# Provost sergeant

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{{Short description|Non-commissioned officer associated with military police}}
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A '''provost sergeant''' is a [non-commissioned officer](/source/non-commissioned_officer) associated with [military police](/source/military_police).

==United Kingdom and Commonwealth realm==

In the [British Army](/source/British_Army) and land forces of the [Commonwealth](/source/Commonwealth_of_Nations), a '''provost sergeant''' is the [non-commissioned officer](/source/non-commissioned_officer) in charge of the [regimental provost staff](/source/Regimental_police) (or regimental police) and is responsible to the [regimental sergeant major](/source/regimental_sergeant_major) for the maintenance of good order and military discipline in a [regiment](/source/regiment) or [battalion](/source/battalion).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/11/a2724211.shtml|title=WW2 Peoples War|publisher=BBC|quote=Luckily for me the provost sergeant had to return to England and it was decided that I would take his place because being the battalion interpreter I was taken out of the line two days before to find billets for the officers and men. As provost sergeant I was in charge of the battalion police and I had to learn to ride a motorbike which pleased me.|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110212003125/http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/11/a2724211.shtml|archivedate=2011-02-12}}</ref> Like other members of the regimental police, the provost sergeant is a member of the regiment or [corps](/source/corps) in which they serve and not a member of the [Royal Military Police](/source/Royal_Military_Police). A provost sergeant normally holds the [military rank](/source/military_rank) of [sergeant](/source/sergeant), the provost sergeant title being an appointment and not a rank.  A provost sergeant wears no distinctive trade badge. They can, however, be identified by the [brassard](/source/brassard) they wear on their uniform, which carries the letters "PS"{{citation needed|date=July 2015}} or "RP" as well as sergeant's stripes.

==United States==
In the [United States Army Military Police Corps](/source/United_States_Army_Military_Police_Corps) or [United States Marine Corps](/source/United_States_Marine_Corps) Military Police,{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} the title of provost sergeant typically refers to the operations sergeant in charge of the staff of the [Provost Marshal](/source/Provost_Marshal) office or the NCO in charge of an MP station. The position is commonly held by a [sergeant major](/source/sergeant_major) or [master gunnery sergeant](/source/master_gunnery_sergeant), but may also be held by a [sergeant first class](/source/sergeant_first_class) or [master sergeant](/source/master_sergeant). U.S. Army provost sergeants cannot be recognized by any specific insignia, and few provost sergeants even wear the distinctive military police identification patch on their [Army Combat Uniform](/source/Army_Combat_Uniform).

==See also==
*[Provost Marshal](/source/Provost_Marshal)

==References==
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Category:Military police of the United Kingdom
Category:Military police of the United States
Category:Military provost ranks

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