Editing Technical sergeant (section)

==United States==
Technical sergeant is a rank in the [[United States Air Force]], [[United States Space Force]], and [[Civil Air Patrol]]. It is a former rank in the [[United States Army]] and [[United States Marine Corps]].

===Army===
The rank of technical sergeant existed from after World War I until 1948 when the rank was renamed [[sergeant first class]]. In 1920 the army combined several battalion/squadron level "staff" NCO ranks, including [[Quartermaster sergeant|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. In 1944 when rifle squad leaders became [[staff sergeant]]s, [[platoon sergeant]]s were promoted to technical sergeants. In 1948 the army renamed technical sergeant as sergeant first class.<ref>Perrenot,P. ''United States Army Grade Insignia Since 1776'' (2009)</ref>
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US Army WWII TSGT.svg|Technical sergeant insignia, U.S. Army (1920–1948)
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===Marine Corps===
Technical sergeant was a rank in the [[United States Marine Corps]] until 1958. From 1941 until 1946, the rank was equivalent to grade 2, ranking with [[gunnery sergeant]] and other technical ranks. From 1947 until 1958, the rank was reclassified as E-6 and became the sole rank in this grade. The rank gunnery sergeant replaced it and elevated to E-7 after the reorganization of grades in 1959.{{citation needed|date=October 2012}}
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File:USMC-TSG 1941.svg|Technical sergeant insignia, U.S. Marine Corps (1941–1946)
File:USMC-TSG 1954.svg|Technical sergeant insignia, U.S. Marine Corps (1946–1959)
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===Air Force===
Technical sergeant, "tech sgt" or "TSgt" in informal parlance, is the sixth enlisted rank ([[U.S. uniformed services pay grades|pay grade]] E-6) in the [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]], just above [[staff sergeant]] and below [[master sergeant]]. A technical sergeant is a [[noncommissioned officer]] and abbreviated as TSgt (with no period in official USAF and other military correspondence). Official terms of address are "technical sergeant" or "sergeant",<ref>[http://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/af_a1/publication/afi36-2618/afi36-2618.pdf Air Force Instruction 36-2618, The Enlisted Force Structure] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625175458/http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/shared/media/epubs/afi36-2618.pdf |date=2008-06-25 }}, Air Force E-Publishing</ref> although many use "tech sergeant" in informal situations.{{citation needed|date=October 2012}}
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File:E6 USAF TSGT.svg|U.S. Air Force technical sergeant insignia
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====Civil Air Patrol====
The [[Civil Air Patrol]] (CAP), a [[non-profit corporation]] [[Congressional charter|Congressionally chartered]] to operate as the [[Auxiliaries|civilian auxiliary]] of the U.S. Air Force, has a quasi-military structure which includes the rank of technical sergeant. The grade of technical sergeant is above [[staff sergeant]] and beneath [[master sergeant]]. Former military enlisted personnel who held the rank of technical sergeant in the [[United States Armed Forces]] may retain that rank as members of the CAP.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/ICL_1806_R201_4_Sep_18_865613378A514.pdf |title=Memorandum for all CAP Members |author=Office of the National Commander – Civil Air Patrol |date=4 September 2018 |access-date=26 September 2021 |website=gocivilairpatrol.com}}</ref>

Cadets in the Civil Air Patrol can hold the grade of cadet technical sergeant (abbreviated C/TSgt). The grade of cadet technical sergeant is above [[Ranks_of_the_Civil_Air_Patrol#Cadet_Staff_Sergeant|cadet staff sergeant]] and beneath [[Ranks_of_the_Civil_Air_Patrol#Cadet_Master_Sergeant|cadet master sergeant]]. Cadet technical sergeants typically serve as flight sergeants
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File:CAP-OR-6.svg|Civil Air Patrol technical sergeant insignia
File:CTSgt.svg|Civil Air Patrol cadet technical sergeant insignia
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===Space Force===
On February 1, 2021, the [[United States Space Force]] announced its [[United States Space Force rank insignia|permanent rank structure]], establishing the grade of technical sergeant as its permanent E-6 grade. This continued its usage from the Air Force. The grade of technical sergeant is above [[sergeant#United States Space Force|sergeant]] and beneath [[master sergeant#U.S. Space Force|master sergeant]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cohen|first=Rachel S.|date=2021-01-29|title=Space Force to Adopt 'Specialist,' Other New Ranks Feb. 1|url=https://www.airforcemag.com/space-force-to-adopt-specialist-other-new-ranks-feb-1/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-29|website=Air Force Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref>
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USSF TSgt Flat.svg|U.S. Space Force technical sergeant insignia
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