ENLISTED RATES

Enlisted Officers are the main back bone to any organisation. Starfleet is no different...

Enlisting allows individuals who do not wish to take a 4 year training course at the Academy and a years tour of duty, to join up and become a member of Starfleet. There training is more specific and shorter, lasting but one year allowing for a continued training that takes place in the field.

This continued training means that upon reaching a high Rate a NCO may become an officer. (See the Bureau for Enlisted Affairs for more detailed information on this).

Bellow you can find a list of Rates (the term used to describe the Insignia used by NCOs), and pips, for Naval and Marine Enlisted Officers, or more simply called Non-Com's (non-commissioned officers).

Also provided hear is a comparison of the "experience chain of command" between the Officer and Warrant Officers Ranks and NCO Rates.

NCO Rates
*The TangoFleet & Starfleet Rates of "Master Chief Petty Officer of S.F. & T.F." and "Sergent Major of S.F. & T.F." are used by the TangoFleet RPG. Since they are not used by the spaceQuest RPG at this time, I have used the TF pips instead of using SQ versions of these rates.
Naval Rate	Insignia	Abbreviation	Marine Rate	Insignia	Abbreviation
Master Chief Petty Officer of Starfleet		MCPOSF	Sergeant Major of Starfleet		SMaj. SF
Master Chief Petty Officer of Tango Fleet		MCPOTF	Sergeant Major of Tango Fleet		SMaj. TF
Master Chief Petty Officer		MCPO	Sergeant Major		SMaj.
Senior Chief Petty Officer		SCPO	Master Sergeant		MSgt.
Chief Petty Officer		CPO	Gunnery Sergeant		GSgt.
Petty Officer 1st Class		PO1	Staff Sergeant		SSgt.
Petty Officer 2nd Class		PO2	Sergeant		Sgt.
Petty Officer 3rd Class		PO3	Corporal		Cpl.
Crewman		CM	Lance Corporal		LCpl.
Crewman Apprentice		CMA	Private 1st Class		Pvt 1.
Crewman Recruit		CMR	Private		Pvt.

Ranks
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