Technical sergeant
Technical Sergeant (also short Tech Sergeant ) is or was a military grade in the career of non-commissioned officers in English-speaking armed forces , such as B. the US Air Force .
US Army
The Technical Sergeant (official abbreviation Tech Sgt ) of the US Army was originally - as in the other branches of the armed forces - the second highest rank of NCO ("non-commissioned officer grade 2").
In 1948 the technical sergeant was renamed Sergeant First Class and has not been used in the US Army since then.
US Air Force
The Technical Sergeant (official abbreviation TSgt ) has the NATO rank code OR-6 and is thus the second non-commissioned officer in the US Air Force. The usual salutation is "Technical Sergeant" or simply "Sergeant" , but also colloquially "Tech Sergeant" .
In the Federal Armed Forces , Sergeant and Oberfeldwebel share this rank, while in the Austrian Armed Forces the Oberwachtmeister occupies this position.
| Rank | ||
| lower: Staff Sergeant |
Technical sergeant |
higher: Master Sergeant |
US Marine Corps
The Technical Sergeant (official abbreviation Tech Sgt ) of the US Marine Corps was originally - as in the other branches of the armed forces - the second highest non-commissioned officer grade ("non-commissioned officer grade 2").
In 1948, the Technical Sergeant in the Marine Corps was classified as E-6 (corresponding to today's NATO rank code OR-6, see US Air Force) and, after a further reorganization of the ranks, renamed Gunnery Sergeant in 1959 and classified as E-7 (NATO rank code OR-7, corresponding to the German sergeant major or Austrian staff sergeant ).