Sergeant

Sergeant (Sgt) is a rank in use by the armed forces of many countries. It is also a police rank in some police services. The alternative spelling, serjeant, is used in The Rifles and other units that draw their heritage from the British light infantry. Its origin is the Latin serviens, 'one who serves', through the Old French term serjant.

For other uses, see Sergeant (disambiguation).

The term sergeant refers to a non-commissioned officer placed above the rank of a corporal, and a police officer immediately below a lieutenant in the US, and below an inspector in the UK.^[1]^[2] In most armies, the rank of sergeant corresponds to command of a squad (or section). In Commonwealth armies, it is a more senior rank, corresponding roughly to a platoon second-in-command. In the United States Army, sergeant is a more junior rank corresponding to a squad- (12 person) or platoon- (36 person) leader.

More senior non-commissioned ranks are often variations on sergeant, for example staff sergeant, gunnery sergeant, master sergeant, first sergeant, and sergeant major.

In many nations and services, the rank insignia for a sergeant often features three chevrons.

Sergeant

United States

United States Army
United States Marine Corps
United States Space Force

Sgt

Non-commissioned officer

OR-5

E-5

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Staff sergeant (USA & USMC)
Technical sergeant (USSF)
Petty officer first class (USN & USCG)

Corporal (USA & USMC)
Specialist 4 (USSF)
Petty officer third class (USN & USCG)

Staff sergeant (USAF)
Petty officer second class (USN & USCG)

Sergeant (Sgt) (three chevrons); and

Senior sergeant (Sen Sgt) (three chevrons, crown surmounted by a laurel leaf)

Sergent
(Arabic: رقيب, romanized: Raqib)
(Algerian Land Forces)^[21]

Sergeant
(Antigua and Barbuda Regiment)^[22]

Sargento
(Argentine Army)^[23]

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Serzhant
(Armenian Ground Forces)^[24]

Sergeant
(Australian Army)^[25]

Sergeant
(Bengali: সার্জেন্ট, romanized: Sārjēnṭa)
(Bangladesh Army)^[26]

Sergeant
(Barbados Regiment)^[27]

Сяржант
Siaržant
(Belarusian Ground Forces)^[28]

Sergeant
(Belgian Land Component)^[29]

Sergeant
(Belize Defence Force)

Sergent
(Benin Army)^[30]

Sergeant
(Botswana Ground Force)^[31]

Sarjan
(Royal Brunei Land Forces)^[32]

Сержант
Serzhant
(Bulgarian Land Forces)^[33]

Sergent
(Burkina Faso Ground Forces)^[34]

Sergent
(Kirundi: Sereja)
(Burundi Army)^[35]

Sergent
(Cameroon Ground Forces)

Sergeant
(French: Sergent)
(Canadian Army)^[36]

Sargento
(Cape Verdean National Guard)^[37]

Sergent
(Central African Ground Forces)

Sergent
(Chadian Ground Forces)

Sergent
(Comorian Army)

Sergent
(Land Forces of the DR Congo)

Sergent
(Congolese Ground Forces)^[38]

Sergent
(Royal Danish Army)^[3]

Sergent
(Djiboutian Army)

Sargento
(Dominican Army)^[39]

Sargento
(Salvadoran Army)^[40]

Sarjento
(Army of Equatorial Guinea)

Sergeant
(Fiji Infantry Regiment)

Kersantti
(Finnish Army)^[41]

Sergent
(French Army)^[42]

Sergent
(Gabonese Army)

Sergeant
(Gambian National Army)

Sergeant
(Ghana Army)

სერჟანტი
Serzhant’i
(Georgian Land Forces)^[43]

Sergent
(Guinea Ground Forces)

Sergeant
(Guyana Army)^[44]

Sergeant
(Irish: Sáirsint)
(Irish Army)^[45]

Sergente
(Italian Army)^[46]

Sergent
(Ivory Coast Ground Forces)^[47]

Sergeant
(Jamaican Army)^[48]

Cержант
Serjant
(Kazakh Ground Forces)^[49]

Sergeant
(Kenya Army)^[50]

Сержант
Serjant
(Kyrgyz Army)^[51]

Seržants
(Latvian Land Forces)^[52]

Sergeant
(Lesotho Army)^[53]

Sergeant
(Liberian Ground Forces)^[54]

Seržantas
(Lithuanian Land Force)^[55]

Sergent
(Luxembourg Army)^[56]

Sergent
(Madagascar Ground Forces)^[57]

Sarjan
(Malaysian Army)^[58]

Sergeant
(Malawi Army)

ސާރޖަންޓް
Saarjant
(Maldives National Defence Force)^[59]

Sergent
(Malian Army)^[60]

Sergeant
(Army of Malta)^[61]

Sergent
(Moldovan Ground Forces)^[62]

Sergent
(Royal Moroccan Army)^[63]

Sergeant
(Namibian Army)^[64]

Sergeant
(Royal Netherlands Army)^[65]

Sergeant
(New Zealand Army)^[66]

Sergent
(Niger Army)^[67]

Sergeant
(Nigerian Army)^[68]

Sersjant
(Norwegian Army)^[69]

Sergeant
(Papua New Guinea Land Element)

Sergeant
(Philippine Army)^[70]

Sierżant
(Polish Land Forces)^[71]

Sergent
(Romanian Land Forces)^[72]

Сержа́нт
Serzhánt
(Russian Ground Forces)^[73]

Sergeant
(SKN Regiment)^[74]

Sergent
(Senegalese Army)

Sergeant
(Seychelles Infantry Unit)^[75]

Sergeant
(Sierra Leone Army)

Sargento
(Spanish Army)^[76]

Sergeant
(South African Army)^[77]

Sergeant
(Sri Lanka Army)^[78]

Sergeant
(Suriname Army)^[79]

Sergeant
(Swedish Army)^[80]

Sergeant
(Eswatini Army)

Сержант
Serzhant
(Tajik Ground Forces)^[81]

Sergeant
(Swahili: Sajenti)
(Tanzanian Army)

Sergent
(Togolese Army)^[82]

Sergeant
(Tongan Land Component)^[83]

Sergeant
(Trinidad and Tobago Regiment)^[84]

Sergent
(Arabic: عريف, romanized: Earif)
(Tunisian Army)^[85]

Seržant
(Turkmen Ground Forces)^[86]

Sergeant
(Ugandan Land Forces)^[87]

Сержант
Serzhant
(Ukrainian Ground Forces)^[88]

Sergeant
(British Army)^[89]

Sergeant
(United States Army)^[90]

Sargento
(National Army of Uruguay)^[91]^[92]

Sergeant
(Zambian Army)

Sergeant
(Zimbabwe National Army)

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Chevron (insignia)

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