Master Sergeant (IA)

Imperial Army Ground Forces Command ranks
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 » Sergeant Major
E8 » Master Sergeant (First Sergeant)
E7 » 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 Master Sergeant (E8) is the non-commissioned officer rank in the Imperial Army for the most senior non-commissioned officer in an Imperial Army Company.

Description (Specifications)

Each Company in the Imperial Army has one Master Sergeant who is the most senior Sergeant in the unit (usually referred to as the "First Sergeant"). Some Imperial Army Regimental (and above) staff appointments are also for Master Sergeants.

• The equivalent rank in the Imperial Navy is Senior Chief Petty Officer (IN).
• The equivalent rank in the Imperial Marines is Master Sergeant.
• The equivalent rank in the Imperial Army (Close Orbit and Airspace Control Command) is Master Flight Sergeant.
• The equivalent rank in the Imperial Army (Nautical Force Command) is Senior Chief Petty Officer (IA).

History & Background (Dossier)

The term sergeant refers to a non-commissioned officer placed above the rank of a corporal. The term master sergeant thus refers to the chief of these sergeants within the company.

Historically, these Sergeants were responsible for protecting the regimental flags (colours) of the field of battle. They still have a role in ceremonials to do so. When performing this role they are still be addressed as Colour Sergeant.

References & Contributors (Sources)

This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Sergeant. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. The text of Wikipedia is available under the Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Douglas E. Berry. Ground Forces (Steve Jackson Games, 2000), 51.
• Gareth Hanrahan. Core Rulebook (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), 12.
• Collated by: BackworldTraveller