Difference between revisions of "Starfleet Marine Corps Ranks"


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==Current Rank Charts==
 
==Current Rank Charts==
  
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! style="text-align: center; background: #323232;" colspan="2" | Officer
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! style="text-align: center; background: #bbb;" colspan="2" | Officer
! style="text-align: center; background: #323232;" colspan="2" | Warrant
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! style="text-align: center; background: #bbb;" colspan="2" | Warrant
! style="text-align: center; background: #323232;" colspan="2" | Enlisted
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! style="text-align: center; background: #bbb;" colspan="2" | Enlisted
|- style="text-align: center; background: #222222; font-size:8pt; width: 100%;"
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|- style="text-align: center; font-size:8pt; width: 100%;"
! style="text-align: center; background: #323232;" | Rank Name
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! style="text-align: center; background: #bbb;" | Rank Name
! style="text-align: center; background: #323232;" width="288px" | Rank Insignia
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! style="text-align: center; background: #bbb;" width="288px" | Rank Insignia
! style="text-align: center; background: #323232;" | Rank Name
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! style="text-align: center; background: #bbb;" | Rank Name
! style="text-align: center; background: #323232;" width="288px" | Rank Insignia
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! style="text-align: center; background: #323232;" | Rank Name
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! style="text-align: center; background: #bbb;" | Rank Name
! style="text-align: center; background: #323232;" width="288px" | Rank Insignia
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|- style="text-align: center; background: #222222; font-size:8pt; width: 100%;"
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|- style="text-align: center; font-size:8pt; width: 100%;"
 
| [[Field Marshal]]
 
| [[Field Marshal]]
 
| [[Image:G-a5.png]][[Image:G-a5Right.png]]
 
| [[Image:G-a5.png]][[Image:G-a5Right.png]]
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| [[Sergeant Major]]
 
| [[Sergeant Major]]
 
| [[Image:G-e9.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
 
| [[Image:G-e9.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
|- style="text-align: center; background: #222222; font-size:8pt; width: 100%;"
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|- style="text-align: center; font-size:8pt; width: 100%;"
 
| [[General]]
 
| [[General]]
 
| [[Image:G-a4.png]][[Image:G-a4Right.png]]
 
| [[Image:G-a4.png]][[Image:G-a4Right.png]]
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| [[Master Sergeant]]
 
| [[Master Sergeant]]
 
| [[Image:G-e8.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
 
| [[Image:G-e8.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
|- style="text-align: center; background: #222222; font-size:8pt; width: 100%;"
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|- style="text-align: center; font-size:8pt; width: 100%;"
 
| [[Lieutenant General]]
 
| [[Lieutenant General]]
 
| [[Image:G-a3.png]][[Image:G-a3Right.png]]
 
| [[Image:G-a3.png]][[Image:G-a3Right.png]]
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| [[Gunnery Sergeant]]
 
| [[Gunnery Sergeant]]
 
| [[Image:G-e7.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
 
| [[Image:G-e7.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
|- style="text-align: center; background: #222222; font-size:8pt; width: 100%;"
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|- style="text-align: center; font-size:8pt; width: 100%;"
 
| [[Major General]]
 
| [[Major General]]
 
| [[Image:G-a2.png]][[Image:G-a2Right.png]]
 
| [[Image:G-a2.png]][[Image:G-a2Right.png]]
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| [[Staff Sergeant]]
 
| [[Staff Sergeant]]
 
| [[Image:G-e6.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
 
| [[Image:G-e6.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
|- style="text-align: center; background: #222222; font-size:8pt; width: 100%;"
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|- style="text-align: center; font-size:8pt; width: 100%;"
 
| [[Brigadier General]]
 
| [[Brigadier General]]
 
| [[Image:G-a1.png]][[Image:G-a1Right.png]]
 
| [[Image:G-a1.png]][[Image:G-a1Right.png]]
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| [[Sergeant]]
 
| [[Sergeant]]
 
