This rank structure for the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] is derived from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] [[Military Ranks (TOS)|ranks]] as mentioned in [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s blog.

== Rank equivalencies ==

These ranks have been speculatively expanded in order to provide a rough rank equivalency with the United States Navy. Many aspects of the following table are speculative.<br>
Rank equivalencies in real life are usually established only when two organizations with differing rank structures have to work together and establish who outranks whom. As this obviously isn't happening between [[Colonial Fleet]] and the United States military, the following table exists mainly to improve understanding of Colonial ranks for those familiar with the US military and similarily structured organizations.

The officer ranks of the [[Colonial Marine Corps]] have yet to be established on screen or by official sources and thus are not listed here.

{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
! style="font-size:100%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''Rank Equivilant'''
! style="font-size:100%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''BSG Military Rankings''' ||
! style="font-size:100%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''U.S. Navy Rankings'''
! style="font-size:100%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''BSG Examples'''
|-
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="5" align=left style="font-size:95%;" | '''FLAG OFFICERS'''
|-
| [O-10]
| Admiral ||
| Admiral
| [[Nagala]], [[Corman]] <ref name="a">'''Admiral''': Corman wears the same Admiral insignia as Adama and Cain, but wears thick gold piping on his uniform.</ref>
|-
| [O-9]
| Vice Admiral ||
| Vice Admiral
|-
| [O-7/8]
| Rear Admiral ||
| Rear Admiral
| [[Helena Cain]], [[William Adama]] (Season 2.5+) <ref name="ra">'''Rear Admiral''':
*In the [[Pegasus (Extended Version)|Extended Version]] of the episode "Pegasus", Adama states "Fleet promoted her to Rear Admiral over half of the Commanders on the list." This could also indicate that Commander is not a flag rank in the BSG universe.
*A [[:Image:GalPegDradis.JPG|screen capture]] of ''Galactica'''s Dradis shows two stars next to ''Pegasus''. It is speculated that this denotes [[Helena Cain|Cain]] as a two-star Admiral.
*When Adama is promoted to Admiral in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" his new rank insignia are identical to Cain's. They also have two gold bars on the sides, which could be equivalent to today's two stars of a Rear Admiral, Upper Half.</ref>
|-
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="5" align=left style="font-size:95%;" | '''COMMISSIONED OFFICERS'''
|-
| [O-6]
| Commander ||
| Captain
| [[William Adama]] (Miniseries-Season 2.5) <ref name="commander">'''Commander:''' The rank of Commander is somewhat unclear and encompassed duties of both modern Admirals and Captains. It may be analogous to the rank of "Commodore", which is no longer used in the US Navy.
</ref>
|-
|-
| [O-5]
| Colonel ||
| Commander
| [[Saul Tigh]], [[Jack Fisk]]
|-
| NA
| Major ||
| NA
| [[Jackson Spencer]], [[Cottle|Doctor Cottle]], [[Lee Adama]] (Season 3+)
|-
| [O-4]
| Captain ||
| Lieutenant Commander
| [[Lee Adama]] (Miniseries-Season 2.5), [[Kara Thrace]] (Season 2.5+), [[Aaron Kelly]], [[Karl Agathon]] (Season 3+)
|-
| [O-3]
| Lieutenant ||
| Lieutenant
| [[Kara Thrace]] (Miniseries-Season 2.5), [[Karl Agathon]] (Season 1-2) <ref name="helo"> Helo states his rank as "Lieutenant, Junior Grade" in "[[33]]", but he consistantly wears the rank insignia of a full Lieutenant.</ref>
|-
| [O-2]
| Lieutenant Junior Grade ||
| Lieutenant Junior Grade
|[[Sharon Valerii]], [[Felix Gaeta]], [[Louanne Katraine]] (Season 1-2)
|-
| [O-1]
| Ensign ||
| Ensign
| [[Davis]], [[Diana Seelix]] (Season 3+)
|-
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="5" align=left style="font-size:95%;" | '''NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS'''
|-
| || '''Fleet''' || '''Marines'''
|-
|[E-9]
| Master Chief Petty Officer || Sergeant Major
| Master Chief Petty Officer
|
|-
| [E-8]
| Senior Chief Petty Officer<ref name="SCPO and PO3">The ranks of Senior Chief Petty Officer and Petty Officer 3rd Class do not exist in the Colonial military, according to Ron Moore, but are included here due to matters of equivalency.</ref> || Master Sergeant
| Senior Chief Petty Officer
|
|-
| [E-7]
| Chief Petty Officer || Gunnery Sergeant
| Chief Petty Officer
| [[Galen Tyrol]], [[Erin Mathias]] ([[Marines|CMC]])
|-
| [E-6]
| Petty Officer 1st Class || Staff Sergeant
| Petty Officer 1st Class
| [[Hadrian|Hadrian]] ([[Marines|CMC]]) <ref name="hadrian"> In "[[Litmus]]" Sergeant [[Hadrian]] wears insignia listed here as 'Petty Officer, 1st Class'. While she is a [[Marines|Marine]], it is possible that some rank insignia are used in both services. <br/>Her rank is assumed to be 'Staff Sergeant' which equates to 'Petty Officer, 1st Class'. Placing her one rank lower or higher would create a conflict with the established insignia of 'Petty Officer, 2nd Class' and 'Chief Petty Officer' respectively.</ref>
|-
| [E-5]
| Petty Officer 2nd Class || Sergeant
| Petty Officer 2nd Class
| [[Anastasia Dualla]] (Miniseries-Season 2), [[Cally Henderson]] (Season 3+)
|-
| [E-4]
| Petty Officer 3rd Class<ref name="SCPO and PO3">The ranks of Senior Chief Petty Officer and Petty Officer 3rd Class do not exist in the Colonial military, according to Ron Moore, but are included here due to matters of equivalency.</ref> || Corporal
| Petty Officer 3rd Class
| [[Venner]] ([[Marines|CMC]])
|-
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="5" align=left style="font-size:95%;" | '''ENLISTED PERSONNEL'''
|-
| || '''Fleet''' || '''Marines'''
|-
| [E-3]
| Crewman Specialist || Lance Corporal
| Seaman
| [[Cally Henderson]] (Miniseries-Season 3), [[Socinus]], [[Prosna]]
|-
| [E-2]
| Deckhand || Private First Class
| Seaman Apprentice
| [[Scott Kelso]] ([[Marines|CMC]])
|-
| [E-1]
| Recruit || Private
| Seaman Recruit
| [[Sykes]], [[Stewart Jaffee]] (both [[Marines|CMC]])
|-
|}

