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MDS 35 Oberstaabsbootsmann 20.svg
MDJA 35 Oberstabsbootsmann 30 Lu.svg
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Rank insignia
German NCO rank |-----
Introduction
1955 |-----
Rank group
Non-commissioned officers |-----
Navy
Oberstabsbootsmann |-----
Army / Air Force
Oberstabsfeldwebel |-----
NATOequivalent
OR-9 |-----
Army
Sergeant Major |-----
Air Force
Chief Master Sergeant |-----
Navy
- Sergeant Major
- Master Gunnery Sergeant
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''Oberstabsbootsmann'' (OStBtsm or OSB) is the highest Non-commissioned officer (NCO) rank in the German Navy. It is grouped as OR9 in NATO, equivalent to a Master Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy, and a Warrant Officer Class 1 in the British Royal Navy.
In Navy context, NCOs of this rank were formally addressed as Herr/ Frau Oberstabsbootsmann also informally/ short Oberstaber.
The rank was introduced in the German Navy equivalent to the German Heer and German Luftwaffe grad Oberstabsfeldwebel in 1995, and belongs to the grad group Unteroffiziere mit Portepee.
The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group is as follows:
Unteroffiziere mit Portepee
*OR-9: Oberstabsbootsmann / Oberstabsfeldwebel
- OR-8: Stabsbootsmann / Stabsfeldwebel
- OR-7: Hauptbootsmann / Hauptfeldwebel
- OR-6a: Oberbootsmann / Oberfeldwebel
- OR-6b: Bootsmann / Feldwebel
The abbreviation "OR" stands for "Other Ranks / fr: sous-officiers et militaires du rang / ru:другие ранги, кроме офицероф"!
junior Rank
Stabsbootsmann
(German NCO rank)
Oberstgabsbootsmann
senior Rank
Leutnant zur See