| [[Image:G-e5.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
 
| [[Image:G-e5.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
|- style="text-align: center; background: #222222; font-size:8pt; width: 100%;"
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|- style="text-align: center; font-size:8pt; width: 100%;"
 
| [[Colonel]]
 
| [[Colonel]]
 
| [[Image:G-o6.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
 
| [[Image:G-o6.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
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| [[Corporal]]
 
| [[Corporal]]
 
| [[Image:G-e4.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
 
| [[Image:G-e4.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
|- style="text-align: center; background: #222222; font-size:8pt; width: 100%;"
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|- style="text-align: center; font-size:8pt; width: 100%;"
 
| [[Lieutenant Colonel]]
 
| [[Lieutenant Colonel]]
 
| [[Image:G-o5.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
 
| [[Image:G-o5.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
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| [[Lance Corporal]]
 
| [[Lance Corporal]]
 
| [[Image:G-e3.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
 
| [[Image:G-e3.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
|- style="text-align: center; background: #222222; font-size:8pt; width: 100%;"
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|- style="text-align: center; font-size:8pt; width: 100%;"
 
| [[Major]]
 
| [[Major]]
 
| [[Image:G-o4.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
 
| [[Image:G-o4.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
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| [[Private First Class]]
 
| [[Private First Class]]
 
| [[Image:G-e2.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
 
| [[Image:G-e2.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
|- style="text-align: center; background: #222222; font-size:8pt; width: 100%;"
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|- style="text-align: center; font-size:8pt; width: 100%;"
 
| [[Marine Captain|Captain]]
 
| [[Marine Captain|Captain]]
 
| [[Image:G-o3.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
 
| [[Image:G-o3.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
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| [[Private]]
 
| [[Private]]
 
| [[Image:G-e1.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
 
| [[Image:G-e1.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
|- style="text-align: center; background: #222222; font-size:8pt; width: 100%;"
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|- style="text-align: center; font-size:8pt; width: 100%;"
 
| [[First Lieutenant]]
 
| [[First Lieutenant]]
 
| [[Image:G-o2.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
 
| [[Image:G-o2.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
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| [[Second Lieutenant]]
 
| [[Second Lieutenant]]
 
| [[Image:G-o1.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
 
| [[Image:G-o1.png]][[Image:G-blankRight.png]]
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Some examples of insignia of the time:
 
Some examples of insignia of the time:
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|- align="center"  
 
|- align="center"  
| [[File:maco-e5.png|MACO Sergeant patch]]<br />[[Sergeant]] patch
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| width="33%" | [[File:maco-e5.png|MACO Sergeant patch]]<br />[[Sergeant]] patch
| [[File:maco-o6.png|MACO Colonel patch]]<br />[[Colonel]] patch
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| width="33%" | [[File:maco-o6.png|MACO Colonel patch]]<br />[[Colonel]] patch
| [[File:maco-a3.png|MACO Lieutenant General patch]]<br />[[Lieutenant General]] patch
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| width="33%" | [[File:maco-a3.png|MACO Lieutenant General patch]]<br />[[Lieutenant General]] patch
 
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|- align="center"  
 
|- align="center"  
| [[File:G-e3.png|Marine Lance Corporal pip]]<br />[[Lance Corporal]] insignia
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| width="33%" | [[File:G-e3.png|Marine Lance Corporal pip]]<br />[[Lance Corporal]] insignia
| [[File:G-e6.png|Marine Staff Sergeant pip]]<br />[[Staff Sergeant]] insignia
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| width="33%" | [[File:G-e6.png|Marine Staff Sergeant pip]]<br />[[Staff Sergeant]] insignia
| [[File:G-e8.png|Marine Master Sergeant pip]]<br />[[Master Sergeant]] insignia
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| width="33%" | [[File:G-e8.png|Marine Master Sergeant pip]]<br />[[Master Sergeant]] insignia
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
 
| [[File:G-o1.png|Marine Second Lieutenant pip]]<br />[[Second Lieutenant]] pip
 
| [[File:G-o1.png|Marine Second Lieutenant pip]]<br />[[Second Lieutenant]] pip

Revision as of 20:53, 10 April 2015

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The Starfleet Marine Corps' Ranking System is a direct evolution of the titles and hierarchy of earlier Earth marine and army forces, and has been relatively consistent throughout both the United Earth's MACO units and United Federation of Planets Starfleet Marine Corps.

