{{Short description|Military non-commissioned offer rank}} {{refimprove|date=January 2013}} {{Military ranks}} '''Third sergeant''' is typically a non-commissioned officer rank, used in some countries.
== Brazil == Third sergeant is a rank in the armed forces of Brazil.
<gallery class="center"> File:G03-EB Terceiro Sargento.svg|{{lang|pt-BR|Terceiro-sargento}}<br />(Brazilian Army)<ref name="Brazil_Army">{{cite web |title=Postos e Graduações - Exército |url=https://www.eb.mil.br/postos-e-graduacoes/-/asset_publisher/DQlwhsMH8YR7/content/exercito?inheritRedirect=false&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eb.mil.br%3A443%2Fpostos-e-graduacoes%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_DQlwhsMH8YR7%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-1%26p_p_col_count%3D1 |website=eb.mil.br |publisher=Brazilian Army |access-date=7 May 2021 |language=pt}}</ref> File:G03-MB Terceiro Sargento.svg|{{lang|pt-BR|Terceiro-sargento}}<br />(Brazilian Navy)<ref name="Brazil_Navy">{{cite web |title=Postos e Graduações |url=https://www.marinha.mil.br/postos-e-graduacoes |website=marinha.mil.br |publisher=Brazilian Navy |access-date=7 May 2021 |language=pt}}</ref> File:Terceiro-Sargento MB.png|{{lang|pt-BR|Terceiro-sargento fuzileiro naval}}<br />(Brazilian Marine Corps) File:G03-FAB Terceiro Sargento.svg|{{lang|pt-BR|Terceiro-sargento}}<br />(Brazilian Air Force)<ref name="Brazil_AirForcee">{{cite web |title=Postos e Graduações |url=https://www.fab.mil.br/postosegraduacoes |website=fab.mil.br |publisher=Brazilian Air Force |access-date=7 May 2021 |language=pt}}</ref> File:G03-PM Terceiro Sargento.svg|{{lang|pt-BR|Terceiro-sargento}}<br />(Brazilian Military Police)<ref name="Brazil_MilitaryPolice">{{cite web |title=Insígnias |url=https://www.policiamilitar.sp.gov.br/institucional/insignias |website=Polícia Militar do Estado de São Paulo |access-date=6 February 2021 |language=pt}}</ref> File:G03-CBM Terceiro Sargento.svg|{{lang|pt-BR|Terceiro-sargento}}<br />(Military Firefighters Corps) </gallery>
== Singapore == Third sergeant is a specialist rank in the Singapore Armed Forces.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/mindef_websites/topics/ranks/specialists.html |title=Specialists |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016035637/http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/mindef_websites/topics/ranks/specialists.html |archive-date=16 October 2014}}</ref> Third sergeants are the most junior of specialists (Non-commissioned officer). The 3SG rank insignia is three chevrons pointing down, common by all specialists, without any chevrons pointing up.<ref name="Singapore">{{cite web |title=SAF Rank Insignias |url=https://www.mindef.gov.sg/web/portal/mindef/about-us/saf-rank-insignias |website=mindef.gov.sg |publisher=Ministry of Defence (Singapore) |access-date=7 June 2021}}</ref>
In combat units, third sergeants are usually section commanders working with the supervision of a commissioned officer holding the appointment of platoon commander, and under the supervision of a senior specialist holding the appointment of platoon sergeant.
Third sergeants in the SAF also hold equivalent junior commander appointments, assisting a platoon section of enlistees. For example, transport supervisors, commonly known as the MT (motor transport) section commanders, and such as battalion company quartermaster sergeant. In other armies, this position is usually held by staff sergeants and above, while in Singapore, conscript soldiers holding these appointments are of the rank of third sergeant due to competency and manpower. {{SAF specialist ranks}}
==Gallery== <gallery class="center"> <!-- In alphabetic order of Country please --> File:G03-EB Terceiro Sargento.svg|{{lang|pt-BR|Terceiro-sargento}}<br />(Brazilian Army)<ref name="Brazil_Army">{{cite web |title=Postos e Graduações - Exército |url=https://www.eb.mil.br/postos-e-graduacoes/-/asset_publisher/DQlwhsMH8YR7/content/exercito?inheritRedirect=false&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eb.mil.br%3A443%2Fpostos-e-graduacoes%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_DQlwhsMH8YR7%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-1%26p_p_col_count%3D1 |website=eb.mil.br |publisher=Brazilian Army |access-date=7 May 2021 |language=pt}}</ref> File:Cuba-Army-OR-5.svg|{{lang|es|Sargento de tercera}}<br />(Cuban Revolutionary Army)<ref name="Cuba_Army&AirForce">{{cite web |title=Grados militares |url=https://www.minfar.gob.cu/far/grados-militares?field_clasificacion_value=tropas |website=minfar.gob.cu |publisher=Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Cuba) |access-date=28 May 2021 |language=es}}</ref> File:Guinea-Bissau-Army-OR-4.svg|{{lang|pt|Terceiro-sargento}}<br />(Army of Guinea-Bissau) File:Mozambique-Army-OR-4.svg|{{lang|pt|Terceiro-sargento}}<br />(Mozambican Army) File:02-Nicaragua Army-CPL.svg|{{lang|es|Sargento tercero}}<br />(Nicaraguan Army)<ref name="Nicaragua">{{cite web |title=Insignias de Grados Militares |url=https://www.ejercito.mil.ni/contenido/ejercito/grados/grados.html |website=ejercito.mil.ni |publisher=Nicaraguan Armed Forces |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=es}}</ref> File:Army-SGP-OR-5a.svg|Third sergeant<br />(Singapore Army)<ref name="Singapore">{{cite web |title=SAF Rank Insignias |url=https://www.mindef.gov.sg/web/portal/mindef/about-us/saf-rank-insignias |website=mindef.gov.sg |publisher=Ministry of Defence (Singapore) |access-date=7 June 2021}}</ref> </gallery>
== See also == * Sergeant * First sergeant * Second sergeant
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{mil-rank-stub}} Category:Military ranks of Singapore