==Insignia==

{| class="messagebox" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
|-
| colspan="4" class="infoboxheader" | '''Senior Officers'''
|-
| [[Image:NBSG-AdmiralPin1.jpg]]
| [[Image:NBSG-AdmiralPin.jpg]]
| [[Image:NBSG-CommanderPin.jpg]]
| [[Image:NBSG-ColonelPin.jpg]]
|
|-
| '''Colonel'''
| '''Commander'''
| '''Rear Admiral''' <ref name="ra"/>
| '''Admiral''' <ref name="a"/>
|
|-
| colspan="4" class="infoboxheader" | '''Junior Officers'''
|-
| [[Image:NBSG-LTjgPin.jpg]]
| [[Image:NBSG-LTsgPin.jpg]]
| [[Image:NBSG-CaptainPin.jpg]]
| [[Image:NBSG-MajorPin.jpg]]
|-
| '''Lieutenant, j.g./Ensign'''<ref>The use of the Lt.jg insignia for the rank of Ensign in episodes like "[[Scar]]" and "[[Dirty Hands]]" is likely just a costuming necessity. While the costuming department doesn't appear to have produced Ensign insignia yet, the Colonial Military would probably use different ones to distinguish the ranks.</ref>
| '''Lieutenant'''
| '''Captain'''
| '''Major'''
|-
| colspan="4" class="infoboxheader" | '''Non-Commissioned Officers'''
|-
| [[Image:NBSG-PO2Pin.jpg]]
| [[Image:NBSG-PO1Pin.jpg]]
| [[Image:NBSG-CPOPin.jpg]]
|
|-
| '''Petty Officer, 2nd Class'''
| '''Petty Officer, 1st Class''' <ref name="hadrian"/>
| '''Chief Petty Officer'''
|
|-
| colspan="4" class="infoboxheader" | '''Enlisted Personnel'''
|-
| [[Image:NBSG-SpecialistPin.jpg]]
|
|
|
|-
| '''Crewman Specialist'''
|
|
|
|}

These pictures were created by Jim Stevenson a.k.a. "137th Gebirg".
Insignia for the other ranks have yet to be shown on screen and thus aren't listed here.

Senior Officers' ranks can also be identified by the color of the piping on their [[Uniforms (RDM)|uniforms]].

==Notes==
*In a [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/02/index.html#a000020 blog entry] on February 19, 2005 Ronald Moore gave a little insight into the rank structure of Battlestar Galactica:
<blockquote>"What is the rank structure? It doesn't seem consistant with the Navy."

"The rank structure is derived from the original series. I didn't want to change Commander Adama to Captain Adama or Colonel Tigh to Commander Tigh, so I elected to simply embrace the co-mingled nature of the original rank structure. For our internal purposes, we've decided that the ranks are indeed a mixture of naval and army nomenclature and are basically as follows:

Officers:
*Admiral
*Commander
*Colonel
*Major
*Captain
*Lieutenant
*Lieutenant (junior grade)
*Ensign

Enlisted:
*Master Chief Petty Officer
*Chief Petty Officer
*Petty Officer (1st, 2nd Class)
*Specialist
*Deck Hand
*Recruit

Just to complicate matters further, there are also Marines aboard Galactica which conform more closely to the traditional enlisted Marine ranks, with Sergeants, Sergeant-Majors, etc. Unresolved is the question of whether the Marine officers would also adhere to the mixed rank structure (which sounds odd) or if they are strictly army equivalents (which makes no sense given that the "Navy" ranks seem oblivious to there being any such distinction). Aren't you glad you asked?"</blockquote>

==See Also==
* [[Uniforms (RDM)]] - Uniforms of the [[Re-imagined Series]].
* [[Military Ranks (TOS)]] - Ranks of the [[Original Series]].

==References==
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