Military Ranks (RDM)

OFFICERS
Admiral	Commander	Colonel	Major
File:Admiralpip sm.jpg	File:Commanderpip sm.jpg	File:Colonelpip sm.jpg	File:Majorpip sm.jpg
Captain	Lieutenant	Lieutenant JG	Ensign
File:Captainpip sm.jpg	File:Lieutentantpip sm.jpg	File:Ltjuniorpip sm.jpg	File:Ensignpip sm.jpg
Enlisted
Master Chief	Chief Petty Officer	Petty Officer
File:Masterpopip sm.jpg	File:Chiefpopip sm.JPG	File:Pettyofficerpip sm.jpg
Specialist	Deckhand	Recruit
File:Specialistpip sm.jpg	File:Deckhandpip sm.jpg	File:Recruitpip sm.jpg

Notes

1. On February 19, 2005 Ronald Moore gave a little insight into the rank structure of Battlestar Galactica

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?

The images of the ranks were drawn by Kevin Houghton and are based on Ronald Moore's list. The ones that I have seen and/or have photos of are admiral, commander, colonel, captain, lieutenant, chief petty officer, petty officer, and specialist. The rest are conjecture based on a somewhat logical progression of the different ranks as seen, and how most military ranks progress.

See Also

• Military Ranks (TOS) - Ranks from the original series.
• Military Ranks (RDM) - Ranks from the re-imagined series.