However, his view of his personal qualities seemed at variance with his role as asergeantmajor.
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But what if it was a staff sergeant or a companysergeantmajoror a regimentalsergeantmajorwho gave the order?
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It was written on the personal initiative of the regimentalsergeantmajor.
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Probably the difference between the two is the same as the difference between a second lieutenant and a companysergeantmajor.
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It is based on a culture of tradition and discipline, passed on from generation to generation, fromsergeantmajorto gunner.
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Asergeantmajorcame in and was instructed to fetch my records.
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The boy who wants to be asergeantmajorgoes to this school.
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He happened to be a regimentalsergeantmajor.
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We must encourage the fleet chief petty officers—a new designation, the equivalent of the regimentalsergeantmajor—to prolong their service after nine years.
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I was merely a companysergeantmajor, with all the shyness and modesty which afflicts the holders of that particular rank.
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We do not want to ask for volunteers in the manner of some armysergeantmajor.
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A companysergeantmajoris a senior warrant officer with experience.
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The friend asked my commanding officer whether he could have a good non-commissioned officer to be his regimentalsergeantmajor.
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The troops were paraded, and thesergeantmajor, perhaps rather naïvely, said he would not let them go off parade until the guilty man confessed.
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During the day, both the company commander and the companysergeantmajorwent into the hut.
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