Rank

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In military and civilian service organizations of many intelligent cultures, rank (sometimes denoted by rank insignia on uniforms) is how the jobs of different personnel are organized in a hierarchy of authority.

Military ranks

In the history of several humanoid cultures, ranks have been used in naval organizations and other fighting forces. The ranking systems of Starfleet strongly resemble the United States armed forces with some of the rank pips and badges successors to United States military insignia.

Other cultures have a variety of different titles and ranks, based on different languages and social characteristics. The Bajoran Militia and the Klingon Defense Force use ranks equivalent to the planet Earth's naval and ground forces.

Standard naval ranks

• Flag officers
  • Fleet admiral
  • Admiral
  • Vice admiral
  • Rear admiral
  • Commodore
• Line officers
  • Senior officers
    • Captain
    • Commander
    • Lieutenant commander
  • Junior officers
    • Lieutenant
    • Lieutenant junior grade
    • Ensign (VOY: "In the Flesh")
• Enlisted
  • Non-commissioned officers
    • Master chief petty officer
    • Senior chief petty officer
    • Chief petty officer
    • Petty officer
  • Crewman

Standard infantry ranks

This is a representative selection of ranks is based on several military rank structures used by various species' cultures.

• Flag officers
  • Marshal
  • General
  • Lieutenant general
  • Major general
  • Brigadier
• Field officers
  • Colonel
  • Lieutenant colonel
  • Major
• Company officers
  • Captain (TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday"; ENT: "The Catwalk")
  • Lieutenant (ENT: "The Catwalk")
    • First lieutenant
    • Second lieutenant
• Non-commissioned officers
  • First sergeant
  • Master sergeant
  • Staff sergeant
  • Sergeant
  • Corporal
  • Lance corporal
  • Private/Airman

This list contains links to only those ranks that have been mentioned or seen in canon Star Trek productions.

Other grades

• Commandant
• Fleet captain
• Cadet
• Midshipman

The Star Trek Encyclopedia describes this rank as equivalent to that of "warrant officer".

• Recruit
• Specialist
• Trainee (ENT: "The Catwalk")
• Uhlan

Honorary ranks

An honorary rank was one given by Starfleet without earning it by the usual methods.

Ari bn Bem was made an honorary commander. (TAS: "Bem")

When William T. Riker first encountered Data, he asked him if his rank of lieutenant commander was merely honorary. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint")

This chart shows only general equivalencies based on the ranks used by many governments on Earth, as well as the rest of the galaxy.

Police ranks

• Commissioner
• Inspector General
• Inspector
• Constable
• Marshal
• Sheriff (ENT: "The Catwalk")
• Deputy

Political and diplomatic ranks

• Ambassador
• Autarch
• Chancellor
• Consul
• Dohlman (Elas)
• Emperor
• Governor
• Grand Nagus (Ferengi Alliance)
• Groppler (Deneb IV)
• High Teer (Capella IV)
• King
• Minister
• Praetor (Romulan Star Empire)
• Prefect
• President
• Prime Minister
• Prince
• Proconsul
• Queen
• Regent
• Senator
• Tsar
• Vice-proconsul
• Viceroy

Religious ranks

• Emissary of the Prophets (Bajor)
• First Prelate (Drayan II)
• God
• Kai (Bajor)
• Priest
• Pri'Nam
• Ranjen (Bajor)
• Vedek (Bajor)

External links

• Rank at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• Diplomatic rank at Wikipedia
• Military rank at Wikipedia