Obermeister (rank)
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 Shoulder piece with all uniforms |
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| Rank group | NCOs m. P. |
| NATO rank code | OR-7 |
| Rank Army / Air Force | Sergeant Major |
| Marine rank | Chief Master of the VM |
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The foreman was the second highest sergeant rank of the rank group of non-commissioned officers of the People's Navy of the former NVA the GDR .
The rank of the sergeant major was equal to the rank of seafaring in the other NVA branches . In the bootsmännischen career of the foreman was a Chief Petty Officer conducted in the career of the mates as navigator. The next higher rank was the chief of staff , the lower rank was the master .
Introduced as a rank in the People's Police in 1961, the Obermeister ranked just behind the Staff Master . According to today's NATO rank codes , the Obermeister would be comparable to OR-7.
- annotation
- OR - stands for en Other (enlisted) Ranks (OR)
Specialty
The rank of Obermeister der Volksmarine is not to be confused with the rank Obermeister of the VP , who in the People's Police was the highest rank of the rank group of NCOs with Portepee and was equivalent to the Staff Sergeant of the NVA (OR-8).
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ MEYERS UNIVERSALLEXIKON, 3rd edition 1980, order no .: 576 970 2, license no. 433 130/198/80, Volume III, pages 217–218 «Rank and service career badges of the People's Navy - Rank, number 7 Obermeister (technical career).»
- ↑ The abbreviation "OR" stand for "other ranks / sous-officiers et militaires du rang" see: NATO glossary abbreviations used in NATO documents and publications / Glossaire OTAN des abréviations utilisées dans les documents et publications OTAN 2010, p. 237. Archived from the original on May 8, 2010.