command sergeant major
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6.8
- noun
- /kəˈmænd ˈsɑrdʒənt ˈmeɪdʒər/
- Specialized
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sargento mayor de comando
- After years of dedicated service, she was promoted to command sergeant major and took on new responsibilities.
So, Tom Satterly, you were a command Sergeant major retired at Delta Force.
- So, Tom Satterly, you were a command Sergeant major retired at Delta Force.
- But the amount of people who went into the SAS or became command Sergeant majors from junior Para was so is a it was a system that worked.
- For years right by my house and my my one room in the house I lived and I drive in there and the Nebraska recruiting command Sergeant majors in there.
Examples
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The retired command sergeant major died Wednesday...
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Instead of going with the unit and being the command Sergeant major in Iraq, he quits.
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Instead of going with the unit and being the command Sergeant major in Iraq, he quits.
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When I first joined the Inner Circle staff, we had this command Sergeant major who I'll call Jody, a legend in the community.
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But the amount of people who went into the SAS or became command Sergeant majors from junior Para was so is a it was a system that worked.
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I'm there with Command Sergeant Major Faiz Wafa, one of the Afghan commando guys who had headed up a whole bunch of the commando stuff.
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The command sergeant major oversaw all administrative duties for the headquarters unit.
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As the command sergeant major, he was responsible for training and mentoring junior enlisted soldiers.
Synonyms
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6.1
A senior soldier who advises officers and keeps order in a unit
How Senior
636
4.2
68
3.3
∞
2.4
- Specialized
1
6.8
99
2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase transparently signals a high-ranking military role because 'command' + 'sergeant' + 'major' combine familiar military terms, so a learner will likely infer it denotes a senior sergeant associated with command. However, the precise institutional meaning (that it is a senior noncommissioned officer and specific administrative/ceremonial functions) depends on knowledge of military rank conventions and the fixed compound 'sergeant major', so the sense is not fully predictable from the words alone.
Etymology
Command sergeant major comes from joining older army titles: the sergeant major was the top sergeant in a unit, and adding command shows this sergeant works directly with the unit's commander. So, the title came to mean 'the senior leader who helps the commander and manages discipline and administration'.