Glavny starshina of the ship

Glavny starshina of the ship
in the Russian navy
    
(shoulder board)    (sleeve insignia)
Rank insignia Russian Navy
Introduction 1971
Rank group Petty officer
Army / Air Force Starshina
NATO
equivalent		 OR-8[1]

Glavny starshina of the ship (Russian: Гла́вный корабе́льный старшина́; literal: "senior petty officer of the ship") is in the Navy of the Russian Federation the designation to the most senior rank in the petty officer´s career group. The rank is equivalent to Starshina in Army and Air Force. Under the NATO rank system the rank might be comparable to OR-8 in Anglophone armed forces.

The rank was introduced to the Soviet Navy November 18, 1971. Before the equivalent OR8-rank designation, including rank insignia was Michman.

In the navy of the Russian Federation there are four ranks in the petty officer´s career group, which means:

  • Glavny starshina of the ship (OR-8)
  • Glavny starshina (OR-7)
  • Starshina 1st stage (OR-6)
  • Starshina 2nd stage (OR-4)
Sequence of ranks in Russian Federation´s navy
junior rank:
Glavny starshina

Glavny starshina of the ship		 senior rank:
Michman


Rank insignia Glavny starshina of the ship
rank
insignia		                    
sleeve 1940-1963
after 1963 to
Michman		 sleeve

from 1963		 shoulder
1955-1991		 shoulder
1991-2010

See also

References

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