E6 is the pay grade.
It simply Translates to Senior Sargeant. In Russian its like this "ста́рший сержа́нт"
The latest figures I can find online are for 2005. See the following link, page 32. See related link below for official Army document. There is more than one level of sergeant in the US Army, so I'll give a total, as well as the number by rank. I assume you mean active-duty US Army, and not US Army National Guard, and possibly not the US Army Reserve, but the document does not indicate whether the latter two organisations are included or not. In the US Army, ranks E-5 (NATO OR-5) to E-9 (OR-9) are all variants of a sergeant. It should be noted, for comparison to other armies, that this is not true of all armies. In the British Army, by example, only OR-6 and OR-7 are sergeants (Sergeant and Colour/Staff-sergeant, respectively). OR-8 and OR-9 in the British Army are Warrant Officers. While addressed as Sergeants-Major, they are not considered Non-Commissioned Officers, or Sergeants. Also, the role of fire-team leader, performed in the US Army by an OR-5 Sergeant is actually performed in the British Army by an OR-3 Lance-Corporal. The role of squad/section-commander, performed in the US Army by an OR-6 Staff-Sergeant, is performed in the British Army by an OR-4 Corporal. The British Army has no OR-5 grade. The role of second-in-command of a rifle platoon, which is performed in the British Army by a Sergeant, is performed in the US Army by a Sergeant First Class. The roles assigned to different ranks, and the number of NCOs to privates, will be different in non-infantry units. The total shown for ranks E-5 to E-9 is: 189,134 The totals by grades are below E-9 (Sergeant Major of the Army; Command Sergeant Major; Sergeant Major): 3,409 E-8 (First Sergeant; Master Sergeant): 10,692 E-7 (Sergeant First Class): 37,810 E-6 (Staff Sergeant): 59,885 E-5 (Sergeant): 77,338
In the US Army a Staff Sergeant (an E-6); simply a rocker (another stripe) under the 3 stripes. A 3 striper would be a buck sergeant (an E-5).
SSG Romesha was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Lieutenant General Adna Chaffee who was the second US Army Chief of Staff.
E6 is the pay grade.
Staff Sergeant
SSGT is a military rank in the US Air Force that means Staff Sergeant. In the US Air Force, it is used to signify an individual in the pay grade of E-5. In the Army and Marine Corp, the same name and abbreviation are used, but in this case, they signify someone in the pay grade of E-6.
The US Army has a sergeant 1st class, it is the pay grade of E7, ranked above a Staff Sergeant and below a Master Sergeant.
A Staff Sergeant in the Marine Corps and Army - $3226.20 a month. A Staff Sergeant in the Air Force - $2828.40 a month.
In the US Army, the next rank above Staff Sergeant would be Sergeant First Class, followed by Master Sergeant and First Sergeant (both grade E8), then by Sergeant Major and Command Sergeant Major (both grade E9). Sergeant Major of the Army is the seniormost noncommissioned officer rank in the US Army. In the US Marine Corps, the next rank above Staff Sergeant (E6) would be Gunnery Sergeant (E7), followed by Master Sergeant and First Sergeant (E8), Master Gunnery Sergeant and Sergeant Major (E9), then Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps. Unlike other military branches of the US Armed Forces, where Staff Sergeant is pay grade E6, Staff Sergeant in the Air Force is pay grade E5 - equivalent to a Sergeant in the Army or Marine Corps. It is followed by Technical Sergeant (E6), Master Sergeant (E7), Senior Master Sergeant (E8), Chief Master Sergeant and Command Chief Master Sergeant (E9), and, finally, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, who - like the Sergeant Major of the Army and the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps - is the most senior noncommissioned officer in the entire branch. The British, Commonwealth, and some European forces end their enlisted ranks at Staff Sergeant (or equivalent), and rate enlisted personnel senior to Staff/Colour Sergeants as Warrant Officers.
Technical Sergeant (TSgt) is an enlisted rank (E-6) between Staff and Master Sergeant. It is equivalent to the Army's and Marines' Staff Sergeant.
A gunny sergeant is short for gunnery sergeant. A gunnery sergeant is a rank of the US Marine Corps. It is the seventh enlisted rank (E-7) right above a staff sergeant and right below a master sergeant.
A Staff Sergeant is a noncommissioned officer, whereas a Captain is a commissioned officer.
US Private -- UK Private/private equivilent (ie Kingsman, Guardsman, Ranger)US Private fist class -- UK N/AUSCorporal/specialist -- UK Lance Corporal/BombardierUS Sergeant -- UK Corporal/Bombardier/Lance Sergeant/Lance corporal of horseUS Staff Sergeant -- UK Sergeant/Corporal of horseUS Sergeant first class -- UK Staff Sergeant/colour sergeant/staff corporalUS Master sergeant -- UK Warrant Officer class 2US First Sergeant -- UK Company Sergeant MajorUS Sergeant Major -- UK Warrant Officer class 1US Command Sgt Major -- UK Regimental Sergeant MajorOfficers are pretty much the same.
Color Sergeants (or Colour Sergeants in the British Army or Canadian Forces) were usually equivalent or slightly higher in rank to Staff Sergeants, depending on the country in which they served. The title is now ceremonial in most military organizations.