senior master sergeant

His father retired from the Air Force as a senior master sergeant, in Sacramento.

"He's a senior master sergeant in the army, stationed in North Carolina."

Senior master sergeants are sometimes inappropriately referred to by the nickname of "Senior".

The Air Force senior master sergeant slid an ID photo over.

Promotion to senior master sergeant is the most difficult enlisted promotion to attain in the Air Force.

Usually, less than ten percent of eligible master sergeants are selected for promotion to senior master sergeant in most years.

John Miller retired from the Air Force as a Senior Master Sergeant.

However, it is not uncommon for a Senior Master Sergeant to be a Flight Sergeant.

Accompanies promotion to Cadet Senior Master Sergeant.

It wasn't until late 1958 that the title of senior master sergeant (and the accompanying rank insignia) was decided upon after the enlisted force was polled.

At that time, the senior master sergeant rank had only a single chevron above and six below, and a chief two above and six below.

"Before one of our first missions, a young guy said, 'I hope someone shoots at us tonight," said Mike, 51, a senior master sergeant and radio operator.

Lastly, like a Senior Master Sergeant, a Chief may serve as a Flight Commander if there is a shortage in officers.

Senior Master Sergeant John Brehm wrote the first ever book about the story of a PJ.

The only official terms of address are "Senior Master Sergeant" and "Sergeant" per Air Force Instruction 36-2618.

In the back the flight engineer, Senior Master Sergeant Buck Zimmer - he and the colonel went way back together - activated his winch controls.

Most units have a master sergeant in this position, while larger units use senior master sergeants and chief master sergeants as first sergeants.

In today's Air Force, the term sergeant refers to all Air Force non-commissioned officers up to senior master sergeant (E-8).

Roland Hargett, a retired Air Force senior master sergeant in Columbia, S.C., wanted to become a public school teacher to help minority students.

The man is a retired army senior master sergeant named Harold C. Ferkerson, of Airport Road in East Point."

Captain Nowlin and Senior Master Sergeant Huggins flew a Spectre in the Panama raid.

Eleven officers and one Senior Master Sergeant were selected to be the initial cadre of what became the 1st Aerospace Surveillance and Control Squadron.

"Senior Master Sergeant Ferkerson, Harold C. (retired), 400 Airport Road, East Point, Georgia."

Cadet Senior Master Sergeants are to be referred to as "Sergeant" by other cadets and "Cadet" by Senior Members.

I got a taste for travel when I was a child, knocking around Europe because my father, a senior master sergeant in the Air Force, was posted all over the place.