BSG...I should add as a correction to the previous posts
that the ranks of 'Petty Officer' cease to be used in
series 4 and the final series, being apparently replaced
by 'Specialist' (grades 1 to 3). This is indicated in
some of the end credits with certain crew members being
given the ranks 'Sp2' and 'Sp3'. Since Dualla's promotion/
commission
(Dualla's rank was specifically given as 'Petty Officer 2nd
Class') to Junior Lieutenant,
different grades of PO are not mentioned and non-marines/
enlisted crew members are either referred to as
'Chief','Specialist' or simply 'Knuckledragger'
e.g. Tyrol before and after his demotion,resignation
and re-instatement as (the) Senior Chief.
There is no mention of any 'Master Chief Petty Officer',
although it has been indicated that Socrata Thrace was
a Sergeant-Major in the Colonial Marine Corps (in-show she
is described as being a Corporal before being discharged)
so the rank of Senior Chief could be equivalent to
Sergeant-Major (i.e. Senior NCO). Assuming again that
the enlisted crew, i.e. Deckhands and Marines, of
Galactica are all in the same chain-of-command
an estimate of the enlisted ranks can be given below:
Senior NCO=Sergeant-Major/Senior Chief
Gunnery Sergeant/Chief Petty Officer
First Sergeant/Petty Officer (2nd Class)
Sergeant/Petty Officer (3rd Class)
Corporal/Specialist (2nd Class)
Lance Corporal/Specialist (2nd Class)
Private First Class/Specialist (2nd Class)
Private/Crewman (or Deckhand Recruit?)
Note: all the enlisted ranks for the CMC are either
given in show or implied by character dialogue.
Combining PO with Sp allows for consistency.
that the ranks of 'Petty Officer' cease to be used in
series 4 and the final series, being apparently replaced
by 'Specialist' (grades 1 to 3). This is indicated in
some of the end credits with certain crew members being
given the ranks 'Sp2' and 'Sp3'. Since Dualla's promotion/
commission
(Dualla's rank was specifically given as 'Petty Officer 2nd
Class') to Junior Lieutenant,
different grades of PO are not mentioned and non-marines/
enlisted crew members are either referred to as
'Chief','Specialist' or simply 'Knuckledragger'
e.g. Tyrol before and after his demotion,resignation
and re-instatement as (the) Senior Chief.
There is no mention of any 'Master Chief Petty Officer',
although it has been indicated that Socrata Thrace was
a Sergeant-Major in the Colonial Marine Corps (in-show she
is described as being a Corporal before being discharged)
so the rank of Senior Chief could be equivalent to
Sergeant-Major (i.e. Senior NCO). Assuming again that
the enlisted crew, i.e. Deckhands and Marines, of
Galactica are all in the same chain-of-command
an estimate of the enlisted ranks can be given below:
Senior NCO=Sergeant-Major/Senior Chief
Gunnery Sergeant/Chief Petty Officer
First Sergeant/Petty Officer (2nd Class)
Sergeant/Petty Officer (3rd Class)
Corporal/Specialist (2nd Class)
Lance Corporal/Specialist (2nd Class)
Private First Class/Specialist (2nd Class)
Private/Crewman (or Deckhand Recruit?)
Note: all the enlisted ranks for the CMC are either
given in show or implied by character dialogue.
Combining PO with Sp allows for consistency.
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