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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The United States Army has identified the fourth soldier who died in a March training accident in Lithuania as 28-year-old staff sergeant Troy S. Knutson-Collins of Michigan.
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Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Travis Decker is a former US Army infantryman and staff sergeant with eight years of service, including five months in Afghanistan, according to a US Army spokesperson.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 8 June 2025
The transit cop was also a staff sergeant with the U.S. Army Reserves and volunteered to go to Iraq in 2005.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025
In addition to Fogel, that deal omitted several other Americans imprisoned in Russia, including musician Michael Travis Leake, U.S. Army staff sergeant Gordon Black and Russian-American ballerina Ksenia Karelina.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2025
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Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Travis Decker is a former US Army infantryman and staff sergeant with eight years of service, including five months in Afghanistan, according to a US Army spokesperson.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 8 June 2025
The transit cop was also a staff sergeant with the U.S. Army Reserves and volunteered to go to Iraq in 2005.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025
In addition to Fogel, that deal omitted several other Americans imprisoned in Russia, including musician Michael Travis Leake, U.S. Army staff sergeant Gordon Black and Russian-American ballerina Ksenia Karelina.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Staff sergeant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staff%20sergeant. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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