Chief adjutant
Swiss Army - Chief Adjutant - |
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Service suit shoulder flap |
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Rank group | higher non-commissioned officers |
NATO rank code | OR-9 |
Rank Army / Air Force | Chief adjutant |
Marine rank | none |
Abbreviation (in lists) | Chief adj |
Grade | CHF 11.50 / day |
Chief Adjutant ( French Adjudant-Chef , Italian Aiutante capo ) is a rank of the Swiss Army (abbr .: Chefadj ) that has existed since January 1, 2004. It is the highest rank of non-commissioned officer and thus corresponds, like the staff and chief adjutant, to the senior staff sergeant of the German armed forces or the vice lieutenant of the Austrian armed forces .
This ranking designates professional non-commissioned officers who serve as command assistants in teaching associations as well as militia - non-commissioned officers who are assigned to the staff of a territorial region.
On assignments abroad, he is referred to as the Chief Warrant Officer (CWO). NATO code : OR-9.
The rank badge consists of two superimposed angles with two bars below. In the middle there is a Swiss cross (Ordonnanzkreuz) set in foliage and above it two more angles one above the other.
Lower grade Chief Adjutant |
Chief adjutant officer grade |
Higher grade lieutenant |
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Classification: crews - NCOs - higher NCOs - subaltern officers - captains - staff officers - higher staff officers - commander in chief of the army Overview: degrees of the Swiss army |
In the French and Canadian armed forces there are comparable ranks with the designation Adjudant-Chef .