Officer of the military technical service

In Germany, an officer in the technical military service is a soldier in the Bundeswehr in one of the career paths of officers in the military technical service ( SLV Annex 3 ). It is mostly used for posts that require great expertise and practical experience. Those who have at least achieved the rank of sergeant ( Section 40 (1) SLV ) can be admitted . This means that the career of officers in the military-technical service is the only career for soldiers in the Bundeswehr for which no unserviceman can apply. It is a pure career path. Temporary soldiers are appointed professional soldiers upon admission to the career path , i. H. all officers in the specialized military service are professional soldiers.

Most of the officers of the Bundeswehr belong to the career of officers in the troop service . In addition to the career of officers in the military specialist service, there are other officer careers with a particular specialization: the careers of officers in the medical service , the military music service and the geographic information service . For each of the five officer careers mentioned, there is a corresponding career path for reserve officers.

Informally, officers of the military technical service, especially if they hold a specialist service post, are also referred to for short as "specialist officers" or "specialist service officers".

tasks

The highest attainable Ranks for officers of the military technical service are Stabshauptmann and stabskapitänleutnant ( § 42 SLV ). They are mostly deployed to posts that require a great deal of specialist knowledge and extensive practical experience. Often they continue to work in the specialist area in which they were already deployed at a lower hierarchical level as NCOs with portepee. Officers of the military professional service often deal with technical issues of Armor -, logistics and personnel planning , the material testing , process the material conservation , the implementation of air traffic control or networking of the armed forces . From the level of battalion therefore often serve officers of the military professional service in bars along with staff officers and support there immediately their commander or commanders in the military command . In other sub-areas of the armed forces (for example in the aviation service or with the special forces ), they take on positions as an aircraft pilot or (sub) unit leader who are otherwise occupied by other officers. Further examples:

For example, you work as a business economist in personnel management , as a computer scientist , as a fireworker , as a military driving school director or as a technician in areas such as automotive or electrical engineering.

For example, in the military police or in the special forces of the army and navy , they serve as platoon leaders or operational officers. Military service officers lead (e.g. as company commander ) units , train them and educate their subordinate soldiers.
In the military air traffic control officers check the aerodrome control service to air traffic at the airport and in the immediate vicinity . In route control, they monitor the aircraft on their flight paths between the departure and destination airports .

Authority to command

Officers of the military professional service are equivalent to its supervisory function with regard to other officers and offer better performance § 4 of the superior regulation ( "supervisor ratio due to the service level") within the set there limits soldiers of the rank group of teams , the NCOs without and with Portepee in service commands grant. If an officer in the specialized military service has the rank of captain or staff captain , he can also give orders to the lieutenants and first lieutenants . If officers of the military specialist service are deployed as unit commanders, they are immediate superiors according to § 1 VorgV .

Appointment and remuneration

The Soldiers' Career Ordinance (SLV) and, in addition, the Central Service Regulation (ZDv) A-1420/7, are the decisive legal basis for the appointment to one of the ranks for officers in one of the two career paths of officers in the military service . Professional soldiers and reservists can be appointed to a corresponding rank . The requirement is that they belong to one of the two career paths of officers in the military technical service. The officers of the military technical service have an officer in the rank immediately before appointment ensign , Oberfähnrich , to staff or Oberstabsfeldwebel served and were used as formed officer candidate officer . The appointment of the officer candidate officer is generally 36 months after entry into one of the two raceways of the officers of the military technical service; the period can be shortened to up to 18 months, because the period of service completed before entering one of the two career paths of officers in the military service in the Bundeswehr in a sergeant grade can be taken into account. Before being appointed lieutenant, an officer examination must be passed with success. With the appointment of lieutenant, the officer candidates become officers. A special feature in this career make applications in aeronautical services and in air traffic control service. For these uses (for example, helicopter pilot, air traffic control officer) may be admitted even without a completed sergeant training.

