title: Oberfähnrich
text: # Oberfähnrich
  
  Oberfähnrich (OFähnr or OFR) designates in the Heer of the Bundeswehr a military person or member of the armed forces with the last or highest Officer Aspirant (OA – de: Offizieranwärter) rank. According to the salary class it is equivalent to the Portepeeunteroffizier ranks Hauptfeldwebel of Heer or Luftwaffe, and Hauptbootsmann of Marine.
  
  It is also grouped as OR-7 in NATO, equivalent to Sergeant 1st Class, Master Sergeant, or Chief Petty Officer in the US Armed forces, and to Warrant Officer Class 2 in the British Army and Royal Navy.
  
  In navy context NCOs of this rank were formally addressed as Herr Oberfähnrich also informally / short Oberfähnrich.
  
  The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group is as follows:
  
  * OR-9: Oberstabsfeldwebel / Oberstabsbootsmann
  * OR-8: Stabsfeldwebel / Stabsbootsmann
  * OFD: Oberfähnrich and Hauptfeldwebel / Oberfähnrich zur See and Hauptbootsmann
  * OR-6a: Oberfeldwebel / Oberbootsmann
  * OR-6b: Fähnrich and Feldwebel / Fähnrich zur See and Bootsmann
  