First sergeant

{{short description|Military rank in several countries}} {{distinguish|Sergeant first class}} {{more citations needed|date=February 2016}} {{Military ranks | state=expanded}} '''First sergeant''' is typically a senior non-commissioned officer rank, used in many countries.

== Singapore ==

First sergeant is a specialist in the Singapore Armed Forces. First sergeants are the most senior of the junior specialists, ranking above second sergeants, and below Staff Sergeants. The rank insignia for a First Sergeant features the three chevrons pointing down shared by all specialists, and two chevrons pointing up.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/mindef_websites/topics/ranks/specialists.html | title = Specialists | website = SAF Military Ranks | publisher = Ministry of Defence Singapore | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141016035637/http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/mindef_websites/topics/ranks/specialists.html | archive-date = 2014-10-16 | date = 2010-05-06 | access-date = 2017-05-26 }}</ref>

In combat units, First Sergeants are very often platoon sergeants or given the responsibility for independently operating detachments of support weapons. They are often given instructional billets as well in training schools. First sergeants normally answer to the company sergeant major, assisting the latter in the mentorship, guidance and command of the more junior specialists (Third and Second Sergeants) who are section commanders.

==United States== {{more citations needed section|date=November 2020}} In the United States, a ''first sergeant'' generally serves as the senior enlisted advisor (SEA) of a unit, such as a company, battery, or troop, or a USAF squadron or higher level unit. (USA and USMC squadrons and battalions, as well as all higher-level units, have a Command Sergeant Major [USA] or Sergeant Major [USMC] as the SEA.) While the specifics of the title may differ between the United States Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force, all first sergeants can be identified by the presence of a lozenge-shaped (colloquially "diamond")<ref>{{Cite web|title=Enlisted Grade Insignia|url=https://tioh.army.mil/Catalog/HeraldryMulti.aspx?CategoryId=9168&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services|website=tioh.army.mil|access-date=2025-12-02|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250615014806/https://tioh.army.mil/Catalog/HeraldryMulti.aspx?CategoryId=9168&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services|archive-date=2025-06-15|language=en}}</ref> figure on their rank insignia.

===Armed Forces=== {{Infobox military rank | name = First sergeant | image = {{nowrap| 50px 50px}} | caption = Army and Marine Corps insignia | country = {{flag|United States}} | service branch = {{ubl|{{army|United States}}|{{marines|United States}}}} | abbreviation = {{ubl|1SG {{small|(USA)}}|1stSgt {{small|(USMC)}}}} | rank group = Non-commissioned officer | NATO rank = OR-8 | pay grade = E-8 | formation = 1781 | higher rank = {{ubl|Sergeant major {{small|(USA)}}|Sergeant major {{small|(USMC)}}}} | lower rank = Master sergeant {{small|(USA)}} Gunnery sergeant {{small|(USMC)}} }}

====United States Army====

The rank of "first sergeant" has existed in the American Army since 1781,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Keeping the Pack Strong: Your First Sergeant Team |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/339967/keeping-pack-strong-your-first-sergeant-team |access-date=2025-08-14 |website=DVIDS |language=en |archive-date=2025-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250224114506/https://www.dvidshub.net/news/339967/keeping-pack-strong-your-first-sergeant-team |url-status=live }}</ref> when a fifth sergeant was added to the table of organization for Continental Army infantry regiments. Previously, under the tables of organization approved by the Continental Congress in 1776 and 1779, there were four and three sergeants, respectively, authorized in each company. The sergeants were numbered in order of seniority, and the "first sergeant" was simply the senior sergeant in the company, but not a separate rank.<ref>Wright, R. ''The Continental Army'' (2006) Center of Military History: Washington, DC.</ref> After the 1781 Battle of Green Spring, Ebenezer Denny called the company first sergeant "the most important officer."<ref>{{cite book |last=Denny |first=Ebenezer |title=Military Journal of Major Ebenezer Denny, an Officer in the Revolutionary and Indian Wars |year=1859 |publisher=J.B. Lippincott & Co |location=Philadelphia |page=9 |url=http://deila.dickinson.edu/theirownwords/title/0043.htm |access-date=11 July 2021 |archive-date=11 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711134111/http://deila.dickinson.edu/theirownwords/title/0043.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> left|thumb|100x100px|1851 First Sergeant Insignia (infantry) In 1833, first sergeant and orderly sergeant became separate pay grades, ranking below sergeants major and quartermaster sergeants, but above sergeants. In 1851, first sergeant was combined with the separate rank of orderly sergeant.<ref name="Perrenot. P. 2009">Perrenot. P. ''United States Army Grade Insignia Since 1776'' (2009)</ref>

