Sergeant-Major McKinney is accused of grabbing, fondling and intimidating female subordinates with demands for sex.

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On February 4th the court martial began of Sergeant-Major Gene McKinney, once the army's highest-ranking enlisted soldier.

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And according to Sergeant-Major Bernard McPherson, part of the XM25's development programme in Virginia, it is receiving rave reviews from soldiers in the field.

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One is that President Goodluck Jonathan has no business playing the regional sergeant-major when he has not been able to subdue the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, which is killing people almost at will all over northern Nigeria.

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During the first few days of Operation Iraqi Freedom, a friend of her husband's - another command sergeant major - was killed.

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In fact, I just spoke with the command sergeant major--that's the senior enlisted person in Afghanistan--the first time a woman has been the command sergeant major in a combat theater and that was her point completely is that it's more than a recruiting issue.

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Fortunately for Arthur, the leader of the Marine Band at the time was a pretty fair songwriter -- a young Marine sergeant major by the name of John Philip Sousa.

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Garrison Sergeant Major Bill Mott and Major Nicky Mott survived the Argentine attack on the Sir Galahad in which 48 men - including 32 Welsh Guards - died.

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