Editing Military Ranks (TOS)

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|'''BSG Military Rankings'''
|'''U.S. Armed Services'''
|'''BSG Examples'''
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|colspan=3 align=left style="font-size:12pt;"|'''FLAG OFFICERS'''
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|Commander  	
|Admiral (Fleet) [G-5/ G-4]
|[[Adama (TOS)|Commander Adama]]
|-
|Commander 	
|Vice Admiral [G-3]
|Commander Cain@-1
|-
|Commander
|Commander [G-4]
|[[Kronus|Commander Kronus]]
|-
|Commander
|Rear Adm.(Up) [G-2]
|N/A
|-
|Commander (Lt.)
|Rear Adm.(Low) [G-1] (Brigadier General)
|N/A
|-
|colspan=3 align=left style="font-size:12pt;"|'''COMMISSIONED OFFICERS'''
|-
|Colonel
|Colonel (Exec.Officer) [O-7]
|[[Tigh (TOS)|Colonel Tigh]]
|-
|Colonel (Jr. or Lt.Col.)  	
|[O-6]
|Colonel (Jr.) [[Tolen]]
|-
|Major [used in the [[novelizations]]] 	
|Major [O-5]
|N/A
|-
|Captain (Full Flight Wing Commander)  	
|US Air Force Captain [O-4]
|[[Apollo (TOS)|Captain Apollo]]
|-
|Lieutenant (1st/ Sr. grade) [Flight Leader]  	
|[O-3]
|1st Lts. [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]], [[Sheba]], [[Bojay]]
|-
|Lieutenant (2nd/Jr. grade; J.G.)  	
|[O-2]
|2nd Lts. [[Brie]], [[Deitra]], [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]], and [[Zac]]
|-
|Ensign (lowest ranking officer)  	
|[O-1]
|Ensign [[Greenbean]]
|-
|colspan=3 align=left style="font-size:12pt;"|'''ENLISTED NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS'''
|-
|Senior Flight Sergeant  	
|[E-5]
|Flight Sergeant (Sr.) [[Jolly (TOS)|Jolly]]
|-
|Flight Sergeant
|[E-4]
|Flight Sergeant [[Ortega]]
|-
|Flight Corporal  	
|[E-3]
|Flight Corporal [[Rigel]]
|-
|Petty Officer/Yeoman/Private (1st Class)  	
|[E-2]
|N/A
|-
|Cadets (The Academy; [[Saga of a Star World]])  	
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|Recruits ([[The Man with Nine Lives]])  	
|N/A
|[[Borellian Nomen]] "Recruits"
|}

== Reasoning on Ranks ==

*Under [[marshal law]] [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] is the Supreme Commander of the remaining rag-tag [[Fleet|Colonial Fleet]] [G-4 Sr.+ or G-5]. ("[[Baltar's Escape]]")
*Commander [[Kronus]] was fleet commander of 600 ships including the <i>[[Battlestar]] [[Rycon]]</i> ([[Fourth Fleet]]) He was retired; re-activated by [[Adama (TOS)|Commander Adama]], a former aide of [[Kronus]]; , [G-4 or G-4 Jr.], "[[Take the Celestra]]".
* [[Cain]]'s [[XO]], Colonel [[Tolen]] refers to Colonel [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]] as "sir" in "[[The Living Legend, Part II]]". Full Colonels do not address one another as "sir". However all Colonels (even Lt. Colonels) are addressed as "Colonel" or "sir" by lower ranking staff.
* [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] call [[Cain|Commander Cain]] "sir". Apollo even calls [[Tigh (TOS)|Colonel Tigh]] "sir".
* [[Zac]] was probably an Ensign, just listed incorrectly on the credits of "[[Saga of a Star World]]". 
** Reasoning: Zac had never been on a patrol; Lieutenants typically have flight experience and accured flight time.
* In "[[The Living Legend]]" Commander [[Cain]] is believed lost with the [[Fifth Fleet]]. They never say that Cain is 5th Fleet Commander. Cain is an independent operator; this would slow your promotions. Cain and [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] are from the same class; Cain finishes ahead of Adama. [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]] (likely a sophomore when Cain and Adama graduated) was at the Academy doing the same timeframe, but is younger than Cain and Adama.
* [[Omega]] is an officer; he has rights to [[Officer's Club]], we do not know what kind because the series ended after one network season. Omega could have been a <b>warrant officer</b> or a <b>Lieutenant</b>.

== Legend ==

*<b>G</b>: Generals
*<b>O</b>: Commissioned Officers
*<b>E</b>: Enlisted (Non-Commissioned)

== Credit ==

This information is derived from the defunct [[Battlestar Galactica InfoSphere]]; credit for corrections of this rank breakdown go to the fan referred to as "Fur".

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