platoon sergeant
noun
: a noncommissioned officer normally with the rank of sergeant first class in the U.S. Army and with the rank of staff sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps
Note: Platoon sergeant was formally its own rank in both the U.S. Army and U.S. Marines.
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The voice on the line, his United States Army platoon sergeant, told him to come in right away.
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Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
There Timothy Edwards, the senior platoon sergeant, introduced himself.
—Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register, 29 Jan. 2024
Her boss, platoon sergeant Eric Ivory, 38, from Gilbert, Ariz., joined the Army in 2005.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2023
Snoop looked just like my old platoon sergeant.
—Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Aug. 2022
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Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
There Timothy Edwards, the senior platoon sergeant, introduced himself.
—Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register, 29 Jan. 2024
Her boss, platoon sergeant Eric Ivory, 38, from Gilbert, Ariz., joined the Army in 2005.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2023
Snoop looked just like my old platoon sergeant.
—Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Aug. 2022
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“Platoon sergeant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/platoon%20sergeant. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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