Editing Technical sergeant (section)

===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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