'' Stabsbootsmann '' (StBtsm or SB) is the second highest

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(NCO) rank in the

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. It is grouped as OR8 in

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, equivalent to First Sergeant, Master Sergeant, or Senior Chief Petty Officer in the US Armed forces, and to

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in the

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and

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. 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: *Boatswain (de: Bootsmann): ''Stabsoberbootsmann'' (Staff senior boatswain) *Steersman (de: Steuermann): ''Stabsobersteuermann'' (Staff senior steersman) *Engineman (de: Maschinist): ''Stabsobermaschinist'' (Staff senior engineman) These grades were equivalent to the German

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ranks ''Stabsfeldwebel'' and ''Stabswachmeister'', or the Waffen-SS grade Stabsscharführer. Grades ''Stabsfeldwebel'' and ''Stabswachmeister'' have been used in the GDR

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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''
*OR-9: Oberstabsbootsmann / Oberstabsfeldwebel *OR-8: Stabsbootsmann /

Stabsfeldwebel ''Stabsfeldwebel '' (StFw or SF; ) is the second highest Non-commissioned officer (NCO) rank in German Army and German Air Force. It is grouped as OR-8 in NATO, equivalent to a First Sergeant in the United States Army, and to Warrant Officer C ...

*OR-7:

Hauptbootsmann '' Hauptbootsmann '' (HptBtsm or in lists HB) designates in the German Navy of the Bundeswehr a military person or member of the armed forces. It belongs to the particular rank group Senior NCOs with port épée. According to the salary class ...

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*OR-6a:

Oberbootsmann ''Oberbootsmann'' (OBtsm or in lists OB) designates in the German Navy of the Bundeswehr a military person or member of the armed forces. It belongs to the particular rank group Senior NCOs with port epée. According to the salary class it is eq ...

Oberfeldwebel (OFw or OF) is the fourth-lowest non-commissioned officer (NCO) rank in German Army and German Air Force. History The rank was introduced first by the German Reichswehr in 1920. Preferable most experienced Protégée-NCO of the old arm ...

*OR-6b:

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Equivalent in other NATO countries

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