Editing Staff sergeant (section)

===United Kingdom===
In the [[British Army]], '''staff sergeant''' ('''SSgt''' or formerly '''S/Sgt''') ranks above [[sergeant]] and below [[warrant officer|warrant officer class 2]]. The rank is given a NATO code of OR-7. The insignia is the monarch's crown above three downward pointing chevrons.

Staff sergeants can also hold other appointments, such as [[company quartermaster sergeant]], and are usually known by that appointment if held. The equivalent rank in [[infantry]] regiments is [[colour sergeant]], and holders are known by that title no matter what their appointment. In the [[Household Cavalry]] the equivalent rank is [[staff corporal]].

British staff sergeants are never referred to or addressed as "Sergeant", which would be reducing their rank, but are referred to and addressed as "Staff Sergeant" or "Staff" ("Staff Jones", for instance) or by their appointment or its abbreviation. Quartermaster sergeants are often addressed as "Q". In most cavalry regiments, staff sergeants are addressed as "Sergeant Major"{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}, which is assumed to derive from the original rank of [[troop sergeant major]], or as "Sir" by subordinates.

[[Flight sergeant]] and [[chief technician]] are the [[Royal Air Force]] equivalents. [[Chief petty officer]] is the equivalent in the [[Royal Navy]] and colour sergeant in the [[Royal Marines]].

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