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Sergeant (kersantti in Finnish) is a Swedish and Finnish military rank above korpral in Sweden and alikersantti in Finland; and below förste sergeant in Sweden and Ylikersantti in Finland. ;Sweden :Sergeant is a rank given to contracted personnel. Holders of the rank generally serve as squad leaders or deputy squad leaders (6-8 men). ;Finland :contracted NCOs usually start from sergeant, in infantry platoons sergeants may serve as squad leaders (6-8 men), deputy platoon commanders (~30 men) or rarely even a platoon commanders, or at company level as Company Sergeant Majors. == Obtaining the rank in Finland == In the Finnish army, conscripts are first trained for 2 months in basic training and about 30% are selected for junior NCO training (''aliupseerikoulu'' or ''AUK''), which lasts 4 months. Upon completion, they are promoted to ''alikersantti'' and posted to companies for 6 months as squad leaders. Usually, the best-performing ''alikersantti'' in a platoon is promoted to ''kersantti'' a few weeks before discharge, and in meantime acts as a deputy platoon commander as well as a squad leader. Like any other rank up to Major/Lieutenant Commander, the rank of sergeant can be achieved in reserve if certain requirements are met. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sergeant (Sweden and Finland)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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