Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
Four corporals already appointed
Bundeswehr introduces new rank
The Bundeswehr wants to make the team career more attractive. For this she introduces the new rank of corporal. This is also associated with a higher salary level.
In the future, the Bundeswehr will award the best team soldiers the new rank of corporal. The first four corporals in Germany were promoted today at a ceremonial roll call in the Clausewitz barracks in Burg in the Jerichower Land, Saxony-Anhalt – two from the army, one from the air force and one from the navy, as the Ministry of Defense announced.
This means that there is now a corporal and a staff corporal above the rank of corporal corporal. The Bundeswehr wants to make the career of the teams more attractive with 5,000 new posts by 2031. The first 1,400 corporals should be appointed by the beginning of April 2022.
The transport is said to be associated with better pay. So far, soldiers in the team career could have achieved a gross salary of around 2370 euros with an allowance of 43 euros. Corporals will be paid higher salaries in the future. According to the German Armed Forces, a corporal has a gross plus of 51 euros on the pay slip.
Last year, according to a media report, the Ministry of Defense dealt with the introduction of female ranks – such as sergeant, boatwoman or lieutenant colonel. The “Welt” reported in September last year that there are plans for ranks to be “gendered” – but with exceptions. According to “Welt” there should be no main wife or colonel, but there should be a lieutenant colonel or a brigadier general. A few days later, the then State Secretary in the Defense Ministry, Peter Tauber, announced that the issue would not be pursued any further for the time being.