official term to address a master sergeant?

last SG · 2005-10-21T01:18:03+00:00

according to 1W0 Bryan, a female Warrant Officer would be referred to as Ma’am while a male Warrant Officer would be referred to as Encik/Sir(w/out salute)

whypay88 SG

Encik is the most popular but unofficial one.
Sergeant Major applies only to Master Sergeants who are CSMs.
What about a master sergeant with an appointment other than CSM?

hisoka SG

sergeant lor they are still segeant mah jsut that they want the prestige of soemthign different

Fatum SG

usually just call them Master so and so ...

Shotgun SG

"Master"

"yes master." "As u wish, master." " I will obey"

lol

Talk about a stupid rank name.

Fatum SG

a better one .... how do you address a chief clerk, if he's a DXO ? ....

" Chief ! ... "

Very Happy

death_burger SG

I didnt know encik was an unofficial way to call a MSG. To make things simple, juz address him a sergeant.

ditzy SG

You want to call sir also can lah, i call my rsm sir also, of course you don't salute lah. Laughing

CKtalon SG

It should be Master/Staff..Call SGT like demote him to 3/2/1SG

chief clerk who is a DXO = Sir/Mdm lor..

nismoS132 SG

why is it that we can call someone encik, but can’t call him ah jek or uncle. it’s still the same thing..

nightzip SG

i remember we call our CSMs "lao chek"

and our support CSM, "lao goh" Very Happy Mr. Green

Gordonator SG

address him as Master Sergeant so-and-so. if not just call Sir loh. Laughing

LazerLordz SG

Actually you can't call a MSG sir. Laughing

casshern SG

i call them by ranks one lei.... Master SG den Master lor, staff staff lor. no big deal.

but over at my side we call each other by names Laughing

Gordonator SG

SOCE can leh. Laughing

riken1974 SG

MSG. Hmm…I just call them Ajinomoto…hee

fudgester SG

At SMM we refered to SSGs and MSGs as 'Staff/Master So-and-So....'

As for WOs, we referred to them as 'Encik So-and-So.....'

Crappyz SG

combat engineers call staff and above sir without saluting... if call them sergeant will tio F...

Nelstar SG

The official rank name would still be Master Sergeant or Staff Sergeant.

Sergeant Major applies to CSM or RSM only.

And Encik is inappropriate because it is not a rank name nor a proper way to address soldiers. (Though they are often the oldest or the most experienced soldier)

Mr. Green

Altis84 SG

I never like to call MSG "master" ... sound so weird.

Kaoz i dun own them a living loh why must i call them "master"?

Sounds like master and slave... bondage? Shocked

I think SAF should revise this. All specs known as sgt better. Or just abolish the MSG rank... rename it loh

Chief clerks i called them Mdm in the past.. never "chief"

Gordonator SG

imgine if a MSG's surname is Bate (or anything that sounds like it) and u call him Master followed by his surname. Laughing