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In the United States Army, since 1958,<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Army Enlisted Grade Timeline, 1920-1994 |url=https://uniform-reference.net/insignia/usarmy/usa_enlisted_chron.html |access-date=2025-08-14 |website=uniform-reference.net |archive-date=2025-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250522105507/https://uniform-reference.net/insignia/usarmy/usa_enlisted_chron.html |url-status=live }}</ref> the rank of first sergeant (abbreviated '''1SG''') is considered a temporary rank in E-8 pay grade, ranking above sergeant first class (SFC), and below sergeant major (SGM) or command sergeant major (CSM). While first sergeant is equal in paygrade to master sergeant (MSG), the two ranks have different responsibilities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Army Promotion to E-8 First Sergeant - Military Ranks |url=https://www.military-ranks.org/army/promotion-to-first-sergeant |access-date=2025-08-14 |website=Military-Ranks.org |archive-date=2024-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241011055510/https://www.military-ranks.org/army/promotion-to-first-sergeant |url-status=live }}</ref> Both ranks are identical as indicated by three chevrons (standard sergeant insignia) above three inverted arcs ("rockers"), an arrangement commonly referred to as "three up and three down", though the first sergeant has the pierced lozenge "diamond" in the middle. A first sergeant is generally senior to a master sergeant in leadership matters, though a master sergeant may have more general military authority such as when in charge of a military police (MP) section. left|thumb|104x104px|1920 First Sergeant Insignia Master sergeants are laterally appointed to first sergeant upon selection by senior Department of the Army leadership; qualified sergeants first class are promoted, depending on available billets and opportunities. A promotable sergeant first class, or a master sergeant, may be selected for promotion to, or appointment as, a first sergeant, but will continue to wear the initial rank until successful completion of first sergeant leadership school, when the 1SG insignia of rank is authorized ("getting one's diamond"). Upon reassignment to a non–first sergeant billet, the soldier reverts to rank of master sergeant, unless promoted to the E-9 rank of SGM or CSM. First sergeants can retire at that rank, if they so choose, as long as they have completed first sergeant school and served satisfactorily in rank.

CSM is a leadership position that is a higher ranking equivalent of 1SG on a battalion level or higher command, while SGM is an MOS-specific technical equivalent to a MSG on a battalion level or higher command or in certain specialty billets.

The position of first sergeant is the highest US Army NCO rank position that is still in a direct "hands-on" leadership setting, as are command sergeant major (CSM/E-9) positions in a battalion command or higher level unit assignments of higher rank. CSMs have expanded administrative duties, and less direct leadership duty requirements with enlisted and junior NCO soldiers than do 1SGs.

First sergeants are generally the senior non-commissioned officers of company (battery, troop) sized units, and are unofficially but commonly referred to as "first sausage", "top", "top sergeant", "top soldier", "top kick", "first shirt", due to their seniority and their position at the top of the company's enlisted ranks. In the Bundeswehr, the German Army, the first sergeant (German: Kompaniefeldwebel) is colloquially called "mother of the company" (even for male soldiers), a concept also in place in the US Army. Only one percent of US Army soldiers are authorized to be promoted to or appointed as 1SG,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Army Reserve Soldier joins top 1 percent of enlisted troops|url=https://www.jbmdl.jb.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/826957/army-reserve-soldier-joins-top-1-percent-of-enlisted-troops/|work=Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst|access-date=2025-12-02|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240802140218/https://www.jbmdl.jb.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/826957/army-reserve-soldier-joins-top-1-percent-of-enlisted-troops/|archive-date=2024-08-02|language=en-US}}</ref> so selection is extremely competitive and only the highest rated Soldiers "wear the diamond." They are sometimes referred to as "second hat" because the company commander may entrust them with important responsibilities, even over one of the company's lieutenants, especially junior lieutenants.

