Sergeant -Majors, Master Sergeants, Flight Sergeants, Chief Petty Officers, Senior Technicians, Colour Sergeants, and possibly a few more. - After this were Warrant Officers.
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Noncommissioned Officer
Yes, Warrant Officers exist in several military forces. In British and Commonwealth forces (as well as some European forces, particularly those liberated by British forces during the Second World War), a Warrant Officer is the equivalent of what's known as a Senior Noncommissioned Officer (E7 and higher) in the US. In the US military, Warrant Officers are a type of technical specialist neither in the enlist or noncommissioned officer ranks.
Commissioned officers don't receiver an NCOER - the NCO portion of that should be sufficient explanation that it pertains to noncommissioned officers, and not commissioned officers.
2010 will continue to be the year of the NCO. Noncommissioned officers are the backbone of Western militaries.
There's a few different positions for a Sergeant Major. A Command Sergeant Major will be the senior noncommissioned officer of a Battalion or larger sized element, while a Sergeant Major will typically be in a staff position, and may serve as the senior NCO of that staff. They are primarily responsible for the noncomissioned officers under them.
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No. Only for officers and senior members.
Noncommissioned officers are the backbone of the military. But they are sort of codependent - the Lieutenant can't do their job if the Sergeants aren't doing theirs.
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There is none. Officers and Noncommissioned Officers are entirely different classes of personnel. Lieutenant Colonel is usually the rank of a Battalion Commander, and the Battalion Command Sergeant Major could be considered his enlisted counterpart, but the ranks are in no way equivalent.
Commissioned officers and noncommissioned officers are in entirely different classes, altogether. In the US military, a Warrant Officer might be considered something of an intermediate between the two, but, generally speaking, comparing the two is like comparing apples and oranges.