Stabskapitänleutnant


Stabskapitänleutnant, short: StKptLt / in lists: SKL, is the highest Fachdienstoffizier rank in the German Navy / armed forces of Germany.
The rank is rated OF-2a in NATO, and equivalent to Stabshauptmann in Heer, and Luftwaffe. It is grade A13 in the pay rules of the Federal Ministry of Defence and is senior to the regular OF-2 rank of Kapitänleutnant.

Address

The official manner, in line to ZDv 10/8, of formal addressing of military people with the rank Stabskapitänleutnant is “Herr/Frau Stabskapitänleutnant“. However, as to German traditions and in line to seamen's language the “Stabskapitänleutnant“ will be addressed „Herr/Frau Kaleu“.

Rank insignia

Its rank insignia, worn on the sleeves and shoulders, are one five-pointed star above two stripes with two half stripes between them.

Particularity

Military people of the “line officer career” skip over this rank, by regular promotion from Kapitänleutnant to Korvettenkapitän ; however, the pay grade A13 is identical.
The sequence of ranks in that particular group is as follows: