Talk:Duty Sergeant

This needs a citation of its source. --KilMichaelMcC 03:43, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Derik:

• Why was an entire sentence hidden?
• What does that sentence mean? I'm not sure it's English.
• Why do you keep using the float-right on the storylinks despite repeated requests for you to stop?

--ItsWalky 08:12, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

• It's a note. Not part of the article, but there for future editors. I requested someone who knew more about military ranks and duties in general fill this article in- but as a note for them to go on I included what the duty sear gent had actually done in this story, so that this hypothetical-future-editor could judge for him/herself whether real-world info on the responsibilities of a duty sergeant jibed with the TF versions of the job. After all, in the Super Ted universe, the rank of 'General' is equivalent to our Private, and vice versa. (Generals get all the general jobs, like a gopher, and Privates get their privacy.)
• It says the DS in the original story ran herd over the loony soldiers at Fort Syck, and assigned them to the Yuss raid. That enough for our hypothetical-future-editor to determine if the job is the same. OTOH- the story itself never actually outlined the responsibilities of the job. I suspect by comparing the DS's actions in the story to the real-life job of a DS, a much BETTER job description than just- "This is what this one guy did once" can result. But hey, if you want to stick my dead-obvious internal notes in the main article, despite the fact they don't actually say crap about the job... (and thus creating a disincentive for anyone inclined to do an ACTUAL write-up) that's your choice.
• I fucked your mom.
• Naw- I wouldn't actually fuck that, but I did let her suck my dick and lick my asshole.

-Derik 09:22, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

I realize this discussion is six months old, but as somebody in the military I want to say that "Duty Sergeant" does NOT sound like a rank so much as it sounds like a temporary posting. It sounds like a shift that one might be ordered to stand in addition to one's everyday tasks. Such shifts are assigned based on rank, and as such some shifts are posts with a measure of authority, but such authority is more of a positional authority than a ranking authority. For example:

A barracks building may be run by an E-6, who is the highest authority regarding that building and to its residents in matters concering the barracks. S/he, herein the "BPO", works five days a week, typically hours comparable to "banking hours". Here, I believe, the hours are 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM. During the rest of that time, the evenings, nights, and weekends, an E5 or E6 who is "on-duty" is assigned an eight-hour shift in the barracks lobby to represent the BPO and serve as the same authority for the duration of their assigned eight hours. At the end of the eight hours, another E5 or E6 on duty takes over, and so on until it is again time for the BPO to come to work.

As such, I believe it is misleading to refer to this specifically as a rank, though admittedly we do not know if Transformer military society is at all comparable. --Sntint 18:42, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, based on that I'm going to alter this article format into one for an unnamed character (namely the person of the Duty Seargent who had to manage Steamhammer's wacky crew. ) -Derik 19:59, 13 July 2007 (UTC)