Sergeant major

In the Federation Marine Corps, sergeant major is the ninth and highest enlisted rank, just above first sergeant, and equal in grade to master gunnery sergeant, although the two have different responsibilities. Sergeant major is both a rank and a military "billet". Marine Corps sergeants major serve as the senior enlisted Marine in the Corps' units of battalion, squadron or higher echelon, to assist the unit's commander and to handle matters of discipline and morale among the enlisted Marines.

Sergeant Majors are the senior most command NCO in the marines. They advise officers and are responsible for the enlisted personnel under their supervision. Unlike Master Gunnery Sergeants, they stay in the command track rather than a technical occupation.

The rank is also used in the MACOs, UESPA, Klingon Defense Force and the Kellarian System Defense Force.

Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps is a unique position.

		Enlisted ranks					Etc	Officer ranks						Flag ranks
Klingon Defense Force (Ground forces & navy)		Bekk	Cpl	Sgt	MSgt	SgtMaj		2nd Lt	1st Lt	Capt (HoH)	Maj	LtCol	Col	Brig ('ech)		LtGen	Gen (Sa')
			PO2	PO1	CPO	MCPO		ENS	LTJG	LT (Sogh)	LCDR	CDR (la')	CAPT (HoD)	CDRE (totlh)		VADM	ADM
MACO		PV1 PV2 PFC	CPL SGT	SSG SFC	MSG	SGM CSM	WO	2LT	1LT	CPT	MAJ	LTC	COL	BG	MG	LTG	GEN	MSHL
Federation Marine Corps		Pvt PFC	LCpl Cpl	Sgt SSgt GySgt	MSgt 1st Sgt	MGySgt SgtMaj SMOMC	WO Cdt	2nd Lt	1st Lt	Capt	Maj	LtCol	Col BCol	BGen	MajGen	LtGen	Gen	GCorps
Kellarian System Defense Force (Navy & Ground forces) (Star Trek: Remington)		CR CN	PO2 PO1	CPO	SCPO	MCPO		ENS	SLT	LT	SCDR	CDR	CAPT	CDRE	VADM		ADM	FADM
		PVT PFC	CPL SGT	SSG	MSG	SGM		3LT	2LT	1LT	MAJ	LTCOL	COL	MGEN	LGEN		GEN	CGEN
UESPA		REC PVT PFC	CPL SGT	SSG SFC	MSG	SGM SMU		2LT	1LT	CPT	MAJ	LTC	COL	BG	MG	LTG	GEN	MSHL

External links

Sergeant major article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.