Earthforce Ranks & Insignias

From The Babylon Project

Contents 1 Commissioned Officers 1.1 Insignia 2 Non-Commissioned 2.1 Insignia 3 Other Insignia 3.1 Stat Bars 3.2 Division Badges 3.3 Flight Wings 4 Notes 5 See Also 6 Gallery 7 References

[edit] Commissioned Officers

• Joint Chief of Staff:Part of a group comprising the Chiefs of service of each major branch of Earthforce.

• Example: General William Hague

• General:High ranking career military officers, usually in command of large fleets or infantry divisions.

• Example: Gen. Yuri Mikhailovich Denisov

• Colonel:High ranking career military officers, usually in command of bases or military installations.

• Example: Col. Elizabeth Lochley

• Captain: Career military officers, usually in command of single capital ships, bases or military installations.

• Example: Capt. Edward MacDougan

• Commander: Career military officers, usually Executive Officers on single capital ships, or in command of small bases, military installations or Governors of Earth Alliance colonies.

• Example: Cmd. Jeffrey Sinclair

• Lieutenant Commander:Career military officers, usually Executive Officers on single capital ships, small bases or military installations.

• Example: Lt Cmd. Laurel Takashima

• Major:Career military officers, usually in support roles or as adjutants to higher ranking officers, usually Generals.

• Example: Maj. Ed Ryan

• Lieutenant: Junior officers, usually in support roles, as seconds to mid-level or Executive Officers, or as senior pilots/squadron leaders.

• Example: Lt. Warren Keffer

• Lieutenant Junior Grade: Junior officers, usually in support roles or as seconds to mid-level or Executive Officers.

• Example: 2ndLt. David Corwin

• Ensign: Junior officers, usually in support roles or bridge officers on Starships. Sometimes leading a Marine squad or EVA team.^[1]

• Example: Ens. Matthew Gideon

[edit] Insignia

Joint Chief of Staff	General	Colonel	Captain
Commander	Lieutenant Commander	Major	Ensign

[edit] Non-Commissioned

• Warrant Officer: Non-commissioned rank that has all the authority and responsibilities of a commissioned officer, but restricted to a single speciality or discipline. Warrant officers are placed in authority over enlisted personnel, but answerable to senior officers.

• Example: Chief Warrant Officer Michael Garibaldi

• Sergeant Major

• Example: Sgt. Maj. Plug

• Sergeant: Non-commissioned rank held by both Marines and non-military peace officers.

• Example: Sgt. Zack Allan (Peace Officer)

• Private First Class: Non-commissioned rank most often held by Marines. No insignia.

• Example: P.F.C. Elizabeth Durman

• Private: Low non-commissioned rank most often held by Marines. No insignia.

• Example: Pvt. Kleist

[edit] Insignia

Warrant Officer (Security)

Sergeant Major (Marine)

Sergeant (Marine)

[edit] Other Insignia

[edit] Stat Bars

Stat bars are worn by Earthforce Officers on the left breast, directly underneath the stylised Earth Alliance Badge and denote the wearer's branch of the service. Note that flag officers bare an irregular star over there stat bar and while most Generals are by definition in command positions, not all of them wear the gold command bar. ^[2]

Flag Officer	Command	Executive Officer	Executive Officer (Telepath - Circa 2267)
Command Staff	Medical	Science	Security

[edit] Division Badges

The division badge is worn on the upper left shoulder and denotes the wearer's speciality. The exception being the Marine Command patch which is worn on both shoulders of an NCO's olive battledress uniform as well as officers in Marine BDUs.^[3][4] Pilots wear their division patch on the right breast, as the left shoulder is reserved for their squadron patch.

Command Division	Command Division (Marine BDUs)	Security Division	Presidential Security Division
Internal Affairs Division	Medical Division	Engineering and Maintenance Division	Earth Central Division
Mars Command	Earthforce Command (Starfury Pilots)	Earth Forces Off World (Starfury Pilots)	Babylon 5 Stratigic Forces (Starfury Pilots, 2260 onwards)
Earthforce Science team (Pilots)

[edit] Flight Wings

The flight wings patch is worn on the upper right shoulder of the standard duty uniform, or incorporated into the upper left breast name patch on the flight suit. The patch itself denotes that an officer is a qualified pilot and the extent of their qualification.

Master Pilot

Senior Pilot

Junior Pilot

Pilot

[edit] Notes

• This article includes only those ranks seen or mentioned on the show or from other canon sources, as such there are some gaps where other ranks would logically be (such as Corporal.)
• The rank of Admiral has been mentioned twice in passing during the course of the show, although it's not clear where such a rank would be in the command structure, given the prevalence of Generals from the Joint Chiefs down to the fleet level, with Captains seemingly commanding smaller fleets and task forces.
• Some ranks, such as CWO and LtJG don't appear to have any specific insignia at all, while some ranks have seemingly identical insignia to one another. For example, there doesn't appear to be any noticeable difference between the insignia for LtCmd and Lt. While the addition of a stat bar can help identify an officer's status, it is not directly linked to rank.

[edit] See Also

• List of Earthforce Personnel by Rank
• Titles and Military Ranks

[edit] Gallery

Shoulder epaulets of a Captain, 2258 onward	Stat bar of an Earthforce Commander	The shoulder epaulets of an Earthforce Commander, 2257	The shoulder epaulets of an Earthforce Commander, 2258 onward
Shoulder epaulets of an Earthforce Lt. Cmdr., 2258 onward

[edit] References

1. ↑ The Path of Sorrows
2. ↑ General Stephen Franklin is seen in Sleeping in Light wearing the brass star over his usual red medical stat bar.
3. ↑ Senior NCO in "Endgame" wore patches on both shoulders
4. ↑ Ensign Gideon has the patch on left shoulder in "The Path of Sorrows"