staff sergeant
noun
: a noncommissioned officer ranking in the army above a sergeant and below a platoon sergeant or sergeant first class, in the air force above a sergeant and below a technical sergeant, and in the marine corps above a sergeant and below a gunnery sergeant
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Sergeant Rivers was posthumously promoted to staff sergeant, and Specialists Sanders and Moffett were posthumously promoted to sergeant.
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Peter Baker, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
One was an Air Force staff sergeant, another an airman police officer and the third was a 19-year-old scheduled to begin his Air Force training in May, according to Judd.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024
Instead, the staff sergeant sent Texas guardsmen to investigate, Danley wrote.
—Holly Yan, CNN, 27 Jan. 2024
The 15 service members, ranging in rank from staff sergeant to colonel, have been removed from their positions and have received non-judicial administrative punishments, according to the Air Force.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2023
But apparently, an Air Force staff sergeant manning an early warning radar station in Alaska arguably beat Bell-Burnell to the punch.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 1 Aug. 2023
Two days later, Grossman’s son Uri, a twenty-year-old staff sergeant in an Israeli tank brigade, was killed in a battle with Hezbollah.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
In addition to being a drag queen, Sarria served in World War II and became a staff sergeant.
—J.p Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
Thirty-one-year-old staff sergeant Taylor Hoover certainly loved his.
—ABC News, 3 Sep. 2023
Peter Baker, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
One was an Air Force staff sergeant, another an airman police officer and the third was a 19-year-old scheduled to begin his Air Force training in May, according to Judd.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024
Instead, the staff sergeant sent Texas guardsmen to investigate, Danley wrote.
—Holly Yan, CNN, 27 Jan. 2024
The 15 service members, ranging in rank from staff sergeant to colonel, have been removed from their positions and have received non-judicial administrative punishments, according to the Air Force.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2023
But apparently, an Air Force staff sergeant manning an early warning radar station in Alaska arguably beat Bell-Burnell to the punch.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 1 Aug. 2023
Two days later, Grossman’s son Uri, a twenty-year-old staff sergeant in an Israeli tank brigade, was killed in a battle with Hezbollah.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
In addition to being a drag queen, Sarria served in World War II and became a staff sergeant.
—J.p Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
Thirty-one-year-old staff sergeant Taylor Hoover certainly loved his.
—ABC News, 3 Sep. 2023
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“Staff sergeant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staff%20sergeant. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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