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Rank structure. In all three branches of the German armed forces there are three career paths: officers ( Offiziere ), NCOs ( Unteroffiziere, non-commissioned officers) and enlisted soldiers ( Mannschaften ). Officers are subdivided into Lieutenants ( Leutnante ), Captains ( Hauptleute ), Staff Officers ( Stabsoffiziere) and Admirals ...
The rank insignia of the federal armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany indicate rank and branch of service in the German Army ( Heer ), German Air Force ( Luftwaffe ), or the German Navy ( Marine ). They are regulated by the "presidential order on rank designation and military uniform".
While Haupt in contemporary German means 'main', it also has, and originally had, the meaning of 'head', i.e. Hauptmann literally translates to 'head-man', which is also the etymological root of captain (from Latin caput, 'head'). This rank is equivalent to the rank of captain in the British and US Armies, and is rated OF-2 in NATO .
Stabshauptmann is the highest military rank in the Bundeswehr for specialist officers (German: Offiziere des Militärfachlichen Dienstes (OffzMilFD)).. Instead of being promoted to the rank of major, specialist officers that were holding the rank of Hauptmann for a specific time are promoted to the rank of Stabshauptmann and given the salary of a Major.
The principle of command and obedience in the Bundeswehr ( German: Befehl und Gehorsam ), along with the concept of "citizens in uniform" ( German: Staatsbürger in Uniform ), was central to the 1953 idea of "leadership development and civic education" (official translation of German: Innere Führung [ 1] ). The revised definition of military ...
The Bundeswehr (German: [ˈbʊndəsˌveːɐ̯] ⓘ, literally Federal Defence) is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany.The Bundeswehr is divided into a military part (armed forces or Streitkräfte) and a civil part, the military part consisting of the German Army, the German Navy, the German Air Force, the Joint Support Service, the Joint Medical Service, and the Cyber and ...
Specialty insignia (NCOs and enlisted) The Heer as the German army and part of the Wehrmacht inherited its uniforms and rank structure from the Reichsheer of the Weimar Republic (1921–1935). There were few alterations and adjustments made as the army grew from a limited peacetime defense force of 100,000 men to a war-fighting force of several ...
German students are admitted to the Army Academy after studying at a Federal Armed Forces University (Universität der Bundeswehr) in Hamburg or Munich, followed by several years of line duty. Officers from other NATO countries are their classmates. The academy also teaches a 10-month Army General Staff Officer Course for officers from non-NATO ...