Re: Force sizes-Confusing US ranks

At 12:47  24/03/02 -0800, John wrote:

>--- Derek Fulton <derekfulton@bigpond.com> wrote:
> > At 09:09  22/03/02 -0800, you wrote:
> > >SFC/MSG   Color Sergeant
> > >1SG/SGM   WO
> > >CSM/SMA   Whatever you call it with the lions
> > holding
> > >up the coat of arms and a crown on top.
> >
> > Further to what I posted Colour Sergeants are rare,
>
>I was guessing as to the rank title:  3 stripes and a
>little crown over it.

Ah, Then that might be a "Staff Sergeant" also a rare and endangered 
species these days as well, only ever met one of them a retired regular 
solider in the reserves. I gathered that his rank was a hold over from
his 
regular days, sort of a "living fossil" as it were :)

Cheers

Derek

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