Why do so many MSGs insist on being addressed as Master Sergeant?

I wish I could drink. Sgt

Sgt Bob Corridan - The USMC and Army have always done it those two different ways.

SSgt Michael Bowen - I wouldn’t correct you for that, but I would speak to you privately, just so you knew the correct way.

SGM (Join to see) - There is nothing incorrect in my way, there for nothing to be so called corrected privately nor publicly. I understand my rank is only SSgt but my service spans over 30 years . That is by choice I liked what I was doing . Marines in 72 and Army from 83 there after to sept 2008. On Active duty for every war and reserves when there wasn’t. And at no time was my coming back on active duty ever denied or even questioned . I was good at what I did and my Army mos was 13F30. My last combat tour got me a medical evacuation to Germany and then sent to Walter reed for surgery and a med board retirement. I am very familiar with how to address a person by their rank . And do it correctly.

CSM Mike Oldsen
Posted >1 y ago
Because they feel entitled would be my guess. I always called them Sergeant...especially if it upset them.
Hehehe then I would consider your a real Command Sgt Maj and not jst another E9.

OK Sarge.

1SG James Kelly that was a good one

CSM (Join to see) - I talk to God and I try not to piss him off; he has a good sense of humor.
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SEMPER Fi.

MSgt Earl King - You Msgt!! lol

CSM Carlson C. - not about being friends, and I am not sure where you think my interpretation of responses came from. I spent 24 years in the military, and I will not walk around blind thinking or acting like double standards did not happen. If you want to that's you. Also, it is not about quoting regulations; you can do that all day; it is about your actions setting the standard, not being a part of the problem but the solution. There isn't mentorship anymore at the senior level.

I agree with you. I never insisted that people call me Master Sergeant, but some people did.

When I was 1SG, My troops that knew me well refered me as Top. I found it as a sign of respect and acknowledgement form a subordinate that I respected. They were usually my fire and forget soldiers. I called a 1SG Top when I was working as a Div Safety officer and he came unglued. I found him to be less then honorable all around, especially with his own soldiers. I think its like black boots vs hush puppies..

I have read a great deal of the comments in this thread with amused curiosity for the most part. I recall working for an E8, in the Navy who had just transferred on to the ship, he was our SCPOIC, he insisted on the people under his command calling each other by their individual rank, rather than by their name. So, I was to be addressed as Petty Officer Wikert, instead of Bob, or Wikert. Most of the people that I worked with at that time had been working together for 3 years and were a very close-knit group, for the most part on first or last name basis. Admittedly, what he was insisting on was technically correct, at the time I was night crew supervisor and in defiance, perhaps, my crew and I still continued to address each other informally when the Senior Chief had left the area for the day. In the Navy, E1-E6 generally were called by their names, at least in my experience at that time, I was an E6 with 13 years. E7 was always addressed as Chief, E8 as Senior Chief, and E9 as Master Chief and if the Master Chief was the ranking MC at the command he would be addressed as Command Master Chief(CMC) although in my experience I never worked for a CMC who insisted on that title. Trust me on this, calling an E8-9 just Chief was a very quick way to a serious correction session, generally called an ass-chewing. Personally, that was never a problem for me as I felt that they had attained that level(rank) by hard work and many years of service. I also recall that my brother-in-law at the time in the late 60's was an E8 stationed at Ft. Hood, my then wife and I were traveling to NAS Kingsville Tx and she wanted to stop and visit with her sister and show her our 3 mos. old son as she hadn't seen her sister for a long time due the 1stSgt's duty stations. At the time a I was an E3, who was in awe of his brother-in-law's elevated military position. So, I insisted on calling him by his rank instead of by name, which he immediately informed me that he was addressed by all of his soldiers as "Top". Just my personal story for what it is worth...

MSG (Join to see) - Close enough.

You don’t know the history of the origin of “Top” then.

I personally refered to all NCO ranks as Sergeant regardless of branch of service especially had fun with the Navy and Marines I knew it pissed them off I would just say get over yourself and walk away. One Time I had a gunnery Sergeant blow his stack there were several officers present form Navy, Marines, Air Force and Army a Navy Admiral walked up and told the Master Gunnery Sergeant to pipe down a Sergeant is a Sergeant

LCpl Benji Smith it’s spelled Sergeant…

LCpl Benji Smith My point is exactly what I said. You spelled it wrong. I’m not exactly sure why you feel like threatening an NCO is going to benefit you at all. But, whatever floats your boat lance coolie.

LCpl Benji Smith I also have a deployment to 4 different countries and a broadening assignment with probably as much or more active duty time as you. So, the NG comment isn’t as relevant as you probably would like to think.

My thoughts also

Ha ha, "Here he comes..." That's the one!

SSG Bill McCoy - He got off light. Very light.

Umm what is a SGG?