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Alford L. McMichael

McMichael served in this role from June 2003 until July 17, 2006, when he was succeeded by Army Command Sergeant Major Michael Bartelle.

Champe Rocks

Champe Rocks are named for Sergeant Major John Champe (1752–1798), a Revolutionary War soldier who became a double agent in an attempt to capture the American traitor General Benedict Arnold.

Frankie Segarra

Sergeant Major Jose Luis Santiago, who has the distinction of being the 2nd Battalion 9th Marines first Hispanic Sergeant Major and its first Sergeant Major since its reactivation on July 13, 2007.

Montford Point Marine Association

Sgt. Maj. Gilbert "Hashmark" Johnson, one of the first African Americans to enlist and serve as a drill instructor in the United States Marine Corps.

Scissortail sergeant

It earns its name from the black-striped tail and sides, which are reminiscent of the insignia of a military Sergeant, being similar to those of the Sergeant Major damselfish.

William Hardham

Hardham was 24 years old, and a Farrier Sergeant Major in the 4th New Zealand Contingent, New Zealand Military Forces during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.


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Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.

At his post in Fort Duchesne, Utah, he served first as the troop's clerk and later as squadron sergeant major through 1900.

Billy the Cat and Katie

(There is further homage in the naming of some of the model infantrymen, although using "Sergeant-Major" as "Wilson"'s rank is a departure from the strictly parallel.)

Chief warrant officer

This appointment includes, for example, the Division Chief Warrant Officer (DCWO) of 1 Canadian Air Division and the Area Sergeant-Major (Area SM) of Land Force Western Area (LFWA).

Christopher Hibbert

He left Oriel College to join the Army, where a sergeant major referred to Hibbert as Christopher Robin based upon his youthful looks.

Clinton A. Puckett

Following a two-year tour on the Inspector-Instructor Staff, 3rd Battalion 23rd Marines, 4th Marine Division in San Bruno, California, he returned to duty in Vietnam, serving as the Sergeant Major of the 7th Marines.

Company sergeant major

The most famous fictional examples are perhaps Battery Sergeant Major Tudor Brynne 'Shut Up' Williams, portrayed by Windsor Davies in the 1970s sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum and Company Sergeant Major Percival Bullimore and Company Sergeant Major Claude Snudge played by William Hartnell and Bill Fraser, respectively, in the 1958-63, Granada television comedy series, The Army Game.

David Aldus

His Father, John Macdonald Aldus was a Company Sergeant Major in the South Wales Borderers, as was his father, killed in action in the Khyber pass.

Edgar Huff

He then served as Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Air Station New River, Jacksonville, North Carolina, until his retirement on September 30, 1972.

Foster Dwight Coburn

He served during the latter years of the American Civil War in two Illinois regiments—first as corporal in Company F, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth infantry, and subsequently as private and sergeant-major of the Sixty-second veteran infantry.on his own account.

Frederick Barter

On 16 May 1915 at Festubert, France, Company Sergeant-Major Barter, when in the first line of German trenches, called for volunteers to enable him to extend our line, and with the eight men who responded, he attacked the German position with bombs, capturing three German officers, 102 men and 500 yards of their trenches.

John Estrada

For the 15th Sergeant Major of the United States Marine Corps, see John L. Estrada.

John W. Browning

He enlisted in September 1861 in the 1st New York Engineers, and took part in the battles of Port Royal, Fort Pulaski, James Island and others in the Department of the South until December 1863 when he was discharged as a sergeant-major and brevet second lieutenant.

John William Ormsby

On 14 April 1917 at Fayet, France, during operations which culminated in the capture of an important position, Sergeant Ormsby, acting as company sergeant-major showed complete indifference to the heavy machine-gun and rifle fire and set a fine example.

José Antonio Lacayo de Briones y Palacios

As Sergeant Major, Lacayo endured a very difficult period in the area of Cartago near the Salto river, on the Costa Rican border of Nicoya and Nicaragua.

José Santiago

José L. Santiago (b. 1960), Puerto Rican sergeant major in the United States Marine Corps

Juan José Guesi

On 27 September 1831 at Miraflores, Catamarca a Federalist force led by Nazario Benavídez and Julián Cuenca defeated the force commanded by Sergeant Major Guesi.

Leon L. Van Autreve

Sergeant Major Van Autreve attended George Washington University, University of Toledo, University of Maryland and Alaska Methodist University, and was a member of Phi Alpha Theta.

Micheal Barrett

In September 1987, Sergeant Major Barrett was assigned to 3rd Battalion 9th Marines at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, and trained as a Scout Sniper to serve as a platoon sergeant for the unit's STA platoon.

Paintings by Adolf Hitler

This painting, along with twelve other paintings by Hitler, was discovered by Company Sergeant Major Willie J. McKenna in 1945 in Essen, Germany.

Paul de Sorbait

During the siege of Vienna by the Turks in 1683 he commanded the company formed of students as chief sergeant-major.

Raymond F. Chandler

As Sergeant Major of the Army, Chandler serves as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army's personal adviser on all enlisted-related matters, particularly in areas affecting soldier training and quality of life, including the adoption of the new Army Service Uniform, which phases out the Green Service Uniform in 2014.

Terminal Lance

On May 30, 2012, The Duffel Blog ran a satire piece stating that the creator of the Terminal Lance strip was not Maximilian Uriarte, but instead was Carlton Kent—the former Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps.

Wilfred Hawker

Wilfred Hawker (died 13 March 1982) was a sergeant-major in the Surinamese military who staged two unsuccessful coup d'états in 1982.

William A. Connelly

In June 1975, he became Sergeant Major of the Seventh Army Training Command Grafenwöhr and in July 1976, became Sergeant Major of the 1st Armored division at Ansbach.

William Gainey

Gainey served as the Command Sergeant Major for the 2nd Battalion, 68th Armored Regiment, and 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany; Eagle Base, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 1st Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Polk, La.

William Waugh

Billy Waugh (born 1929), retired American Special Forces Sergeant Major and Central Intelligence Agency Paramilitary Operations Officer