Chief of Staff (rank)
Volksmarine, Chief of Staff (here: technical career) |
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Shoulder piece with all uniforms |
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Rank group | NCOs m. P. |
NATO rank code | OR-8 |
Rank Army / Air Force | Staff Sergeant |
Marine rank | Chief of Staff of the VM |
Abbreviation (in lists) | |
Grade |
The bar top Master was the 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 in the other NVA armed forces was the same as the rank of seafarer . The next higher rank was the ensign (of the People's Navy) and until 1973 the Unterleutnant (of the People's Navy) . The lower rank was the Obermeister (the People's Navy) .
Introduced in 1961
Introduced into the People's Police Sea , from 1961 the Chief of Staff of the People's Navy ranked just behind the Unterleutnant (at sea) . With the introduction of the rank group of ensigns in 1973, the next higher rank was ensign (at sea). According to today's NATO rank codes , the Chief of Staff would be comparable to OR-8.
- annotation
- OR - stands for en Other (enlisted) Ranks (OR)
particularities
A comparable rank was the Staff Chief Petty Officer in the Navy until the 1945th
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 8 Chief of Staff (seafaring 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.