Starshy michman

This article is about the OR9/WO2 navy rank Senior michman. It should not be confused with the more senior OF-1 officer rank Midshipman in NATO naval forces.

Strashiy michman in the Russian navy
(1994-2010) (after 2010)
Rank insignia	Russian Navy
Introduction	1981
Rank group	Michman
Army / Air Force	Starshiy praporshchik
NATO equivalent	WO-2

Starshiy michman (Template:Lang-ru, Template:Lang-en) is in the Navy of the Russian Federation, as well as in number of other countries, the designation to first or highest rank in the Michman career group. The rank is equivalent to Starshiy praposhik in Army and Air Force. According to NATO-ranksystem the rank might be comparable to WO-2 in Anglophone armed forces.

Sequence of ranks in Russian Federation´s navy

juinor rank: Michman

Starshiy michman

senior rank: Mladshiy leytenant (Sub lieutenant)

In the navy of the Russian Federation there are two ranks in the Michman career group, which means Michman (OR-9b) and Strashchiy michman (OR-9a). The equivalent in the other military branches are Praposhchik (OR-9b) and Starshiy praposhchik (OR-9a).

Rank designation in other countries

In the countries below, spelling is similar and classivication to a separate rank group is equivalent.

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Soviet Union

In conjunction to the enhancement of the career group Michman and Praporshchik both ranks Starshiy michman of the navy and Strashiy praporshchik of the other armed forces service branches were introduced in 1981. Both ranks as well as the career group were taken over by the armed forces of the Russian federation.

Rank insignia Michmen, USSR

	Michman						Starshiy michman (OR-9a)
	(OR-8)					(OR-9b)
	Sleeve insignia (1940−1943)		Shoulder board (1943−1955)	Shoulder board (1955−1963)	Shoulder board (1963−1971)	Shoulder board (1971-1994)	Shoulder board (1981-1994)