Military rank is abadge of leadership. ... A corporal is expected to fill a leadership role and has a higher rank than a specialist, even though both receive E-4 pay. In the Marine Corps, a master gunnery sergeant and a sergeant major are both E-9s, but the sergeant major has the ...
A great man I once worked for, Command Sergeant Major John Pearce, had a reputation, with those who didn’t know him, as being dumb and loud. He was loud, he was certainly not dumb. He is the only individual ever to be Command Sergeant Major of the 82nd Airborne Division twice. Aft...
Ranked Play Season 04 is in full swing, and you have plenty of time — but not too much time — to complete the Battle Pass and reach the maximum Prestige Rank until Season 05 begins! The Epic Conclusion to Special Ops RAID Atomgrad...
I never thought I would have any interest in a time travel book again. Then I readThe First Fifteen Lives of Harry AugustbyClaire North(a pen name of Catherine Webb). This is nothing I have read before. The plot, the ideas and the characters are all smart and unexpected. The only thi...
Is gunnery sergeant a high rank? Master Gunnery Sergeant (MGySgt/E-9) This isthe ninth and highest Enlisted rank. They hold the same rank as a Sergeant Major but the job tasks differ. As the name suggests, MGySgts are highly qualified in their occupational MOS, and advise higher-ranking...
It’s been more than a decade since the Supreme Court has handed down a ruling on a major Second Amendment case. The difference? Today, due to the efforts of President Trump and the previous congress, the High Court is believed to be much more conservative-leaning, and by most accounts,...
We knew that there was a strong potential for violence and that Congress was the target.” Despite that knowledge, leaders did not inform rank-and-file officers forced to battle the mob of the heightened threat, said Gus Papathanasiou, chairman of the Capitol Police Labor ...
The troops march off in rank and file, exhibiting an air of intense concentration. They come to the turn, spin, slam down their feet and freeze in place. One recruit, alas, has come out pigeon-toed. “Sullivan!” barks Desfosses. “Why is that toe still pointed that way?” He thwack...
At 38, Hall is now considering returning to college to major in music. The contemplated turn leaves him at an intersection not unlike the “Crossroads” that bluesman Robert Johnson sang about. “The bar scene gets pretty old after a while,” says Hall. “Twelve years. I can’t go to ...
During the War of 1812 he served under General William Hull, whose surrender at Detroit he strongly condemned, and under General William Henry Harrison, and rose from the rank of colonel of volunteers to be major-general of Ohio militia and finally to be a brigadier-general in the regular ...