Officers of the military technical service will be dependent on the grade and position according to the Federal pay regulation (BBesO) with A 9 to A 13 remunerated . Military service officers and troop service officers with the same rank and position are in the same salary group. The general career goal is a captain or lieutenant captain of grade A 11. The salary for staff captains or lieutenant captains is A 13 and thus corresponds to the salary of the major . Only up to 6 percent of the total number of permanent positions for officers in the military service can be rated A 13 ( Section 17a, Paragraph 3, No. 3 BHO ).

Change of career and promotion to staff officer

Admission to the career of troop service officers is only made possible each year for individual, particularly high-performing officers in the military service at their own request or suggestion. The change is possible for chief and staff captains and after successful participation in the " basic staff officer course ". After changing to the career of military service officers, promotion to staff officer is possible.

Uniforms

Military service officers wear the same uniform , in particular the same rank badges , as almost all other officers. With regard to their uniform, they are particularly indistinguishable from the officers of the troop service, with whom they often serve together in the same sub-units ( BPrasUnifAnO ).

history

These careers for officers in the military service were decided on August 28, 1968 by the grand coalition under Federal Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger (CDU) and Vice Chancellor Willy Brandt (SPD). The aim was to enable qualified NCOs to move up to specialist positions. The career path was introduced into the Bundeswehr in 1969 through an amendment to the Soldiers' Career Ordinance. On July 31, 1969, in Neubiberg near Munich, the first Portepee NCOs were appointed officers of the military technical service.

Similar groups of other armed forces

According to the NATO rank code , which is mainly intended to establish comparability with regard to the authority to command troops, the officers of the military service are equated with the "regular" officer ranks of other armed forces. In terms of rank, they are therefore not considered to be the equivalent of the special careers for warrant officers or similar career groups in other armed forces, which form a separate group in the NATO rank code system. An exact equivalent in terms of position and authority does not exist internationally. Nevertheless, with a view to the technical qualifications in the armed forces of some NATO countries , one finds uses that are similar to those of officers in the military technical service, such as the warrant officer and the specialist officer of the Swiss army . In the past, similar tasks were incumbent on the ensigns of the National People's Army and other (former) armed forces in Eastern Europe or, in Romania, the "military masters " or Maistri militari ( Sg. Maistru militar ).

Until 1969, Denmark had an equivalent with the officers (1922–1951: Officiant , Overofficiant , Stabsofficiant , Korpsofficiant ), with the Officianter having the ranks of Sekondløjtnant to Kaptajn af reserven . The officer career was later replaced by the two-tier career of the ensigns or Fenriker (1951–1969: Fenrik , Overfenrik ) and the Officerer af specialgruppen (1951–1969: Premierløjtnant , Kaptajnløjtnant / since 1963 Kaptajn , Kaptajn / since 1963 major ).

In the UK, the group of late entry officers has certain similarities. The LE officers (for example: late entry officers) are selected from among the higher non-commissioned officers ( sergeants ) and warrant officers who must be over 30 years of age. After passing a four-week officer course, they are usually promoted directly to captain (captain) and then often continue to perform their previous duties in the troop service. You can move up to Lieutenant Colonel .

In the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps , the Limited Duty Officer (LDO, for example: officers with limited duties) is comparable. Senior petty officers ( boatmen ) and warrant officers can be promoted to him after a special four to five-week officer course. In the Navy they are able to advance up to commander (frigate captain), rarely to captain (sea captain), in the Marine Corps only up to lieutenant colonel .

