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bubblehead,
Its good that you are going into some good research on what and how to address personel in the Army, enlisted, warrant, or officer. When I was deployed to Afghanistan with the Army as an Air Force security forces member, I had seen more than enough people get "buried" verbally for misaddressing a Sergeant (E-5 to E-8) and even calling a Sergeant Major, "Sarge", or simple calling them Sir/Ma'am, which however works in a pinch as Stras stated, but dont assume that you can use that and neglect learning the ranking system, since they will be with you for however long your tour is. Repect them, and they will Respect you.
greenberetTFS,
Sir, I looked up the date that CSM was introduced into the Army and it was stated that Congress introduced the new rank in 1958. And its Rank Insignia was changed in 1968 When SMA was appointed a Position in the Army Ranks.
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