Seekadett

Seekadett (en: Naval (officer) cadet / literal: sea cadet) is a military rank of the Bundeswehr and of former German speaking naval forces.

Seekadett (short SKad or SK) is a military rank of the Deutsche Bundeswehr to persons in uniform of the German Navy. Legal basis is the Presidential order of the Federal president (de: Bundespräsident) on rank insignia and uniforms of soldiers

Seekadett is the entrance rank to the Officer Aspirant (OA – de: Offizieranwärter) career. According to the salary class it is equivalent to the Unteroffizier ohne Portepee ranks Maat (rank) (Marine) and Unteroffizier of Heer or Luftwaffe.

It is also grouped as OR-5 in NATO, equivalent to Technical Sergeant, Sergeant or Petty Officer Second Class in the US Armed forces.

In navy context NCOs of this rank were formally addressed as Herr/ Frau Seekadett also informally / short Seekadett.

The name to the rank-equivalent persons in uniform of Heer or Luftwaffe are Fahnenjunker. Pertaining authority of command, promotion, and payment level, Seekadett compares with Fahnenjunker as well.

The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group is as follows:
Unteroffizier ohne Portepee

The abbreviation "OR" stands for "Other Ranks / fr: sous-officiers et militaires du rang / ru:другие ранги, кроме офицероф"!

An officer candidate's career is indicated by the enlisted rank with the golden nautical star on the shoulder strap and sleeve in the Deutsche Marine, and a thin silver cord on the shoulder strap in Heer and Luftwaffe.

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