Stabsbootsmann

*Stabsbootsmann*
Stabsbootsmann;
	File:MDS 34 Staabsbootsmann 10.svg File:MDJA 34 Stabsbootsmann 40 Lu.svg File:MA OG5 34 Stabsbootsmann.svg shoulder board / cuff title / mounting loop
Country	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Service branch	File:Naval Ensign of Germany.svg German Navy
Abbreviation	StBtsm
Rank group	German NCO rank
NATO rank code	OR-8
Formation	1955
Next higher rank	Oberstabsbootsmann
Next lower rank	Hauptbootsmann
Equivalent ranks	Stabsfeldwebel

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.

History

In 1938, grades were introduced by the German Kriegsmarine depending on the particular career as follows:^[1]

These grades were equivalent to the German Wehrmacht ranks Stabsfeldwebel and Stabswachmeister, or the Waffen-SS grade Stabsscharführer.

Grades Stabsfeldwebel and Stabswachmeister have been used in the GDR National People's Army until 1990 as well. The equivalent in the Volksmarine was Stabsmeister.

The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group is as follows:
Unteroffiziere mit Portepee

junior Rank Hauptbootsmann	File:Bundeswehr Logo Marine with lettering.svg Stabsbootsmann	senior Rank Oberstabsbootsmann
Oberfähnrich zur See

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