Current Rank Charts

Officer Warrant Enlisted
Rank Name Rank Insignia Rank Name Rank Insignia Rank Name Rank Insignia
Field Marshal File:G-a5.pngFile:G-a5Right.png Master Warrant Officer File:G-w5.pngFile:G-blankRight.png Sergeant Major File:G-e9.pngFile:G-blankRight.png
General File:G-a4.pngFile:G-a4Right.png Chief Warrant Officer 1st Class File:G-w4.pngFile:G-blankRight.png Master Sergeant File:G-e8.pngFile:G-blankRight.png
Lieutenant General File:G-a3.pngFile:G-a3Right.png Chief Warrant Officer 2nd Class File:G-w3.pngFile:G-blankRight.png Gunnery Sergeant File:G-e7.pngFile:G-blankRight.png
Major General File:G-a2.pngFile:G-a2Right.png Chief Warrant Officer 3rd Class File:G-w2.pngFile:G-blankRight.png Staff Sergeant File:G-e6.pngFile:G-blankRight.png
Brigadier General File:G-a1.pngFile:G-a1Right.png Warrant Officer File:G-w1.pngFile:G-blankRight.png Sergeant G-e5.pngFile:G-blankRight.png
Colonel G-o6.pngFile:G-blankRight.png Corporal G-e4.pngFile:G-blankRight.png
Lieutenant Colonel G-o5.pngFile:G-blankRight.png Lance Corporal G-e3.pngFile:G-blankRight.png
Major G-o4.pngFile:G-blankRight.png Private First Class G-e2.pngFile:G-blankRight.png
Captain G-o3.pngFile:G-blankRight.png Private G-e1.pngFile:G-blankRight.png
First Lieutenant G-o2.pngFile:G-blankRight.png
Second Lieutenant G-o1.pngFile:G-blankRight.png


History and Evolution

Military Assault Command Operations

The initial creation of United Earth MACOs saw the need for a comprehensive, universal rank structure to be utilised, regardless of which country the individual holding the rank initially hailed from. As such, the foundations for the Marine Corps rank system were laid down.

The initial ranking system used sewn-on patches on the uniforms and berets worn at the time. The rank symbols on the MACO uniforms, much like the current rank pips, were in direct relation to the rank insignia used by the old United States Armed Forces.

Some examples of insignia of the time:

MACO Sergeant patch
Sergeant patch
MACO Colonel patch
Colonel patch
MACO Lieutenant General patch
Lieutenant General patch

24th Century Onwards

The MACOs and the Marines in general did not have a strong presence in Starfleet's organisation for many years, due to the largely utopia-like environment that the Federation core worlds enjoyed, and the peaceful exploratory mission of Starfleet. However, the Marines did return in the 24th Century as a force that grew into its place again with the various conflicts that began in the 24th Century - the Cardassian Wars, the threat of the Borg, and the Dominion War especially were all amongst the reasons that the marines as a force were returned to prominence.

With their return, the Marine Corps wore uniforms much more similar for their day-to-day duties to the standard uniforms of Starfleet than their old MACO companions wore, but their rank pips dated back to a time even before the MACO, and before United Earth, back to the collar pips of the United States military.


Marine Lance Corporal pip
Lance Corporal insignia
Marine Staff Sergeant pip
Staff Sergeant insignia
Marine Master Sergeant pip
Master Sergeant insignia
Marine Second Lieutenant pip
Second Lieutenant pip
Marine Major pip
Major pip
Marine Colonel pip
Colonel pip
Brigadier General pips
Brigadier General pips
Lieutenant General pips
Lieutenant General pips
Field Marshal pips
Field Marshal pips