Chief Master Sergeant Rank Insignia

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Chief master sergeant rank insignia. The civilian equivalent of this military rank is roughly gs 6 under the federal government s general schedule payscale. The rank insignia were reduced to seven grades and eight ranks first sergeant was considered a senior grade of technical sergeant and were numbered from g1 for the highest rank master sergeant to g7 for the lowest private second class. Sergeant major of the marine corps smmc e 9. Until his retirement in 2003 chief master sergeant norman marous was the air force s senior most chief master sergeant having served in the air force since 1962.
The new insignia which features the same eagle grasping three arrows that appears on the joint staff emblem surrounded by four stars will be donned by the incoming seac air force chief master. The chief master sergeant of the air force acronym. The holder of this rank and position of office represents the highest enlisted level of leadership in the air force unless an enlisted airmen is serving as the senior enlisted advisor to the chairman. After much discussion the insignia for these two ranks were designed by simply adding one and two chevrons to the top of the master sergeant insignia for e 8 and e 9 respectively each stripe pointing up.
A chief master sergeant is a noncommissioned officer with a military paygrade of e 9. They hold the same rank as master gunnery sergeant. Sergeant major is considered a senior non commissioned rank in the usmc. Cmsaf is a unique non commissioned rank in the united states air force.
The titles of senior master sergeant and chief master sergeant were chosen between july and december 1958 after comments were solicited from the major air force commands of the day. The original chief master sergeant rank insignia 1958 1994 consisted of 2 chevrons on top 3 stripes in the middle and 3 rockers on bottom.