Sergeant First Class

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Sergeant First Class (SFC) is the seventh enlisted rank in the MACOs and UESPA, just above Staff Sergeant and below Master Sergeant, and is first grade at which a non-commissioned officer is considered a senior non-commissioned officer.

In a platoon, the position of platoon sergeant is normally held by a Sergeant First Class. The platoon sergeant is the primary assistant and advisor to the platoon leader, a First Lieutenant or Second Lieutenant. When necessary, the platoon sergeant acts as the platoon leader in his or her absence. Unless the platoon leader has extensive prior experience as an enlisted member before being commissioned as a lieutenant, it is likely that the platoon sergeant will have a greater wealth of military experience due to the disparity in military service length between a new lieutenant and a Sergeant First Class; service experience, however, is not a prerequisite for commissioning and command. On occasion, when a Sergeant First Class is not available for assignment, either organically within the platoon or from another unit, a responsible Staff Sergeant will likely be appointed to fill the platoon sergeant position instead.

	Enlisted ranks			Non-commissioned officer ranks						Etc	Commissioned ranks						Flag ranks
	E1	E2	E3	E4	E5	E6	E7	E8	E9		O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6	O7	O8	O9	O10	O11
MACO	PV1	PV2	PFC	CPL	SGT	SSG	SFC	MSG	SGM CSM	WO	2LT	1LT	CPT	MAJ	LTC	COL	BG	MG	LTG	GEN	MSHL
UESPA	REC	PVT	PFC	CPL	SGT	SSG	SFC	MSG	SGM SMU		2LT	1LT	CPT	MAJ	LTC	COL	BG	MG	LTG	GEN	MSHL

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