Just out of curiosity, what would a Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps do all day? Or any other high ranked NCO for that matter.
What would the two or three ranks just below him do?
It seems like it would take 10 or more years to get this rank, so he couldn't out killing terrorists, fixing trucks, ect. He'd be too old.
Off the top of my head I can't think of anything this guy would do besides make descisions. But on the other hand, he's not commissioned, and the commisioned officers are incharge of descision making.
The whole thing confuses me.
2007-11-27 11:30:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
It takes more like 20+ years to make SGM. The Sgt Major of the Marine Corps would be the single highest ranking enlisted man for the Corps. He acts as an enlisted advisor to the Commandant of the Marine Corps and is in charge of the health and welfare of the enlisted personnel. Regular Sgt Majors and Command Sgt Majors will do the same thing, just on a smaller level.
Oh yeah, Sgt Majors are not too old to fight, and would likely kick your *** for thinking it.
2007-11-27 11:37:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The higher NCOs in the military service are there to "enforce the standard". In the army there are a set of standards that every soldier is expected to live up to and it is the job of the Sergeants Major to ensure that those standards are upheld. I am sure the same is true in the Marine Corps. The Sergeant Major decides how the standards will be enforced and every enlisted rank of Non-Commissioned Officers below him are responsible for implementing the plan.
2007-11-27 19:39:03 · answer #2 · answered by Bridgeit21C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The SgtMaj of the Marine Corps is the senior enlisted advisor to the Commandant of the Marine Corps, who is in command. Other SgtMaj's in the Corps do the same thing, but at a lesser scale somewhere lower on the chain of command. They deal with alot of the enlisted personnel and often advise the commander...typically a SgtMaj (not the SgtMaj of the Marine Corps, but most SgtMaj's at the regimental or battalion level) have been in longer and have more experience than the commissioned officers they work for.
2007-11-27 19:41:00 · answer #3 · answered by Brandon M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The senior staff NCO's are handing down orders to the lower ranked NCO's (E8-E6) who then scream at the backbone of the Marine Corps (the Sgts (E-5) who then in turn catch hell because the non NCO's screwed up.
All the while the Officers are ordering more ribbons for their uniforms.
No disrespect to Officers, but I know what I knows from experience.
2007-11-27 20:42:28 · answer #4 · answered by Sgt Big Red 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you are 35, in 17 or 18 years it will all make sense. No room to type in the amount of knowledge gained in that time or 4 years of college.
Senior people plow the red tape to keep a combat brigade moving forward. I do not know what the ratio is today but in WWII it took 6 REMF's to keep 1 combat troop moving.
Takes a hard working village without idiots to keep troops moving forward.
SSG US Army 73-82
2007-11-27 19:51:54 · answer #5 · answered by Stand-up philosopher. It's good to be the King 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Senior NCOs train Junior Officers and Junior NCOs.
2007-11-27 20:54:10 · answer #6 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Higher rank just means more responsibility and paperwork, in a nutshell.
2007-11-27 19:37:06 · answer #7 · answered by armystrong21 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Drink coffee and watch the lower ranks work while they brag about what a great job they themselves are doing.
2007-11-27 20:44:26 · answer #8 · answered by WM 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My husband (E-7) went to a meeting or two. Then there was ping pong, volley ball, racket ball, for awhile there was baseball too, oh he also worked on his degree to go OTS.
2007-11-27 19:35:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