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COLOUR-SERGEANT [1 record]

Record 1 2017-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
  • Land Forces
DEF

The designation of rank used by a non-commissioned member who wears an army uniform, is a member of a guards regiment and holds the rank of warrant officer.

OBS

Each element of a military rank is capitalized when used to address a person directly or to refer to a particular person. Each element of a rank abbreviation always takes an initial capital letter. Ranks used without a name should be written out in full.

OBS

colour sergeant; CSgt: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

Key term(s)
  • color-sergeant

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
  • Forces terrestres
DEF

Désignation de grade employée par un militaire du rang qui porte l'uniforme de l'armée, est membre d'un régiment de gardes et détient le grade d'adjudant.

OBS

Les grades militaires s'écrivent avec la majuscule initiale lorsqu'ils sont employés pour s'adresser directement à une personne, qu'ils soient ou non accompagnés du nom de la personne. Les abréviations des grades s'écrivent avec la majuscule initiale lorsqu'elles accompagnent le nom d'une personne. Les grades non accompagnés d'un nom devraient s'écrire au long.

OBS

sergent fourrier; sgtf : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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