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Old 01-26-2013, 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by SPEMack618 View Post
And Colonel.

Also, General. But General shouldn't be hard to distinguish because we can all count to four. (hopefully)

Sergeant works for buck sergeants and (some) staff sergeants in the Army. For instance, I was never referred to as "Staff Sergeant" always sergeant or Mack.

The Marines, as I understand it, get persnickety about terms of address for enlisted folks and prefer to use the whole title
Yes, anyone who's ever called a Gunnery Sergeant "Sergeant" won't make that mistake again.
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