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MDS 34 Staabsbootsmann 10.svg
MDJA 34 Stabsbootsmann 40 Lu.svg
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Rank insignia
German NCO rank |-----
Introduction
1955 |-----
Rank group
Non-commissioned officers |-----
Navy
stabsbootsmann |-----
Army / Air Force
Stabsfeldwebel |-----
NATOequivalent
OR-8 |-----
Army/Navy
- First Sergeant
- Master Sergeant
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Air Force
Senior Master Sergeant |-----
''' Stabsbootsmann '' (StBtsm' or SB) is the second highest Non-commissioned officer (NCO) rank in the German Navy. It is grouped as OR8 in NATO, equivalent to First Sergeant, Master Sergeant, or Senior Chief Petty Officer in the US Armed forces, and to Warrant Officer Class 2 in the British Army and Royal Navy.
In navy context NCOs of this rank were formally addressed as Herr/ Frau Stabsbootsmann also informally / short Staber.
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
Hauptbootsmann
Stabsbootsmann
senior Rank
Oberstabsbootsmann
Oberfähnrich zur See
See also: