(OFähnr or OFR) designates in the
Heer of the
Bundeswehr
The ''Bundeswehr'' (, meaning 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 con ...
a military person or member of the armed forces with the last or highest
Officer Aspirant (OA – de: ) rank. According to the salary class it is equivalent to the ranks of or , and of .
It is also grouped as OR-7 in
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...
, equivalent to
Sergeant 1st Class,
Master Sergeant, or
Chief Petty Officer
A chief petty officer (CPO) is a senior non-commissioned officer in many navies and coast guards.
Canada
"Chief petty officer" refers to two ranks in the Royal Canadian Navy. A chief petty officer 2nd class (CPO2) (''premier maître de deuxià ...
in the US Armed forces, and to
Warrant Officer Class 2
Warrant officer (WO) is a rank or category of ranks in the armed forces of many countries. Depending on the country, service, or historical context, warrant officers are sometimes classified as the most junior of the commissioned ranks, the mo ...
in the
British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...
and
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...
.
In navy context NCOs of this rank were formally addressed as also informally / short .
The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group is as follows:
*OR-9:
*OR-8:
*OFD:
and / and
*OR-6a: /
*OR-6b: and / and
See also
*
Rank insignia of the German Bundeswehr
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Oberfahnrich
Military ranks of Germany