First sergeants handle the leadership and professional development of their soldiers, especially the non-commissioned officer development and grooming of enlisted soldiers for promotions.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Stepping in as First Sergeant: Balancing Duty and Choice|url=https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/NCO-Journal/Archives/2024/November/1SG-Balancing-Duty-and-Choice/|work=NCO Journal|access-date=2025-12-02|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250714211805/https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/NCO-Journal/Archives/2024/November/1SG-Balancing-Duty-and-Choice/|archive-date=2025-07-14|language=en-US}}</ref> They also manage company logistical issues, supervise administrative issues, recommend and prepare enlisted soldiers for specialty and leadership schools, re-enlistment, career development and they manage the promotable soldiers within the company.<ref>{{Cite news|title=The Infantry First Sergeant Manning Issue|url=https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/NCO-Journal/Archives/2025/April/The-Infantry-First-Sergeant-Manning-Issue/|work=NCO Journal|access-date=2025-12-02|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250811014931/https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/NCO-Journal/Archives/2025/April/The-Infantry-First-Sergeant-Manning-Issue/|archive-date=2025-08-11|language=en-US}}</ref> First sergeants are the first step in disciplinary actions such as an Article 15 (non-judicial punishment) proceeding.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.7atc.army.mil/Portals/17/Documents/SJA/TDS_AR15.pdf|title=Article 15 Fact Sheet|access-date=December 1, 2025|website=United States Army Trial Defense Service}}</ref> A first sergeant may place a soldier under arrest and on restriction to quarters in certain cases, as well as manage all of the daily responsibilities of running the company/unit.

A first sergeant who has completed the US Army's first sergeant course and who satisfactorily served a tour of duty as a first sergeant, will retire as a first sergeant, even if they later serve as a master sergeant until honorable retirement.

Historically, Army National Guard Soldiers, who often remained in uniform under Title 32, USC<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Code: Title 32 — NATIONAL GUARD |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/32 |access-date=2026-02-17 |website=LII / Legal Information Institute |language=en}}</ref> state status, until days or weeks shy of their 62nd birthday, often stayed in one unit for decades, especially with cases of senior enlisted promotions or appointments. After the mass mobilization of Guard troops in the Persian Gulf War in 1991, many states began a statewide promotion system, resulting in Soldiers transferring units frequently. This generally brought an end to the long-serving first sergeants, fondly known by other Soldiers as "Top For Life," "TFL "

=====Insignia===== Beginning in 1821, first sergeants were recognizable by wearing a red worsted waist sash (along with all other senior sergeant grades),<ref>{{Cite web |title=The American Soldier Page1 |url=https://history.army.mil/Research/Artwork-and-Photography/Prints-and-Poster-Sets/The-American-Soldier-Page1/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250718080405/https://history.army.mil/Research/Artwork-and-Photography/Prints-and-Poster-Sets/The-American-Soldier-Page1/ |archive-date=2025-07-18 |access-date=2025-08-14 |website=history.army.mil |language=en-US |url-status=live }}</ref> while all junior sergeant grades had to discard this item.<ref>''Army Digest: The Official Magazine Of The Department Of The Army'', Vol. 22, No. 12, December 1967, p. 48</ref> In 1872, sashes were eliminated for all ranks (except for general officers who retained their buff sashes until 1917).<ref>Emerson, William K. ''Encyclopedia of United States Army Insignia and Uniforms'', University of Oklahoma Press, Norman - London, 1996, p. 14-15</ref> Though the sergeant major and quartermaster sergeant already had distinctive staff NCO rank insignia, it was not until 1847 that the first sergeant received the characteristic lozenge, or diamond, with the three chevrons of a sergeant as its insignia of rank.<ref name="Perrenot. P. 2009"/>

