Unteroffiziere mit Portepee
Sergeant Ranks or formally commissioned officers with sword knot are the higher rank group of the Bundeswehr within the sergeant - grade. Your counterpart in the German Navy, the boat people. It includes the ranks to Sergeant Sergeant Major (including the officer candidate ranks cadet and midshipman ) or boatswain to Oberstabsarzt boatswain ( including the officer candidate ranks Midshipman and Midshipman ). You can set limits issue enlisted men and officers without Portepee commands within the limits of the superior regulation ( VorgV ).
They are as soldiers on time ( ssl ) in generally twelve years committed (in exceptional cases eight years ) for the service and have the opportunity to apply at this time for a takeover in the appointment of a professional soldier.
In the normal course of a service SaZ in the sergeant career can be promoted to the rank of sergeant major / master boatman. As for transport but getting the appropriate budget agencies must be present, divorce, most at the end of their period of service as a Master Sergeant from.
Careers
There are two different sergeant races: the military service and general expert service.
Sergeant of the military service
Sergeant of the military service are after their training directly involved as a supervisor in a master unit or in a military organization area.
This time the soldiers is open to a variety of military leadership uses. In the army, these applications include, for example, a group or platoon leader. Sergeant thus have the possibility of a battle tank and its crew to lead, for example, in the Armoured Corps of the Army.
Sergeant of common general service
In this career soldier accepts as a specialist responsible for a complex field. The use ranges from a specialist activity in specific technical areas to multinational operations in critical regions.
The activities correspond to those of a master in a civilian operation. Thought this career is for soldiers who are primarily interested in technical, manage or operational tasks with managerial responsibility.
Uses are not limited to: automotive repair, electronic reconnaissance or aircraft mechanics. Thus, a sergeant in the repair is responsible for his team of mechanics, monitors the quality and is responsible for the training and education of soldiers under him.
International comparison
These ranks are located between the NATO Sold stages OR6 to OR 9. This corresponds OR6 (head ) Sergeant / boatman and the OR 9 Sergeant Major / Senior Staff boatswain.
To rank group of sergeant exists no exact equivalent in other armies. Are comparable, for example, senior non-commissioned officers ( NCOs Sr. ) in the United States Army ( Sergeant from Sergeant First Class upwards) and the Higher -commissioned officers in the Swiss army.