Military Ranks (TOS)

Below is a listing of military ranks within the Colonial Warrior hierarchy.
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BSG Military Rankings 	U.S. Air Force Rankings 	BSG Examples
FLAG OFFICERS 	FLAG OFFICERS 	FLAG OFFICERS
Commander 	General 	Commander Adama Under martial law is the Supreme Commander of the remaining Rag-tag Fleet .
Commander 	Lieutenant General 	Commander Cain In "The Living Legend" Commander Cain is believed lost with the Fifth Fleet. However it is never said that Cain was 5th Fleet's Commander. Cain is an independent operator and this would slow his promotions. Cain and are from the same class and Cain finished ahead of Adama. (likely a sophomore when Cain and Adama graduated) was at the Academy during the same timeframe, but is younger than them., Commander Kronus Commander Kronus was fleet commander of 600 ships including the battlestar Rycon (Fourth Fleet). He was retired, but is re-activated by Commander Adama, himself Kronus's former aide .
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 	COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 	COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
Colonel 	Colonel 	Colonel Tigh
Colonel (Jr. or Lt.Col.) 	Lieutenant Colonel 	Colonel Tolan Cain's XO, Colonel Tolan refers to Colonel as "sir" in "The Living Legend, Part II". Full Colonels do not address one another as "sir". However all Colonels (even Lt. Colonels) are addressed as "Colonel" or "sir" by lower ranking staff. On the other hand, since Tigh had been temporarily installed as commander of Pegasus, Tolen would have to address him as sir—even if they were the same rank (so there may not be a rank of 'Lieutenant Colonel').
MajorThe rank of Major is used in the novelizations 	Major 	N/A
Captain 	Captain 	Captain Apollo
Lieutenant (1st/Sr. grade) 	First Lieutenant 	, Sheba, In "Saga of a Star World," Starbuck leads the Red Squadron. Further, he is often the right hand man of Apollo, particularly in episodes such as "Lost Planet of the Gods," "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero," "Fire In Space" and "The Hand of God," and afforded responsibilities of a First Lieutenant.It should also be noted that in the Galactica 1980 episode, "The Return of Starbuck," he is noted as a first lieutenant in the Colonial Fleet., Bojay
Lieutenant (2nd/Jr. grade) 	2nd Lieutenant 	Brie, Deitra, and Zac
Ensign 	N/A 	Ensign Greenbean Zac was probably an Ensign, but listed incorrectly on the credits of "Saga of a Star World". The reasoning is that Zac had never been on a patrol. Lieutenants typically have flight experience and accrued flight time.
ENLISTED NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 	ENLISTED NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS	ENLISTED NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
Senior Flight Sergeant 	Staff Sergeant 	
Flight Sergeant 	Senior Airman 	Ortega
Flight Corporal 	Airman 1st Class 	Rigel
Petty Officer/Yeoman/Private (1st Class) 	Airman 	N/A
CadetsCadets were mentioned to attend the Fleet Academy in "Saga of a Star World".	N/A 	Bow, Cree, Shields
Recruits 	N/A 	Borellian Nomen "Recruits"
==See Also==
* Military Ranks (RDM) - Ranks from the Re-imagined Series.
* Military Ranks (1980) - Ranks from the Galactica 1980.
==Credit==
This information is derived from the defunct Battlestar Galactica InfoSphere; credit for initial corrections of this rank breakdown go to the fan referred to as "Fur".
==References==
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