The Marine Corps has launched a pilot program allowing master sergeants to apply for redesignation as first sergeants, ...

Master Sgt. Joseph B. Stoker is the first to change rank from master sergeant to first sergeant as part of the new E-8 pilot ...

Master Sgt. Joseph Stoker poses for a photo at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans on Dec. 18, 2025. A member of the ...

WHAT does the first sergeant do for a living? According to Private Hargrove, the public’s ambassador to the military, his principal duty is to cruise the company area with black book and pencil in ...

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. - Fort Leavenworth's three female first sergeants say motivating and mentoring enlisted Soldiers is one of the best careers a noncommissioned officer can have. First Sergeants ...

Recently 15 senior non-commissioned officers took part in a pilot program to help the Army better assign first sergeants to companies based on their unique talents at Fort Riley, Kansas. The First ...

A first sergeant at Fort Hood, Texas, is making soldiers take the stairs after banning the use of elevators in the morning in a bid to keep the troops fit. "In order to promote physical training and ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Senior Master Sergeant Megan A. Cotter, daughter of Dennis Cotter of New Brighton and the late Ann Marie Scroope Cotter, has received a national honor in the U.S. Air Force ...