====United States Marine Corps====

In the United States Marine Corps, first sergeant (abbreviated '''1stSgt''') is a permanent rank and ranks above gunnery sergeant and below sergeant major and master gunnery sergeant. It is equal in grade to master sergeant (E8), although the two ranks have different responsibilities.<ref>{{Cite AV media|title=Difference of the two E-8's in the #marines|url=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JkUkwTo1g_Y|language=en|access-date=2025-12-02|via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> A first sergeant has command leadership responsibilities and serves as the senior enlisted adviser to the commander at the company, battery or detachment level, while master sergeants have technical responsibilities within their respective occupational fields, and serve important leadership roles within various company or battery sections. Master sergeants may also perform staff functions at the battalion/squadron level or above. Unlike first sergeants and master sergeants in the U.S. Army, no lateral movement is possible between the two ranks in the Marine Corps; they are permanent appointments and require a change in occupational specialty. This was true until January 2026, when the USMC transitioned nine master sergeants to first sergeant in an E-8 redesignation program<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Billard |first=Robert |date=2026-01-07 |title=Master Sergeant to First Sergeant: Marine Corps Revives Decades-Lost Flexibility |url=https://www.military.com/feature/2026/01/06/master-sergeant-first-sergeant-marine-corps-revives-decades-lost-flexibility.html |access-date=2026-01-09 |website=Military.com |language=en}}</ref> in both the active and reserve forces.<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |title=From Master Sergeant to First Sergeant: Master Sgt. Joseph B. Stoker Paves the Way for Fut |url=https://www.marines.mil/News/News-Display/Article/4372318/from-master-sergeant-to-first-sergeant-master-sgt-joseph-b-stoker-paves-the-way/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260126014334/https://www.marines.mil/News/News-Display/Article/4372318/from-master-sergeant-to-first-sergeant-master-sgt-joseph-b-stoker-paves-the-way/ |archive-date=2026-01-26 |access-date=2026-02-14 |work=United States Marine Corps Flagship |language=en-US}}</ref> The E-8 redesignation program involves training to ensure that new first sergeants are capable of leading larger groups of Marines and advocating for them, while maintaining discipline and military conduct.<ref name=":1" /> The USMC has announced that in 2027 they plan to pilot a program to allow first sergeants to transition to master sergeant for greater flexibility.<ref name=":1" />

In general, gunnery sergeants (E-7) elect a preference on their fitness reports, which are considered before promotion. Ultimately, those selected for either rank are appointed based on suitability, previous duty assignments, and the needs of the Marine Corps. Later in their careers, first sergeants are eligible to be considered for promotion to sergeant major, while master sergeants can be promoted to master gunnery sergeant.

The grade of first sergeant initially appeared in the Marine Corps in 1833, when Congress created the ranks of "first sergeant of the guard at sea"<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://civilwarnavy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/United_States_Marine_Corps_Ranks_and_Gra.pdf|title=United States Marine Corps Ranks and Grades 1775-1969|date=1970|website=Civil War Navy}}</ref> and "orderly sergeant of the post" (of which 30 billets for the rank were established). In 1872, the Corps replaced the title of orderly sergeant with the rank of first sergeant.<ref name=":0" /> The rank of first sergeant was a casualty of the rank realignment of 1947. It was reestablished in 1955.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ww2gyrene.org/rank_structure.htm |title=World War II era Marine Corps enlisted ranks |publisher=Ww2gyrene.org |access-date=2016-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013125833/http://www.ww2gyrene.org/rank_structure.htm |archive-date=2016-10-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====United States Air Force====

