Oberstabsbootsmann
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.
| Oberstabsbootsmann | |||||||
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| Rank insignia | German NCO rank | ||||||
| Introduction | 1955 | ||||||
| Rank group | Non-commissioned officers | ||||||
| Navy | Oberstabsbootsmann | ||||||
| Army / Air Force | Oberstabsfeldwebel | ||||||
| NATO equivalent | OR-9 | ||||||
| Army | Sergeant Major | ||||||
| Air Force | Chief Master Sergeant | ||||||
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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
- Remark
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)
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senior Rank Leutnant zur See |
- See also