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Originally Posted by CNYBubblehead
My question comes on qualifications. My mindset is to ensure that all my petty officers have qualifications. My reasoning, though, is based on the U.S. Navy way of doing things, where by that point, they've trained in a certain field and have a rating. What I don't know is...did German petty officers of that era have specific ratings like their U.S. Navy counterparts?  |
If an enlistee elected the NCO career path when joining the Kriegsmarine, the Kriegsmarine would assign them a trade based on their assessment of the enlistee's skills.
ORs could choose a trade on enlistment (or be assigned one) and I *think* carry it through if they were later chosen for NCO training.
In other words, yes, it's safe to assume that a PO+ in the U-bootwaffe had a qualification.