In the United States Air Force, first sergeants are special duty temporary ranks<ref name="first sergeant">{{Cite web|last=Barnett|first=Robert|date=12 December 2012|title=Air Force first sergeants work to help Airmen|url=https://www.jber.jb.mil/News/News-Articles/Article/290557/air-force-first-sergeants-work-to-help-airmen/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=11 September 2020|website=Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson|publisher=Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Public Affairs}}</ref> and positional billets. They may be given authority within their unit, but they do not outrank their non-first sergeant peers of the same grade. First sergeants are not guaranteed to be promoted to the next level pay grade of first sergeant. Often referred to as the "first shirt", or "shirt",<ref>{{Cite web|title=First Shirts|url=https://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/0108shirts/|website=Air & Space Forces Magazine|access-date=2025-12-02|language=en-US}}</ref> the first sergeant is responsible for the morale, welfare, and conduct of all the enlisted members in a squadron and is the chief adviser to the squadron commander concerning the enlisted force.<ref name="first sergeant" /> They are held by a senior enlisted member of a military unit who reports directly to the unit commander or deputy commander of operations. This positional billet is held by individuals of pay grades E-7 through E-9 (master sergeant, senior master sergeant and chief master sergeant), and is denoted on the rank insignia by a lozenge (known colloquially as a "diamond").<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wayback Machine|url=https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/AFEHRI/documents/HistoryoftheFirstSergeant/spitler.pdf|website=www.airuniversity.af.edu|access-date=2025-12-02|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241103025759/https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/AFEHRI/documents/HistoryoftheFirstSergeant/spitler.pdf|archive-date=2024-11-03}}</ref> Most units have a master sergeant (E-7) in this position. Larger units use senior master sergeants (E-8) and chief master sergeants (E-9) as first sergeants. All first sergeants can retire at that rank, within their respective pay grade, if they so choose, as long as they have served satisfactorily in rank.

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|+ ! colspan="4" | Insignia while serving as first sergeant |- ! Pay grade ! E-9 ! E-8 ! E-7 |- | Insignia (1958–1991) | 50px | 50px | 50px |- | Insignia (1991–present) | 50px | 50px | 50px

|- | Rank | Chief master sergeant | Senior master sergeant | Master sergeant |}

===Law enforcement=== Some U.S. law enforcement agencies, especially state police and highway patrol organizations, have first sergeants, who are typically in charge or command of a detachment, district, region, area, barracks, or post consisting of anywhere from ten to fifty or more troopers or officers. Most law enforcement first sergeants are mid-level management leaders, with ten to thirty or more years of service. The North Carolina State Highway Patrol first sergeants for example, must complete the 6-weeks advanced police management training institute at the Southern Police Institute (SPI) in Louisville, KY. Other states also use SPI, or Northwestern University IL or the FBI National Academy (FBINA) Quantico, VA.

Some such state agencies may have a first sergeant in charge of special state police or highway patrol units such as SWAT, K-9, aviation, personnel, major traffic accident reconstruction, research, public information, logistics, training, recruitment, internal affairs, accreditation, inspections, mounted, motorcycle, communications, detectives, administration, and other specialized sections or services other than general patrol.

Some municipal and county agencies also have a first sergeant. Civil law enforcement first sergeants are senior to sergeants and junior to lieutenants.

The insignia of such a first sergeant is usually similar to a military first sergeant but may only may have a chevron of three stripes with no bottom curved stripes "rockers", or just one or two rockers, but generally always{{clarify|date=April 2025}} have the lozenge under the chevrons. The rank insignia may be displayed by sewn-on sleeve shoulder stripes, slip-on epaulet stripes or pin-on metal stripes of black, silver or gold tone that may be pinned on the collar or epaulet.

==NATO code== While the rank of first sergeant is used in some NATO countries, it is ranked differently depending on the country. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" ! rowspan=2| NATO code ! rowspan=2| Country<ref name="B-1">{{cite book |author1=NATO |title=STANAG 2116 NATO |date=2021 |publisher=NATO Standardization Agency |edition=7th |location=Brussels, Belgium |pages=D-1–D-3}}</ref> ! colspan=2| English equivalent |- ! UK ! US |- ! OR-8 | | Warrant officer class 2 | '''First sergeant''' |- ! OR-7 | Spain | Staff sergeant | Sergeant first class |- ! OR-6 | Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal | Sergeant | Staff sergeant |}

