Talk:Technical sergeant

Article Wrong

The article states that the rank of Technical Sergeant was used in the Army and is currently used in the Air Force. The rank was also used in the Marine Corps from 1941 until 1958. Until 1946, it was three chevrons and two horizontal bars. From 1947-1958, it was three chevrons and two curved bars. It has always been equivalent in grade to a Gunnery Sergeant (Grade 2 or E-6, now E-7).

http://www.obxmarines.com/documents/rank.html

Kleinhhl (talk) 04:16, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Time In Service Requirements?

I thought the TIS was 5 years for Tech and not 6?

3 for Staff, 5 for Tech 7 for Master. I could be wrong. I will look up and post the answer.

Technical Sergeant Rank in Army

I have a picture of my Grandfather in the Army, and he has a Technical Sergeant symbol like on this article, except it had a "T" in the middle.TBird100636 (talk) 03:32, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Lets see it. --< Nicht Nein! (talk) 11:18, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

The T indicates that he was a Technician, not a Technical Sergeant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xray84 (talk • contribs) 00:44, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

WW 2 US Army T/Sgt usage

From 1920 until 1948, the US Army as well as the US Army Air Force used the rank of T/Sgt with an insignia similar to today's SFC -- three up and two down. See United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War II. It would improve the article to include this usage. Unfortunatly, I have no sources except the cited wiki article. --TGC55 (talk) 03:01, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

Why "technical"?

Why was this rank called "technical"? Was it originally for specialists in some technical area, e.g. communications or engineering?Bill (talk) 05:19, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Yes, essentially, that was the case, and the article explains that, "In 1920 the army combined several battalion/squadron level "staff" NCO ranks, including battalion quartermaster sergeant, battalion supply sergeant, ordnance sergeant, hospital sergeant, three grades of master sergeant (junior grade), and six additional senior-level technical and specialist ranks into the new technical sergeant rank." So, "technical" sergeant was a compromise of sorts in creating a new title for those senior NCOs who were more experienced and had more authority than a "staff" sergeant but not as much as did "master" sergeants.CobraDragoon (talk) 21:11, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Then why not add this basic information (which anyone visiting this article might expect to find, since we're supposedly an "encyclopedic" project) to the text of the article? As it stands, in May 2023, the article gives no indication why this rank is called "technical." 173.88.246.138 (talk) 23:15, 28 May 2023 (UTC)