Special wage coefficients to take effect for Armenian army sergeants 

ArmInfo.  Special coefficients will be applied when calculating the salaries of contract sergeants of the Armed Forces of Armenia. The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia is discussing the amendments to the law "On the  remuneration of persons holding state and civil service positions" in  the second and final reading at the plenary session on May 7.

As Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Arman  Sargsyan noted in his speech, according to the document, it is  envisaged to establish a coefficient of group 9/9 for army (general  staff) sergeants, group 9/8 for corps sergeants, and group 7/4 for  senior sergeants. The adoption of the bill, as the Deputy Minister  noted, is aimed at the full implementation of professional contract  military service in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia.

Sargsyan emphasized that in the process of implementing reforms in  the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, the development of the  sergeant system as a key condition for the creation of professional  armed forces is of paramount importance. For these purposes, the  government's policy includes promoting the development of the NCO  corps in the Armed Forces. As a result of the changes, salary  coefficients will also be established for the positions of regimental  (brigade) sergeant and battalion (division) sergeant. A study of the  NCO system of the armies of Western countries, as well as Eastern  Europe, has shown that the NCO system above the regimental level  includes the presence of general staff sergeants and army directions,  who supervise the activities of lower-level sergeants and ensure the  command vertical of the NCO system. The full implementation of the  professional NCO system in the RA Armed Forces and the proper  provision of their functioning also presupposes the creation of the  positions of army (general staff), corps sergeant and senior sergeant  in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, for which it became  necessary to establish salary coefficients for these positions.