Staff sergeant

From Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference

Staff sergeant was a military rank, a traditional infantry or army enlisted grade held by a non-commissioned officer. In the US, this rank was equivalent to a petty officer (1st or 2nd class, depending on service). In the UK, this rank was equivalent to a chief petty officer.

In the US Air Force, this rank was just below technical sergeant, and just above sergeant (which was just above senior airman, although Sergeant and Senior Airman were the same paygrade. The two ranks had different responsibilities and privileges. The insignia difference was that sergeant had a silver star on the chevrons, and senior airman had a dark blue star.). In the 1990s the Air Force phased out sergeants, putting senior airmen just below staff sergeants.

An air police staff sergeant was accidentally beamed aboard the USS Enterprise during a time travel mission in 1969. (TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday")

His rank was staff sergeant (pay grade E-5), one rank below that of a US Army or US Marine Corps staff sergeant (both E-6). The Air Force staff sergeant rank is equivalent to the US Navy rank of petty officer 2nd class.

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