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Originally posted by sulkair View PostI spent 9 years in the Navy and worked with many Marines. It really drives me crazy how everyone calls Master Sergeant Greer just Sergeant. This is incorrect, and even though he is around Air Force Personnel, they would know and use the proper protocol. They need to get a military consultant on board. Any one else have this issue? I loved SG1 because for the most part they were careful about these kinds of nuances.
Wikipedia: In the Marine Corps, enlisted ranks above Sergeant are referred to as Staff Non-Commissioned Officers (Staff NCOs or SNCOs). These ranks, Staff Sergeant through Sergeant Major, are always referred to by their full rank and never merely as Sergeant. Gunnery Sergeants are commonly addressed as simply "Gunny" informally. A Sergeant in the Marine Corps is never called Sarge, officially or informally.
Master Sergeants are addressed as Master Sergeant or Top at the preference of the Marine wearing the rank and dependent on the MOS community. This privilege is usually extended to NCOs or SNCOs and above, and even Marines that are the same rank or higher. Master Gunnery Sergeants follow the same protocol but are commonly referred to as Master Guns or Master Gunny. First Sergeants and Sergeants Major are never referred to as top.
I do know we called Specialist 4s who were tank gunners on command tanks Sergeants even though they had not completed their training or time in grade to be promoted.
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Originally posted by FeloniousMonk View Postthat does remind me, one Marine I know gets his hands on some unusable sections of MARPAT and uses them to make what he calls the Semper Tie
www.sempertie.com
afaik, he only uses sections without the EGA in them
Originally posted by reddevil18 View PostI think the rank thing is too much on the hypothetical side for me. I mean, on SG-1, Carter went from Captain to full-bird Colonel in 10 years which is quite something, especially for a woman. It could be that serving within the SGC means faster advancement.
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