opposing may vary depending on the first sergeant's grade.

A US Marine Corps first sergeant was assigned to aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), one of the troops involved in the hunt for intruding time traveler Pavel Chekov in 1986. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)

The USMC 1st Sgt. was played by Joseph Naradzay, an actual Marine.

Captain James T. Kirk , on Triskelion, refers to a drill thrall as a "top sergeant," which is a colloquialism used to refer to first sergeants. (TOS "The Gamesters of Triskelion")

External links

first sergeant at Wikipedia

**Ranks**
	Enlisted personnel							Commissioned officers							Flag officers
Fleet:	CRM		PO		CPO		MID CDT OC WO	ENS	LT JG	LT	LT CMDR	CMDR	CAPT	FCAPT	CDORE	RADM	VADM	ADM	FADM
Military:	PVT AMN	CPL LCP		SGT	SSGT	MSGT 1SGT	MID CDT OC WO	2nd LT	1st LT	CAPT	MAJ	LT COL	COL		BRIG	MAJ GEN	LT GEN	GEN	MARSHAL
Services:	Andorian • Bajoran • Cardassian • Ferengi • Human (CSA • Third Reich • UE MACO • USA) • Jem'Hadar • Klingon • Romulan • United Earth/Federation Starfleet • Vulcan Mirror universe: Terran Empire Starfleet • Terran Empire MACO

This chart shows only general equivalencies based on the ranks used by many governments on Earth, as well as the rest of the galaxy.

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 '''First sergeant''' is a military [[rank]], a traditional infantry or army [[enlisted]] grade held by a [[noncommissioned officer]]. In comparison to naval rate systems, this rank is equivalent to [[senior chief petty officer]].
-First sergeant is, in title, the senior noncommissioned officer of a designated group of people with many other sergeants (possibly of the same grade) reporting to him/her. First sergeants are senior to all [[sergeant]] grades but subordinate to a sergeant major (usually equivalent to [[MCPO]]), who is the first sergeant of first sergeants.
+First sergeant is, in title, the senior noncommissioned officer of a designated group of people with many other sergeants (possibly of the same grade) reporting to him/her. First sergeants are senior to all [[sergeant]] but sergeant major (equivalent to [[MCPO]]), who is the first sergeant of first sergeants.
 This was used by the [[United States]] in more than one branch of their [[United States armed forces|armed forces]], represented as a [[uniform]] insignia by a diamond-shaped "[[lozenge]]" insignia within the three sergeant [[chevron]]s -- although the number of "rocker" insignia opposing may vary depending on the first sergeant's grade.