Chief of Staff (rank)

Volksmarine, Chief of Staff (here: technical career)
Shoulder piece with all uniforms
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

• Ranks boatmen Volksmarine

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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).»
2. ↑ 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.