!!!Dienstgrade Ranks, Military and Civil Service: official positions that are awarded ad personam. In the armed forces there is a distinction between the ranks of private soldiers ("Mannschaft"), sergeants ("Unteroffizier") and officers ("Offizier"); they are made visible by rank insignia worn on the uniforms. A similar system is employed in the police and the gendarmerie (rural police); the Austrian Railways (OeBB) have abolished the rank system. Civil servants are classified according to their duties and wages. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Dienstgrade|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]