Stabsfeldwebel

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Stabsfeldwebel
Heer and Luftwaffe shoulder insignia
Country	Germany
Service branch	German Army  German Air Force
Abbreviation	StFw
Rank group	Unteroffiziere mit Portepee
NATO rank code	OR-8
Pay grade	A 9
Formation	1938
Next higher rank	Oberstabsfeldwebel
Next lower rank	Hauptfeldwebel
Equivalent ranks	Stabsbootsmann

Stabsfeldwebel (StFw or SF; lit. 'Staff field usher') is the second highest Non-commissioned officer (NCO) rank in German Army and German Air Force. It is grouped as OR-8 in NATO, equivalent to a First Sergeant in the United States Army, and to Warrant Officer Class 2 in the British Army. Promotion to the rank requires at least twelve years total active duty, of which at least eleven years have elapsed since promotion to unteroffizier, with at least ten years since promotion to stabsunteroffizier, and nine years since promotion to feldwebel.^[1] In army/ air force context NCOs of this rank were formally addressed as Herr Stabsfeldwebel also informally / short Staber.