STAFF SERGEANT Definition & Meaning

staff sergeant

noun

U.S. Air Force. a noncommissioned officer ranking below a technical sergeant and above an airman first class.
U.S. Army. a noncommissioned officer ranking below a sergeant first class and above a sergeant.
U.S. Marine Corps. a noncommissioned officer ranking below a gunnery sergeant and above a sergeant.

staff sergeant

noun

a noncommissioned officer holding a rank between sergeant and warrant officer and employed on administrative duties
1. (in the Army) a noncommissioned officer who ranks above sergeant and below sergeant first class
2. (in the Air Force) a noncommissioned officer who ranks above airman first class and below technical sergeant
3. (in the Marine Corps) a noncommissioned officer who ranks above sergeant and below gunnery sergeant

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of staff sergeant¹

First recorded in 1805–15

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Army — where he was a staff sergeant — and sentenced to two years in prison.

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Army staff sergeant and combat veteran from Texas.

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“A staff sergeant said, ‘Why don’t we seal the body permanently?’”

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He earned 13 awards, including the Army Achievement Medal and Army Good Conduct Medal, and was promoted to staff sergeant in January 2008.

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He’s the father of Rose Lubin, who grew up in suburban Atlanta but moved to Israel, becoming a staff sergeant in the Israeli army before she was stabbed to death in Jerusalem on Nov. 6.

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