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Go the whole hog: tie pulled loose, beret pushed to the back of the head and tunic unbuttoned.Infanteer said:In fact, call him "Chief" with your hands in your pockets and chewing on some gum.
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Go the whole hog: tie pulled loose, beret pushed to the back of the head and tunic unbuttoned.Infanteer said:In fact, call him "Chief" with your hands in your pockets and chewing on some gum.
Highland Lad said:"Sergeant Major" (of any type - TSM, CSM, RSM, etc...) is an appointment, as opposed to a rank.
Quite simply, the Sergeant Major is the senior non-commissioned officer within a unit or sub-unit.
As for why CWOs always seem to be RSMs - it's simple; once a CWO has served as RSM, his (or her) duties usually take them beyond their parent unit. They then serve at larger formation HQs, or they take a commission (and finish their service in a less-stressful environment ;D).
Dingbat said:I don't want to sound like I wasn't paying attention during BMQ but what is a TSM? Troop SM? I've never heard of those before.
PeterLT said:Things will be explained to you as you go on with your training. I suppose a simple way to explain what an RSM is, is simply to say that if you have occasion to be on the wrong side of one; you will learn exactly what an RSM is.
Have fun!
Peter
pbi said:It is (I think) the Artillery equivalent to Platoon Warrant Officer in the Infantry. It might also represent "Technical Sgt Maj".
Hmmmm-surely we are not saying that the young and uninitiated should not be able to ask questions and get answers here? What's wrong with Dingbat showing an active curiosity?
Cheers.
Hmmmm-surely we are not saying that the young and uninitiated should not be able to ask questions and get answers here? What's wrong with Dingbat showing an active curiosity?
Cheers.
the 48th regulator said:not that I am trying to keep a secret or anything, but be patient and wait for the lecture on rank structure. You will get a lot more out of it than anyone trying to explain it on the net. Plus you will get the fortune of learning from a future SGT. Major.
cheers,
tess
He spoke, â Å“My name is Clifford Rafuse.â ? Then, taking his swagger stick and touching the crown insignia on his arm, he would say, â Å“I am a Sergeant-Major. You will not address me as Clifford, Cliff, Rafuse, sir, hey you, or any of the foul names you really think of me in your pea-sized brains. I am a Sergeant-Major â “ here, in the shower, in the latrine, in my drawers, in my pajamas, or when I am dead. I am, and always will be Sergeant-Major Rafuse to you. If you pumpkin-heads see me on the street twenty-five years from now- and most of you won't survive this training to live that long- I will still be addressed as Sergeant-Major by you. Do you understand that?â ? Then bellowing again, he demanded they scream an answer: â Å“Yes, Sergeant-Major.â ?
He would then go on: â Å“I'm not your mother; I won't tuck you in bed; and I won't be your pal. I will make you bleedin', sloppy, unwashed, useless, pudgy loafers who thought this army was a holiday camp into battle shape. I shall turn your pudgy asses into such shape that you will have muscles in your defecation. Some few of you who fooled your way through some little school may think you are smart and will think you will fool me because you know the ABC's! You will not fool me; you are not smart. And when I say â Å“jumpâ ?, you say â Å“How highâ ?. When I say â Å“defecateâ ?, you say â Å“Yes, Sir, and what colour, Sir?. I shall make you baggy, civilian lot of unwashed, sloppy, buggers into cleaned, shined, well-spoken, and obedient battle-ready troops. Or.. you will suffer a fate and terror worse than hell.
â Å“Your Mother can't save you. Nobody is tougher than I am. I am tougher than any Kraut you ever encounter. Even the Padre is scared of me. I'll march you, drill you, train you, punish you, and toughen you into soldiers. Don't talk back; don't complain, even to the Padre; because my words will even bring tears to his eyes. Now tighten up those soft pudgy asses, pull in those sagging chins, and suck in those baggy guts. Hands by your sides with thumbs down the seams of those potato-bag looking trousers.
â Å“Like this,â ? as he demonstrated, â Å“and when you get that right, we'll take you ladies to a lovely King's breakfast of such quality you'll be glad when we let you work in our kitchen. Our next present to you slobs will be a visit to His Majesty's barber so as you can get that bleedin', mangled, lady-length, dirty, bug-infested civilian hairdo cut off. You will then, at least, not look like a bleedin' civilian, with a filthy mat on your head. Now fall out, ladies, and form up for the cookhouse. MARCH â “ quickly, before I lose my f...n' temperâ ?
Sergeant-Major Rafuse' standard welcome to new recruits at Camp Aldershot, beginning around 1939.
"While it is difficult to say what a Sergeant-Major is, it is not difficult
to say what he is not. First off, he is not an officer; he is a Master
Warrant Officer, probably with between 15-20 years of service and with more
professional Infantry training and expertise, not to mention experience,
than anyone else in the company. Do not confuse what a CSM does with an
officer's duties or responsibilities, he is not an officer and he does
things, his things, in his own way. If the Company 2IC is absent then a
Platoon Commander, not the CSM, should be tasked to replace him. As long as
he does his duties properly and the company flourishes then fair enough: if
not, then the Company Commander, RSM and Commanding Officer have a problem.
Next, a CSM is not a clerk, bound to a desk with charts and orders. We have
fine clerks, a CSM is not one of them, he is a mover and a shaker. He is out
of the office, watching, looking, teaching, setting and maintaining
standards. He delegates the office work and while supervising it, gets on
with being seen and seeing things for himself. And lastly, a Sergeant Major
is not just another player in the team, he is a key player, the pivot man,
the experience base, the mover and the shaker - he is the Sergeant Major.
Anyone who has seen a good Company Commander and Sergeant-Major in operation
together, be it in the garrison, or in the field - particularly in the field
- has seen something special - the company clicks, things happen, people
bounce, men respond, the team wins again and again. I do not know how to
write it down but I do know that without a good Sergeant-Major you cannot
have it and that is certain."
J.E.L. Gollner
Colonel, Director of Infantry
Active curiosity is not being suppressed, but nothing is more frustrating to an instructor than having a student already know what is being taught "because he learned it on a website called army.ca".