staff sergeant
noun
: a noncommissioned officer ranking in the army above a sergeant and below a platoon sergeant or sergeant first class, in the air force above a sergeant and below a technical sergeant, and in the marine corps above a sergeant and below a gunnery sergeant
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Jabbar enlisted in the Army in 2007, transferred to the Army Reserve in 2015 and left military service in 2020 with the rank of staff sergeant.
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Jim Mustian, Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Jabbar, 42, was a U.S. citizen from Texas who served in the Army from 2007 to 2020, including a year or deployment in Afghanistan, and retired as a staff sergeant.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 2 Jan. 2025
But by June, the staff sergeant was headed to San Antonio.
—Dawn Sawyer, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
Hessler served in the U.S. Army as a field artilleryman for six years, retiring as a staff sergeant before serving two years as a patrol officer for the Baltimore City Police, followed by a lateral transfer to Carroll in March of 2021.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024
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Jim Mustian, Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Jabbar, 42, was a U.S. citizen from Texas who served in the Army from 2007 to 2020, including a year or deployment in Afghanistan, and retired as a staff sergeant.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 2 Jan. 2025
But by June, the staff sergeant was headed to San Antonio.
—Dawn Sawyer, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
Hessler served in the U.S. Army as a field artilleryman for six years, retiring as a staff sergeant before serving two years as a patrol officer for the Baltimore City Police, followed by a lateral transfer to Carroll in March of 2021.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Staff sergeant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staff%20sergeant. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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