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| 05 Jan 2017 05:54 PM |
GERMAN ARMY RANK STRUCTURE AND INFORMATION
(Section I): Rank Guide (Section II): Promotions/Rank Information -----------------------------
(Section I):
Mannschaften:
[OR-1]: Soldat(Soldier)/Entry training [OR-2] Gefreiter (Exempted Man) [OR-3]: Obergefreiter(Leading Exempted Man)/Hauptgefreiter(Principal Exempted Man) [OR-4]: Stabsgefreiter (Staff Exempted Man)
Unteroffiziere:
[OR-5]: Stabsunteroffizier(Staff Subofficer) [OR-6]: Feldwebel(Field Usher)/Oberfeldwebel(Leading Field Usher) [OR-7]: Hauptfeldwebel(Principal Field Usher) [OR-8]: Stabsfeldwebel(Staff Field Usher) [OR-9]: Oberstabsfeldwebel(Leading Staff Field Usher)
Officers:
[OF-1b/a]: Leutnant(Lieutenant)/Oberleutnant(Principal Lieutenant) [OF-2b/a]: Hauptmann(Captain)/Stabshauptmann(Staff Captain) [OF-3]: Major(Major) [OF-4]: Oberstleutnant(Lieutenant Colonel) [OF-5]: Oberst(Colonel) [OF-6]: Brigadegeneral(Brigadier General) [OF-7]: Generalmajor(Major General) [OF-8]: Generalleutnant(Lieutenant General) [OF-9]: General(General) [OF-9]: Inspector General of the Bundeswehr
LEADERS:
[OF-9]: Inspector General of the Bundeswehr [+] Minister of Defense [+] Federal Chancellor
(Section II):
Mannschaften: This selection of ranks has the largest amount of soldiers. Mannschaften, meaning 'personnel'. another term for enlisted/ranker, consists of the simple trained soldiers, are junior leaders. It is also the ranks of which you may apply for the Military Academy of the German Armed Forces. You are the future group of Unteroffiziere, and a few of you, officers. In order to get promoted as Mannschaften, you must attend and pass trainings at the top of your class. You must also follow regulation, rules, your division's standards, and obey orders at all times. If you don't do any of this, you will never make it past OR-4, much less OR-3.
Unteroffiziere: This selection of ranks has a smaller amount of soldier than Mannschaften, but more than Officers. Your job is similar to the Mannschaften, except you are to act more professional. Most Unteroffizier ranks are deployed often, some more than others. OR-5, and OR-6 will be deployed as often as Mannschaften. Your jobs are very, very similar as combatans, but there is another job of your's that is a lot more stressful, and professional. Being a leader. You will start out leading a small group of men. As you continue, you lead larger amounts of men. Ranks such as OR-8 and OR-9 even lead junior officers. Promotions are a bit different in this group of soldiers. Your promotions are based on skill, like Mannschaften, but that is not all. You will also be judged on recommendation by the junior officer above you(If OR-7, or below), recommendation by higher ranking officers, your skill in leadership, professionality, and your entire history as military personnel. Still looking forward to being OR-5 or higher?
Officers: Now on to the smallest selection, yet the wisest and most professional. Officers. Your job as a junior officer may be close to Unteroffiziere, but anything higher is a lot different. Thought leading ten to a few hundred men was a lot? Try leading multiple thousand men. The world of being an officer is hard, and extremely cut-throat. You're not just a soldier now, you're practically a politician. If you're OF-6 or higher, you might as well call yourself a politician. Being an officer in some cases can be like a dog-eat-dog world. There is not one moment you aren't being watched. Everything you do and are ordered to do is monitored. You will be judged, and expected to do your job better than anyone else. OF-1b up to OF2a is given to you based on your time of service. Beyond that is like an Unteroffizier, but way harder and faster. You are expected to be the best, and you will be the best. If not, you're wasting your time. Plan on getting to OF-9? You must be better than everyone in the entire Bundeswehr. You are given OF-9 only if you meet the stated requirement. Think it's an exaggeration? You're wrong. You have to be approved by the Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, and the Minister of Defense. Only then you will be judged by the Federal Chancellor and then appointed to OF-9 himself/herself.
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Kaziri
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| 05 Jan 2017 05:55 PM |
THE GERMAM ARMY
"I'm out there, chasing your name again!" |
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Prxd
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| 05 Jan 2017 09:46 PM |
| Good work has been marching to our group.. I'm proud always. |
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| 07 Feb 2017 09:45 PM |
| Aye, dude, you weren't lying when you said we were making an army. |
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