Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps

The Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps (abbrev: SGTMAJRMMMC) is a Headquarters-level staff position with the paygrade of E-10 in the Royal Manticoran Marine Corps. This is the most senior enlisted member of the RMMC.

Job Description

The Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps is responsible for the enlisted in the entire Marine Corps, ensuring the Gunnery Sergeants under their command know their duties and responsibilities, and to be the voice of the Enlisted to the Marshal of the Corps. This is a Headquarters position, as a key member of the Commandant's Staff.

Major Areas of Responsibility:

• Be a Cheerleader for the enlisted
• Encourage Participation
• Assist in conflict resolution
• Train/Educate MarDet Gunnery Sergeants in their various assigned duties including taking exams at the Academy
• Be the voice of the enlisted to the commanding officer and assist them as required.
• Other Duties as assigned by the Commandant of the Marine Corps.

Specific Duties:

• First and foremost a SGTMAJRMMC needs to do everything possible to enhance the fan experience of the members of the Army. This includes all enlisted and even junior officers. Make sure they find what they are looking for if possible in the fan environment.
• Assign and oversee duties of the Gunnies. Hands on if needed, but ideally the SGTMAJRMMC would give direction and then make sure it is done right & well.
• Act as ombudsman to the Commanding Officer to resolve conflicts.
• Discuss with each Gunny about their crew’s desired level of involvement (military, civilian, etc.) and assist them in getting their crew to participate to their level of comfort.
• Assist the Gunny in encouraging the crew to participate and have fun.
• Create and foster an attitude of military bearing and respect among the crew to the best of each person’s comfort level.
• Foster an appreciation for uniform dress (whether it is a t-shirt or the full uniform). Help each member work to achieve at least a basic level of TRMN attire. Note what items per crewmember are needed to accomplish he next level of uniform dress.
• Be well versed in Drill and Ceremonies. Teach and maintain the crew’s ability to perform basic military drill and ceremonies functions as detailed by the commanding officer’s directives.
• Oversee enlisted exam-taking and rating development in the fleet.
• Locate and mentor Gunnies to achieve higher rank and to take on more responsibility. Groom a crewperson to take over SGTMAJRMMC duties should the SGTMAJRMMC become unavailable.
• Conduct a quarterly report of the unit's Gunnies.

List of Sergeant Majors of the Corps

No.	Name	Assumed	Relieved
1	SGTMAJ Jennifer McLaughlin	4 August 2012	11 July 2013
2	SGTMAJ Eric Lee	18 October 2013	7 August 2018
3	SGTMAJ Mark Darbe	13 January 2019	1 September 2023
4	SGTMAJ Durelle Kurlinski, DGC	14 November 2023	Incumbent

See Also

• Gunny
• Senior Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
• Command Sergeant-Major
• Sergeant-Major of the Army

References

TRMN Ranks
Type	Grade	Navy	Marines/Army	Type	Grade	Fleet	Marines/Army
Officers				Enlisted
Flag Officers	F6	AotF HADM GdF	MotC MotA	NCO Ranks	E10	SMCPON OSBdF FSMCPO CSMCPO MCPON SMCPO OSB	SGTMAJRMMC SGTMAJRMA CSGTMAJ RSGTMAJ
	F5	FADM GADM	MSHL FMSHL		E9	MCPO SB	SGTMAJ
	F4	ADM	GEN		E8	SCPO HB	1SGT
	F3	VADM	LTGEN		E7	CPO OB	MSGT
	F2	RADM KADM	MAJGEN		E6	PO1 B	SSGT
	F1	CDRE FADM	BRGEN		E5	PO2 OMT	PSGT
Field Grade Officers	O6	CAPT CAPTSG CAPTJG KDS	COL		E4	PO3 MT	CPL
	O5	CDR FK	LTCOL	Non-Rate Enlisted Ranks	E3	S1C HGEFR	LCPL
	O4	LCDR KK	MAJ		E2	S2C OGEFR	PFC
Company Grade Officers	O3	LTSG KL	CPT		E1	S3C GEFR	PVT
	O2	LTJG OLDS	1LT	Training Ranks	N/A	MID CDT SK
	O1	ENS LDS	2LT
Warrant Officers
W5		W4		W3		W2	W1
MCWO SMCWO		SCWO MCWO		CWO SCWO		WO1 CWO	WO2 WO