Staff captain (colloquial: Pig major) is designated an officer rank of different armies and in Germany a soldier in the highest officer rank in the career of the military-technical service with the German Federal Armed Forces. At the German navy this rank is called staff captain second lieutenant. In the career of the medical officers of the German Federal Armed Forces there is no comparable rank.

Officers in this rank are regularly, set forward in accordance with the superior regulation (VVO) crews, NCOs without Portepee, NCOs with Portepee and second lieutenants.

In the German German Federal Armed Forces the staff captain is a relatively new rank (only since 1993) and is also not frequent very. Only officers of the military specialty service (MilFD) are promoted to staff captain. These are soldiers those only the NCO career hit and then, due to their suitability, into the officer career to ascend, however the academic conditions of the officer career not to bring along. The staff captain carries four silver stars on its shoulder badges for the indication of its rank. Officers of the troop service instead after completing the staff officer training course (SOL) to major promotes, as soon as an appropriate permanent post is free. Therefore they jump over this rank. Exeptionally officers of the troop service will promote to staff main people, if no places are free as a major.

The staff captain is paid after the salary bracket A 13. Next-lowest rank is a captain and more serve-struggle-highly is a major.

Articles in category "Staff captain"

We found here 13 articles.