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I am a fan of the classic Battlestar Galactica. As i have grown older i listened to the communications regarding the military ranks. I have never heard any reference to USAF ranks. What i have heard is references to British military rank. Here are some examples of the military rank.
ENLISTED RANKS: 1. In the episode: The man with nine lives the warrior in charge of the new recruits was a corporal.
2. Jolly was a sergeant in the early episodes.
3. In the episode where it was said Omega was listed as flight Sergeant I thought it said he was a Staff-Sergeant.
As for the ranks of Flight-Sergeant i believe this rank was given to enlisted sergeants who were pilots. The same title was given to Flight-Corporals. I believe Apollo's late wife was a Flight Corporal.
OFFICER RANKS:
Cadet Cree
Zac who was Apollo's brother Zac was an Ensign.
Ensign Greenbean was mentioned in the series. I never once heard the rank LT-2nd-Class mentioned.
Starbuck was mentioned as being a Lieutenant-First-Class in the series.
Then you have Apollo who was a Captain.
In one of the BSG books i read online i read about the senior bridge officer being a major.
The first officer aboard the Pegusas had to be a LT-Colonel. Why do i say this? Simple...When Cain was relieved of his command Tigh was told to take the bridge. The first officer also always called Tigh sir.
Tigh was a full Colonel
In Richard Hatches series Athena was given the rank of LT-Commander.
Commander Cain
Fleet Commander Adama
Colonial Ranks: British Ranks: Colonial Enlisted Pilots:
Warrior Private
Lance-Corporal Lance-Corporal Flight-Cadet
Corporal Corporal Flight-Corporal
Sergeant Sergeant Flight-Sergeant
Staff-Sergeant Staff-Sergeant
Warrant-Officers (?) Warrant-Officer
Cadet Cadet
Ensign 2nd-Lt Lieutenant-1st-Class 1st-Lt Captain Captain Major Major Lt-Colonel Lt-Colonel Colonel Colonel
The only naval ranks i know of are the ranks of Adama, Cain and Kronus. This is how i believe the ranks correspond with the British Military (Navy)
Unknown Rear-Admiral
Lt-Commander Vice-Admiral
Commander Admiral
Fleet-Commander Fleet-Admiral
THE UNIFORMS:
Just the mention of the ranks is not my only evidence. The way the uniforms are set up are also in a British fashion. In the British Army the Senior Officers such as Majors, Lt-Colonels and above all wore Blue uniforms as did their aid-de-camps and Warrant-Officers. The Movie "Zulu Dawn" you can see the use of uniforms.
This is seen in the classic series. Adama, Tigh, Tollen (Living Legend) who are all bridge officers all wear blue uniforms as does Athena who is a bridge officer. There were also men in blue uniforms who did not have the silver rings on their uniforms. I believe these warriors may be Warrant Officers. You can see the men in "The Living Legend".
This is still not the only reason why i believe the ranks are British. I did a study of the unit sizes and officers that command them. Here is what i came up with. There is no equivilant to modern air units that i could see based on my studies. There was a resemblance to the British.
I have several books on the British Military and their Colonies. The unit that fits Galactica's unit and officer in command is the Squadron. In my reference book by Osprey on the British forces the Squadron was 75 men strong and commanded by a Captain.
I looked at the "Battlestar Galactica Technical Manual" and looked at the number of troops. Based on my studies into the subject i found that the number of troops aboard a battlestar which is 510 is comprised of 4 companies if they are based on british companies.
This information combined together is how i came to the conclusion that the Colonial ranks are British.