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<p><b>Sergeant First Class</b> (<b>SFC</b>) is typically a senior <a href="Non-commissioned_officer" title="Non-commissioned officer">non-commissioned officer</a> rank, used in many countries.

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</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="Gunnery_sergeant" title="Gunnery sergeant">Gunnery sergeant</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">USMC</a>)</span></li><li><a href="Chief_petty_officer#United_States" title="Chief petty officer">Chief petty officer</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">USN</a> & <a href="United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">USCG</a>)</span></li><li><a href="Master_sergeant#United_States" title="Master sergeant">Master sergeant</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a> & <a href="United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">USSF</a>)</span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Related articles</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Technical_sergeant#United_States" title="Technical sergeant">Technical sergeant</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p>Sergeant First Class (SFC) is the seventh <a href="Enlisted_rank" title="Enlisted rank">enlisted rank</a> (E-7) in the <a href="United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a>, ranking above <a href="Staff_sergeant" title="Staff sergeant">staff sergeant</a> (E-6) and below <a href="Master_sergeant" title="Master sergeant">master sergeant</a> and <a href="First_sergeant" title="First sergeant">first sergeant</a> (E-8), and is the first <a href="Non-commissioned_officer" title="Non-commissioned officer">non-commissioned officer</a> rank designated as a senior non-commissioned officer (SNCO).

</p><p>A sergeant first class is typically assigned as a <a href="Platoon_sergeant" title="Platoon sergeant">platoon sergeant</a> at the company level or <i>battalion operations non-commissioned officer in charge</i> at the battalion level, but may also hold other positions depending on the type of unit. In a combat arms role, a sergeant first class is typically second in charge (under an officer, typically a second lieutenant, serving as the platoon leader) of from 14 soldiers and four tanks in an armor platoon to 36 soldiers and four squads in a rifle platoon. A sergeant first class's primary responsibilities are tactical logistics, tactical casualty evacuations, and serving as the senior tactical adviser to the platoon leader. Sergeant first class replaced the rank of <a href="Technical_sergeant" title="Technical sergeant">technical sergeant</a> in 1948. (However, the U.S. Air Force, which separated from the Army in 1947, retained the rank of technical sergeant, and the U.S. Marine Corps had the rank of technical sergeant until 1959.) Sergeants first class are selected by a centralized promotion system.

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</p><p>The rank title of sergeant first class (SFC) existed in the Army from 1890 <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until 1920 when it was eliminated in an army-wide simplification of enlisted ranks which had grown into a system containing 128 different rank insignia. The rank of SFC was used in several technical branches such as the Army Medical Department and in the Ordnance, Signal, and Quartermaster Corps and was equivalent to the field service ranks at the company/battery/troop "staff" NCO level, such as color sergeant, supply sergeant, or radio sergeant. The Army restored the rank of SFC in 1948 when it replaced <a href="Technical_sergeant" title="Technical sergeant">technical sergeant</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="gallerytext"><span title="Macedonian-language text"><span lang="mk">Водник 1 класа</span></span><br><span title="Macedonian-language text"><i lang="mk-Latn">Vodnik 1 klasa</i></span><br>(<a href="1st_Mechanized_Infantry_Brigade_(North_Macedonia)" title="1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade (North Macedonia)">North Macedonian Ground Forces</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-NorthMacedonia_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NorthMacedonia-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div>

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<div class="gallerytext"><span title="Dhivehi-language text"><span lang="dv" dir="rtl">ސާރޖަންޓް ފަސްޓް ކްލާސް</span></span><br><span title="Dhivehi-language text"><i lang="dv-Latn">Saarjant fast klaas</i></span><br>(<a href="Maldives_National_Defence_Force" title="Maldives National Defence Force">Maldives National Defence Force</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Maldives_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maldives-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div>

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<div class="gallerytext"><span title="Montenegrin-language text"><i lang="cnr">Vodnik 1 klase</i></span><br>(<a href="Montenegrin_Ground_Army" title="Montenegrin Ground Army">Montenegrin Ground Army</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Montenegro_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Montenegro-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div>

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<div class="gallerytext"><span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">Sergeant der eerste klasse</i></span><br>(<a href="Royal_Netherlands_Army" title="Royal Netherlands Army">Royal Netherlands Army</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Netherlands_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Netherlands-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div>

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<div class="gallerytext"><span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">Sersjant 1. klasse</i></span><br>(<a href="Norwegian_Army" title="Norwegian Army">Norwegian Army</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Norway_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Norway-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div>

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<div class="gallerytext">Sergeant first class<br>(<a href="United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-US_Army_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US_Army-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div>

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<ul><li><a href="Military_rank" title="Military rank">Military rank</a></li>

<li><a href="Sergeant" title="Sergeant">Sergeant</a></li>

<li><a href="Comparative_military_ranks" class="mw-redirect" title="Comparative military ranks">Comparative military ranks</a></li>

<li><a href="United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia_of_World_War_I" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War I">United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War I</a></li>

<li><a href="United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia_of_World_War_II" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War II">United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War II</a></li>

<li><a href="U.S._Army_enlisted_rank_insignia" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army enlisted rank insignia">U.S. Army enlisted rank insignia</a></li>

<li><a href="United_States_military_pay" title="United States military pay">United States military pay</a></li></ul>

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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Perrenot, P. <i>United States Army Grade Insignia Since 1776</i> (2009)</span>

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<td><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"></span> <span typeof="mw:File"></span></span><br><a href="Master_sergeant#United_States" title="Master sergeant">MSG</a> – <a href="First_sergeant#United_States_Army" title="First sergeant">1SG</a>¹

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<td><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"></span> <span typeof="mw:File"></span> <span typeof="mw:File"></span></span><br><a href="Senior_Enlisted_Advisor_for_the_National_Guard_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior Enlisted Advisor for the National Guard Bureau">SEANGB</a> – <a href="Sergeant_Major_of_the_Army" title="Sergeant Major of the Army">SMA</a> – <a href="Senior_Enlisted_Advisor_to_the_Chairman" title="Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman">SEAC</a>

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<ol><li>For the <a href="United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a> and <a href="United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a>, <a href="First_sergeant" title="First sergeant">first sergeants</a> are temporary and lateral ranks and are senior to their non-diamond counterparts, while <a href="United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a> first sergeants have no lateral movement within paygrade and is a permanent rank.</li>

<li>The rank insignia is used by other Coast Guard senior enlisted leaders.</li></ol>

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