sergeant first class
noun
: a noncommissioned officer in the army ranking above a staff sergeant and below a master sergeant
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Goudreau spent 15 years in the Army, earning three gold stars and the rank of sergeant first class while serving in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2024
Serving in the North Carolina Army National Guard, Eyer climbed to sergeant first class during his 12-year tenure, Morris said.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 3 May 2024
The bodies recovered included that of a former Army sergeant first class who was believed to have been buried at a veterans' cemetery, Cohen said.
—CBS News, 12 Jan. 2024
Before concluding her military career with the rank of sergeant first class, she was hit by a car and seriously injured.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2023
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Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2024
Serving in the North Carolina Army National Guard, Eyer climbed to sergeant first class during his 12-year tenure, Morris said.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 3 May 2024
The bodies recovered included that of a former Army sergeant first class who was believed to have been buried at a veterans' cemetery, Cohen said.
—CBS News, 12 Jan. 2024
Before concluding her military career with the rank of sergeant first class, she was hit by a car and seriously injured.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2023
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“Sergeant first class.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sergeant%20first%20class. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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