page_title: Company sergeant major
hierarchical_section_title: Company sergeant major
caption_attribution_description: Two Warrant Officers, Second Class (WO2) of the Royal Bermuda Regiment's Training Company. The WO2 at left, standing at attention, is the Company's (full-time) Permanent Staff Instructor (PSI). The other, standing at ease, is the (part-time) Company Sergeant Major (CSM), as indicated by the pace stick carried under his arm.
context_page_description: The company sergeant major is the senior non-commissioned soldier of a company in the armies of many Commonwealth countries, responsible for administration, standards and discipline. In combat, his prime responsibility is the supply of ammunition to the company. He also oversees the distribution of other supplies, such as water or food, although that responsibility is mainly that of the company quartermaster sergeant, and evacuating the wounded and collecting prisoners of war.
  For military units of the same level as a company, the equivalent may be squadron sergeant major or battery sergeant major. In the Household Cavalry, squadron corporal major is the equivalent. First sergeant and Kompaniefeldwebel are the United States Army and German Heer equivalents respectively.
context_section_description: The company sergeant major (CSM) is the senior non-commissioned soldier of a company in the armies of many Commonwealth countries, responsible for administration, standards and discipline. In combat, his prime responsibility is the supply of ammunition to the company. He also oversees the distribution of other supplies, such as water or food, although that responsibility is mainly that of the company quartermaster sergeant (CQMS), and evacuating the wounded and collecting prisoners of war.
  For military units of the same level as a company, the equivalent may be squadron sergeant major (SSM) or battery sergeant major (BSM). In the Household Cavalry, squadron corporal major (SCM) is the equivalent. First sergeant and Kompaniefeldwebel (formerly Hauptfeldwebel in the Wehrmacht and Nationale Volksarmee) are the United States Army and German Heer equivalents respectively.
caption: Two Royal Bermuda Regiment warrant officers, class two. A Territorial Army company has two WO2s. On the left is a permanent staff instructor. On the right with a pace-stick, is a company sergeant major.
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