Ensign is a rank used in Earth Starfleet and Federation Starfleet. Ensign is the most junior officer grade subordinate to lieutenant and lieutenant junior grade. Most graduates of Starfleet Academy, both Federation and Lyran, are assigned this rank and spend their first year or two earning their promotion to the lieutenant grade.
The corresponding rank in the Romulan Star Navy is sublieutenant, in the Marines is second lieutenant, and in Federation Starfighter Corps is lieutenant.
The rank was also used by the Kellarian System Defense Forces (Star Trek: Remington).
Also, the Hydran Royal Navy used the rank of ensign in both its ground forces and space forces. In both cases, the rank of ensign was the lowest rank of commissioned officers. The rank of Cornet was equivalent and used interchangeably among Hydrans. (RIS Bouteina: "Forlorn Hope")
History[]
The term comes from the armies of France's Ancien Régime, where the ensign was the flag bearer of a battalion or a regiment. However, it was used in the wet navies of that era as well. The United States Navy abbreviation was ENS.
Starfleet insignia[]
22nd century | 2230s |
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2240s-2250s | 2250s | 2260s-2270s | Early 2270s (Shoulders/Sleeves) |
Late 2270s-2350s (Shoulders/Sleeves) |
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2350s-2360s | 2360s-2370s service uniform |
2360s-2370s duty uniform |
2370s-2380s |
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Early 2380s | Mid 2380s | 2390s |
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Alternate realities[]
2250s | 2380s-2400s | 2390s | 29th century |
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Other insignia[]
Klingon navy | Kellarian Navy | Lyran Starfleet |
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Starfleet ensigns[]
Enlisted ranks | Etc | Officer ranks | Flag ranks | |||||||||||||||
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Starfleet Officers Enlisted Misc. |
CR CA CN |
PO3 PO2 PO1 |
CPO | SCPO | MCPO CMCPO FMCPO MCPOSF |
WO CDT MID REC |
ENS | LTJG | LT | LCDR | CDR | CAPT FCAPT |
CDRE RDML RADM |
VADM | ADM | FADM | ||
Klingon Defense Force (Ground forces & navy) |
Bekk | Cpl | Sgt | MSgt | SgtMaj | 2nd Lt | 1st Lt | Capt (HoH) |
Maj | LtCol | Col | Brig ('ech) |
LtGen | Gen (Sa') | ||||
PO2 | PO1 | CPO | MCPO | ENS | LTJG | LT (Sogh) |
LCDR | CDR (la') |
CAPT (HoD) |
CDRE (totlh) |
VADM | ADM
| ||||||
Kellarian System Defense Force (Navy & Ground forces) (Star Trek: Remington) |
CR CN |
PO2 PO1 |
CPO | SCPO | MCPO | ENS | SLT | LT | SCDR | CDR | CAPT | CDRE | VADM | ADM | FADM | |||
PVT PFC |
CPL SGT |
SSG | MSG | SGM | 3LT | 2LT | 1LT | MAJ | LTCOL | COL | MGEN | LGEN | GEN | CGEN | ||||
Lyran ranks | CR CN |
PO2 PO1 |
CPO | SCPO | MCPO | CDT | ENS | LTJG | LT | LCDR | CDR | CAPT FCAPT |
CDRE | SCDRE | VADM | COUNT | DUKE KING |
External links[]
- Ensign article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
- Ensign article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.
- Ensign article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.