Sergeant is a rank in many uniformed organizations, principally military and policing forces. The alternative spelling, serjeant, is used in The Rifles and other units that draw their heritage from the British Light Infantry. In most armies the rank of sergeant corresponds to command of a squad. In Commonwealth armies, it is a more senior rank, corresponding roughly to a platoon second-in-command. More senior non-commissioned ranks are often variations on sergeant.
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Sergeant is a rank in many uniformed organizations, principally military and policing forces. The alternative spelling, serjeant, is used in The Rifles and other units that draw their heritage from the British Light Infantry. In most armies the rank of sergeant corresponds to command of a squad. In Commonwealth armies, it is a more senior rank, corresponding roughly to a platoon second-in-command. In the United States Army, sergeant is aMore junior rank corresponding to a four-soldier fireteam leader. More senior non-commissioned ranks are often variations on sergeant, for example staff sergeant, first sergeant, and sergeant major. There are usually several ranks of sergeant, each corresponding to greater experience and responsibility for the daily lives of the soldiers of larger units. Sergeants are usually team leaders in charge of an entire team of constables to senior constables at large stations. In country areas, sergeants are often in charge. of an whole station and its constabulary. The Australian Army rank of staff sergeant is now redundant and is no longer awarded. Chief petty officers and flight sergeant are not required to call a warrant officer class two in accordance with Australian Defence Force Regulations. The rank insignia of the RAAF rank of flight sergeant is identical to the Royal Australian Navy rank of petty officer. South Australia has the additional rank of brevet sergeant which is an authorization for a temporarily higher rank than a higher sergeant. A sergeant is less senior than a sergeant in New Wales Police Force and is a lower ranking than a constable or senior constable, but lower than an inspector.
The title is now given to an officer in modern legislative bodies who is charged with keeping order during meetings and, if necessary, forcibly removing disruptive members. In medieval European usage, a sergeant was simply any attendant or officer with a protective duty. A specific kind of military sergeant was theserjeant-at-arms, one of a body of armed men retained by English lords and monarchs. The sergeant class was deemed to be ‘worth half of a knight’ in military value. The term’sergeant’ is also used in many appointment titles, including the title of a police officer and the title sergeant. The ranks are equivalent to each other in the Australian Army and the Royal Australia Air Force. The most common rank is sergeant classed as non-naval military or paramilitary organizations, ranking above privates and corporals, and below warrant officers and commissioned officers. It is the equivalent to the rank of petty officer in the UK Police forces, below an inspector and below a lieutenant or, in the British Army, below a corporal. It also has civilian applications quite distinct and different from the military sergeant, though sharing the etymological origin – for example the serjeants-atlaw, historically an important and prestigious order of English lawyers. The word’sergeant’ means’servant, valet, court official, soldier’, from Middle Latin servientem. It was a slightly junior role to the knight in the medieval hierarchy.
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