Editing Colour sergeant (section)

==United States==
[[File:WW1-ColorSgt.jpg|thumb|right|110px|Color sergeant [[United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War I|insignia]] used by the [[United States Army]] during [[World War I]]]]
Color sergeant is an NCO rank that was used historically in the [[United States Army]], most recently during World War I.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} Within the [[United States Military Academy]] at West Point, the term is used to distinguish second class cadets who are assigned to a colour party (one bearer per colour plus two guards).{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}. In the [[Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets]], the rank is given to 3rd year cadets that are members of the Regimental Color Guard, with the exception of the guard's NCO-in-command, who holds the rank of cadet command color sergeant. All color sergeants in the VTCC must go through the guard's joining process (Tap) again, even if they served as cadet color corporals on the guard as sophomores.

The term is used in the [[US Marine Corps]] as a billet for [[Flag of the United States Marine Corps#Color Sergeant|sergeants who carry the colours]]. Additionally, there is a billet of [[Color Sergeant of the Marine Corps]], a sergeant (E5) who is the Commandant of the Marine Corps' ceremonial representative and the platoon sergeant of the Marine Corps Battle Colors Detachment.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}