Staff Sergeant (IA)

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Imperial Army Ground Forces Command ranks
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Commissioned Officers
O11a » Field Marshal
O10 » General (Colonel-General)
O9 » Lieutenant General
O8 » Major General
O7 » Brigadier General
O6 » Colonel
O5 » Lieutenant Colonel
O4 » Major
O3 » Captain
O2 » First Lieutenant
O1 » Second Lieutenant
O0 » Officer Cadet
Enlisted Ranks
E9 » Chief Master Sergeant (Sergeant Major)
E8 » Senior Master Sergeant (First Sergeant)
E7 » Master Sergeant (Leading Sergeant)
E6 » Staff Sergeant
E5 » Sergeant
E4 » Lance Sergeant
E3 » Corporal
E2 » Lance Corporal
E1 » Private (Private 1st Class)
E0 » Recruit (Private Recruit)

The rank of Staff Sergeant (E6) is a non-commissioned officer rank in the Imperial Army.

Description (Specifications)

Each Platoon in the Imperial Army has one Staff Sergeant who is the most senior Sergeant in the unit. Some Imperial Army Battalion or Regimental (and above) staff appointments are also for Staff Sergeants.

The Staff Sergeant of a Weapons Platoon of a Company is known as the Gunnery Sergeant

History & Background (Dossier)

The term sergeant refers to a non-commissioned officer placed above the rank of a corporal. The term staff sergeant thus refers to their being one of these sergeants who has one of the permanent roles in the battalion.

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