Terran Navy ranks

Officers in the Terran Navy have different ranks. This includes the Navy and its branches such as the Ultramarine Corps. There are ten regular ranks. Regular ranks are divided into Executives and Regulars.
The Terran Navy has a wide array of different ships and fleets. Each ship and ship grouping has a commanding officer. The Navy as a whole is commanded by FLEETCOMM. 
=== Regular ranks ===
There are ten regular ranks in the Navy. These are divided into Regular and Executive officers.
Regulars include: Cadets, Sub-Lieutenants, Lieutenants, Lieutenant-Commanders, Commanders and Captains. Regulars are soldiers which have had long careers in the Navy or distinguished themselves on multiple occasions. 
Executive officers include: Commodores, Rear Admirals, Vice Admirals and Admirals. Executive officers outside of Commodores are almost universally issued from military academies, where they spent at least 6 years. They then receive the rank of Commander and usually climb the ranks up to Admiral. Commodores are often Captains or Commanders who have highly distinguished themselves during military campaigns or action and were promoted. 
Grand Admiral is the highest executive officer rank of the Terran Navy. These are highly distinguished admirals who lead an armada. There are 13 Grand Admirals at all times. 
== Insignia and uniforms ==
Regulars most often wear regular Navy uniforms and suits, and have a simple band around their arm which distinguishes their rank. Executive officers however wear officer uniforms, and have more elaborate ways of showing their rank. Most notably having collar ranks and sleeve ranks displayed. Before the 2500s officers had epaulets, but these were judged redundant and were gradually phased out. Executive officers had differing coloured uniforms depending on their ranks. Commodores wore black, Rear Admirals, Vice Admirals and Admirals wore blue and Grand Admirals had white uniforms. When they were in official meetings Captains and Commanders would also wear uniforms. Commanders wore gray and Captains wore dark gray. 
The insignia for each ranks band and sleeve rank is displayed below:
File:Cadet Navy Insignia.png|Cadet insignia
File:Sub-lieutenant Navy Insignia.png|Sub-lieutenant insignia
File:Lieutenant Navy Insignia.png|Lieutenant insignia
File:Lieutenant-Commander Navy Insignia.png|Lieutenant-commander insignia
File:Commander Navy Insignia.png|Commander insignia
File:Captain Navy Insignia.png|Captain insignia
File:Commodore Navy Insignia.png|Commodore insignia
File:Rear Admiral Navy Insignia.png|Rear admiral
File:Vice Admiral Navy Insignia.png|Vice-admiral insignia
File:Admiral Navy Insignia.png|Admiral insignia
File:Grand Admiral Navy Insignia.png|Grand Admiral insignia
*note that rank insignia is officially displayed in a V shape, but on uniform sleeves or bands it is displayed in a straight line
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