Rank

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.

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
 * enlisted
 * non-commissioned officers:
 * master chief petty officer
 * senior chief petty officer
 * chief petty officer
 * petty officer
 * crewman (seaman)

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


 * flag officers:
 * marshal
 * general
 * lieutenant general
 * major general
 * brigadier
 * field officers:
 * colonel
 * lieutenant colonel
 * major
 * company officers
 * captain
 * lieutenant:
 * first lieutenant
 * second lieutenant
 * enlisted
 * non-commissioned officers:
 * first sergeant
 * staff sergeant
 * sergeant
 * corporal
 * private

Other grades

 * commandant
 * midshipman
 * cadet
 * specialist
 * trainee
 * uhlan