A junior sergeant (nooremseersant in Estonian language), is an Estonian military rank in the Ground and Air Force of Estonia, which has existed since the end of the Estonian War of Liberation in 1920. In Russian and Soviet military ranks, a junior sergeant is roughly equivalent to a corporal.
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