The Swedish Specialistofficerare ( Sg. Specialistofficer ) have been a special case since 2009 . The transport takes place after the successful completion of an 18-month course, to which civilians are also admitted after a preparatory course. The Specialistofficerare are considered officers in Sweden and can rise to lieutenant colonel (omitting the rank of major). However, they have their own rank badges and rank designations: ascending Förste Sergeant ("First Sergeant") or Leutnant, Fanjunkare or Oberleutnant, Förvaltare ("Administrator") or captain, Regements- or Flottiljförvaltare or Lieutenant Colonel. They always rank behind the respective rank of the troop officers. Nevertheless, in an international comparison based on the NATO rank code , the Specialistofficerare are only classified as Other Ranks (Msch. & Uffz.) Of classes OR-6 to OR-9. Indirect forerunners of the career was that of the Kompaniofficerare (1972–1983) and the Underofficerare (1901–1972).

Remarks

↑ For use in the air traffic control service and in the aviation service, at least the rank of non-commissioned officer is required as well as the provision of a use-related proof of suitability ( Section 40 (2) SLV).
↑ For officer candidates appointed to the career path in a rank of non-commissioned officer, the period can be shortened to up to 24 months, because the period of service completed in a non-commissioned officer rank before entering one of the two careers of the military service in the Bundeswehr is taken into account can.
↑ The minimum period of service of the reserve officer candidates, which must be completed at least in part in military exercises, is linked to considerably shorter deadlines than for other officer candidates. Reservists are, however, treated on an equal footing with active soldiers insofar as the appointment as an officer cannot be made earlier than with corresponding active candidate officers.
↑ Only medical officers , as well as officers in naval uniforms in the military music service and in the geographic information service, differ from the officers of the military service and the officers of the troop service by special career badges (variants of the Aesculapian staff , lyre , globe ). The officers of the military technical service and the troop service do not differ from one another in terms of uniform, especially in terms of their rank badges.

Individual evidence

↑ Central service regulation A-1420/24 - ranks and rank groups. (PDF) Federal Ministry of Defense , January 19, 2016, accessed on September 8, 2019 .
↑ Central Service Regulation A-1340/49 - Promotion, Hiring, Admission and Admission of Soldiers. In: https://fragdenstaat.de/ . Federal Ministry of Defense, December 7, 2015, accessed on September 8, 2019 .
↑ Central guidelines A1-2630 / 0-9804 suit regulations of the Bundeswehr. (PDF) Retrieved September 8, 2019 . >
↑ Federal Law Gazette 1969 Part I No. 43, Fifth Ordinance Amending the Soldier Career Ordinance of May 28, 1969

[1] For use in the air traffic control service and in the aviation service, at least the rank of non-commissioned officer is required as well as the provision of a use-related proof of suitability ( Section 40 (2) SLV).

[3] For officer candidates appointed to the career path in a rank of non-commissioned officer, the period can be shortened to up to 24 months, because the period of service completed in a non-commissioned officer rank before entering one of the two careers of the military service in the Bundeswehr is taken into account can.

[4] The minimum period of service of the reserve officer candidates, which must be completed at least in part in military exercises, is linked to considerably shorter deadlines than for other officer candidates. Reservists are, however, treated on an equal footing with active soldiers insofar as the appointment as an officer cannot be made earlier than with corresponding active candidate officers.

[6] Only medical officers , as well as officers in naval uniforms in the military music service and in the geographic information service, differ from the officers of the military service and the officers of the troop service by special career badges (variants of the Aesculapian staff , lyre , globe ). The officers of the military technical service and the troop service do not differ from one another in terms of uniform, especially in terms of their rank badges.

[A-1420/24-2] Central service regulation A-1420/24 - ranks and rank groups. (PDF) Federal Ministry of Defense , January 19, 2016, accessed on September 8, 2019 .

[5] Central Service Regulation A-1340/49 - Promotion, Hiring, Admission and Admission of Soldiers. In: https://fragdenstaat.de/ . Federal Ministry of Defense, December 7, 2015, accessed on September 8, 2019 .

[7] Central guidelines A1-2630 / 0-9804 suit regulations of the Bundeswehr. (PDF) Retrieved September 8, 2019 . >

[8] Federal Law Gazette 1969 Part I No. 43, Fifth Ordinance Amending the Soldier Career Ordinance of May 28, 1969