Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
Sergeant Major of the Marines Corps ( SgtMajMC ) is the highest non-commissioned officer rank in the U.S. Marine Corps . There is only one NCO (Non Commissioned Officer) of this rank and at the same time this official position holds. He is the Senior Enlisted Advisor (SEA) of the Commandant of the Marine Corps .
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The SgtMajMC is the superior of the Corps of the Marines and belongs to the staff of the Commandant (CMC). He is the spokesman for the NCOs and the representative of their concerns in the corps. He is paid according to pay level E-9 ( NATO rank code OR-9).
List of Sergeants Major of the Marines Corps
No. | Surname | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment |
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19th | Troy E. Black | 26th July 2019 | --- |
18th | Ronald L. Green | 20th January 2015 | 26th July 2019 |
17th | Michael P. Barrett | June 9, 2011 | 20th January 2015 |
16 | Carlton W. Kent | April 25, 2007 | June 9, 2011 |
15th | John L. Estrada | June 26, 2003 | April 25, 2007 |
14th | Alford L. McMichael | 1999 | June 26, 2003 |
13 | Lewis G. Lee | 1995 | 1999 |
12 | Harold G. Overstreet | 1991 | 1995 |
11 | David W. Sommers | 1987 | 1991 |
10 | Robert E. Cleary | 1983 | 1987 |
9 | Leland D. Crawford | 1979 | 1983 |
8th | John R. Massaro | 1977 | 1979 |
7th | Henry H. Black | 1975 | 1977 |
6th | Clinton A. Puckett | 1973 | 1975 |
5 | Joseph W. Dailey | 1969 | 1973 |
4th | Herbert J. Sweet | 1965 | 1969 |
3 | Thomas J. McHugh | 1962 | 1965 |
2 | Francis D. Rauber | 1959 | 1962 |
1 | Wilbur Bestwick | 1957 | 1959 |