The Fahnenjunker (Fhj) designates a soldier in the lowest NCO rank with the German Federal Armed Forces within the group of careers of the officers. At the German navy this rank is called sea-cadet.

The rank Fhj the officer candidate usually receives with completion 12. Service monthly after existence of the officer candidate training course part of I (OAL I).

Soldiers in this rank can give crews of instructions within the borders set by the superior regulation (VorgV).

The Fahnenjunker those young noblemen, who came in the age of 14 to 16 years into the military training, was historical and to which as special honor carrying the flag was entrusted.

The later Fahnenjunker in the German army was called to 1899 Avantageure. They had a high school graduate certification of a High School, material High School, an upper six-form high school or six-form high school 1 to the entrance. To prove order or however the existence of the wo1 examination. In the German armed forces the designation Fahnenjunker in the Second World War was used also as additive for crew ranks in officer applicant battalions, e.g. Fhj fliers, Fhj private first class with silver (career officer applicant) or red (Reserveoffzierbewerber) braids on the shoulder straps.

In the Russian army the Fahnenjunker was called simply Junker.

The next rank of a Fahnenjunkers in its military career is wo1.

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