==Gallery== <gallery class="center">  File:Angola-Army-OR-6.svg|{{lang|pt|Primeiro-sargento}} (Angolan Army)<ref name="Angola_Army">{{cite web |title=Postos do Exército |url=https://faa.ao/exe/posto_exe |website=faa.ao |publisher=Angolan Army |access-date=27 June 2021 |language=pt |archive-date=30 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630164549/https://faa.ao/exe/posto_exe |url-status=live }}</ref> File:Ejercito Argentino - Sargento Primero.svg|{{lang|es|Sargento primero}} (Argentine Army)<ref name="Argentina_Army">{{cite web |title=Grados |url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/ejercito/grados |website=argentina.gob.ar |date=14 February 2018 |publisher=Government of Argentina |access-date=27 May 2021 |language=es |archive-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604103541/https://www.argentina.gob.ar/ejercito/grados |url-status=live }}</ref> File:Belgium-Army-OR-6a.svg|{{lang|nl|Eerste sergeant}} (Belgian Land Component)<ref name=Belgium_Army>{{cite web |title=IPR Landcomponent |url=http://www.mil.be/def/ranks/index.asp?LAN=nl&ID=1&IDS=1&IDT=3 |website=mil.be |access-date=25 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050217100130/http://www.mil.be/def/ranks/index.asp?LAN=nl&ID=1&IDS=1&IDT=3 |archive-date=17 February 2005 |language=nl}}</ref> File:Sgt1EB.svg|{{lang|es|Sargento primero}} (Bolivian Army)<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Ministry of Defense (Bolivia) |author-link=Ministry of Defense (Bolivia) |user=mindefbolivia |number=1206701852009680896 |date=16 December 2019 |title=Hoy te invitamos a conocer la jerarquía de los grados de Suboficiales, Sargentos y Tropa |language=es |access-date=28 May 2021}}</ref> File:G05-EB Primeiro Sargento.svg|{{lang|pt-BR|Primeiro-sargento}} (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 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507081505/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 |url-status=dead }}</ref> File:blank.svg|{{lang|fr|Première sergent}} {{small|({{langx|rn|Sereja mu murwi wa mbere}})}} (Burundi Army)<ref name="Burundi">{{cite web |title=Loi organique N°1/ 04 du 20 février 2017 portant Missions, Organisation, Composition, Instruction, Conditions de service et Fonctionnement de la Force de Défense Nationale du Burundi |url=http://fdnb.bi/sites/default/files/loi-04-2017.pdf |website=fdnb.bi/ |publisher=Government of Burundi |access-date=27 June 2021 |page=45 |language=fr |archive-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108234145/https://fdnb.bi/sites/default/files/loi-04-2017.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> File:Cape_Verde-army-OR-6.svg|{{lang|pt|Primeiro-sargento}} (Cape Verdean National Guard)<ref name="CapeVerde_Army">{{cite web |title=Patente |url=https://www.fa.gov.cv/index.php/uniforme/patente |website=fa.gov.cv |publisher=Cape Verdean Armed Forces |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=pt |archive-date=26 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726014311/https://www.fa.gov.cv/index.php/uniforme/patente |url-status=dead }}</ref> File:PCP.EJER.SARGENTO 1°.svg|{{lang|es|Sargento primero}} (Chilean Army)<ref name="Chile_Army">{{cite web |url=http://www.ejercito.cl/grados-y-distintivos.php |title=Distintivos de grados |language=es |trans-title=Badges of degrees |access-date=20 January 2012 |website=ejercito.cl |publisher=Chilean Army |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120051649/http://www.ejercito.cl/grados-y-distintivos.php |archive-date=20 January 2012}}</ref> File:04.DRC-SFC.svg|{{lang|fr|Premier sergent}} (Land Forces of the DR Congo) File:Colombia-Army-OR-7.svg|{{lang|es|Sargento primero}} (Colombian National Army)<ref name="Colombia_Army">{{cite book |title=RGE 4-20.1: Reglamento de Uniformes, Insignias y Distinciones |publisher=National Army of Colombia |location=Colombia |pages=301–331 |edition=7th |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Unzse7pR7eJe3cJcNcEpV9ouphDSn3uU/view |access-date=28 May 2021 |language=es |chapter=Capítulo V: Insignias militares |archive-date=13 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813144602/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Unzse7pR7eJe3cJcNcEpV9ouphDSn3uU/view |url-status=live }}</ref> File:05. EGLF-MSG.svg|{{lang|es|Sargento primero}} (Army of Equatorial Guinea) File:Guinea-Bissau-Army-OR-6.svg|{{lang|pt|Primeiro-sargento}} (Army of Guinea-Bissau) File:Luxembourg-Army-OR-6.svg|{{Lang|lb|Premier sergent}} (Luxembourg Army)<ref name="Luxembourg">{{cite web |title=Grades |url=http://www.armee.lu/organisation/personnel/grades |website=Armee.lu |publisher=Luxembourg Army |access-date=24 February 2018 |archive-date=20 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220205207/https://www.armee.lu/organisation/personnel/grades |url-status=live }}</ref> File:Maldives-Army-OR-8.svg|{{lang|dv|ފަސްޓް ސާރޖަންޓް}} {{lang|dv-Latn|Fast saarjant}} (Maldives National Defence Force)<ref name="Maldives">{{cite web |title=ރޭންކް ސްޓްރަކްޗަރ |url=https://mndf.gov.mv/mndf/ranks |website=mndf.gov.mv |publisher=Maldives National Defence Force |access-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229225234/https://mndf.gov.mv/mndf/ranks |archive-date=29 February 2020 |language=dv}}</ref> File:Mexico-Army-OR-7.svg|{{lang|es|Sargento primero}} (Mexican Army)<ref name="Mexico_Army&AirForce">{{cite web |author1=Secretary of National Defense |author1-link=Secretariat of National Defense (Mexico) |title=Manual gráfico para el uso de Uniformes, Divisas y Equipo del Ejército y F.A.M. |trans-title=Graphic manual for the use of Uniforms, Badges and Equipment of the Army and Air Force |url=http://www.sedena.gob.mx/pdf/MGUDEFAM_2019.pdf |access-date=22 May 2021 |language=es |date=27 June 2019 |archive-date=22 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522115647/http://www.sedena.gob.mx/pdf/MGUDEFAM_2019.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> File:Mozambique-Army-OR-5.svg|{{lang|pt|Primeiro-sargento}} (Mozambican Army) File:Portugal-Army-OR-7.svg|{{lang|pt|Primeiro-sargento}} (Portuguese Army)<ref name="Portugal_Army">{{cite web |title=POSTOS E DISTINTIVOS EXÉRCITO |url=http://antigo.mdn.gov.pt/defesa/Simbolos/exercito.htm |website=antigo.mdn.gov.pt |access-date=30 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301024102/http://antigo.mdn.gov.pt/defesa/Simbolos/exercito.htm |archive-date=1 March 2010 |language=pt}}</ref> File:Army-Timor L'Este-OR-06.svg|{{lang|pt|Primeiro-sargento}} (Army of São Tomé and Príncipe) File:Army-SGP-OR-5c.svg|First sergeant (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 |archive-date=19 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419120802/https://www.mindef.gov.sg/web/portal/mindef/about-us/saf-rank-insignias |url-status=dead }}</ref> File:Spain-Army-OR-7.svg|{{lang|es|Sargento primero}} (Spanish Army)<ref name="Spain">{{cite web |title=Army Ranks & Insignia |url=https://ejercito.defensa.gob.es/en/personal/divisas-empleos.html |website=ejercito.defensa.gob.es |publisher=Ministry of Defence (Spain) |access-date=30 May 2021 |archive-date=17 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417225527/https://ejercito.defensa.gob.es/en/personal/divisas-empleos.html |url-status=live }}</ref> File:Army-USA-OR-08a (Army greens).svg|First sergeant (United States Army)<ref name="US_Army">{{cite web |title=U.S. Army Ranks |url=https://www.army.mil/ranks/ |website=army.mil |publisher=United States Army |access-date=27 May 2021 |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130022326/https://www.army.mil/ranks/ |url-status=live }}</ref> </gallery>

==References and notes== {{Reflist}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070811173654/http://gruntsmilitary.com/rank3.shtml U.S. Army Enlisted Rank Insignia - Criteria, Background, and Images]

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