master sergeant
noun
: a noncommissioned officer ranking in the army above a sergeant first class and below a staff sergeant major, in the air force above a technical sergeant and below a senior master sergeant, and in the marine corps above a gunnery sergeant and below a master gunnery sergeant
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Or, perhaps more infamously, the 1980 coup d’état in Liberia by the warlord Samuel Doe—a lowly master sergeant at the time—illustrates how relatively junior officers can take power if others rally around them.
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Brian Klaas, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2016
His stepfather retired as a master sergeant from the same Air Force intelligence unit where Airman Teixeira worked, headquartered on a base on nearby Cape Cod.
—Haley Willis, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2023
Jake Gyllenhaal stars as John Kinley, a supremely competent master sergeant in 2018 Afghanistan tasked with finding and destroying Taliban bomb factories dotted around the country.
—Kyle Smith, wsj.com, 20 Apr. 2023
His stepfather was a master sergeant in the 102nd Intelligence Wing, the same unit Teixeira later joined.
—John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2023
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Brian Klaas, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2016
His stepfather retired as a master sergeant from the same Air Force intelligence unit where Airman Teixeira worked, headquartered on a base on nearby Cape Cod.
—Haley Willis, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2023
Jake Gyllenhaal stars as John Kinley, a supremely competent master sergeant in 2018 Afghanistan tasked with finding and destroying Taliban bomb factories dotted around the country.
—Kyle Smith, wsj.com, 20 Apr. 2023
His stepfather was a master sergeant in the 102nd Intelligence Wing, the same unit Teixeira later joined.
—John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2023
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“Master sergeant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/master%20sergeant. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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