Systems alliance Military/Rank System

The Alliance uses a modified version of the ranking system that has been used for hundreds of years. Soldiers are classified into rank-and-file enlisted personnel, experienced non-commissioned officers (NCOs), and battle-forged officers. The divide between naval personnel and ground forces is nonexsistent because the Alliance Military is an integrated force. As such, ranks are same in the alliance Army, Navy, Air Force, Sea Corps, Gendarmerie, Marines and Ceremonial Guards. This unity of command is imposed by the futility of fighting without control of orbit; without the navy, any army is pointless.

In ascending order of responsibility, the ranks of the Alliance are:

Enlisted

 * Serviceman (Svm.) Equivalent to NATO OR-1
 * Private (Pvt.) Equivalent to NATO OR-2
 * Corporal (Cpl.) Equivalent to NATO OR-3
 * Sergeant (Sgt.) Equivalent to NATO OR-4
 * Staff Sergeant (St. Sgt.) Equivalent to NATO OR-5

NCOs

 * Chief Sergeant (C Sgt.) Equivalent to NATO OR-6
 * Master Chief Sergeant (MC Sgt.) Equivalent to NATO OR-7
 * Advanced Chief Sergeant (AC Sgt.) Equivalent to NATO OR-8
 * Senior Chief Sergeant (SC Sgt.) Equivalent to NATO OR-9

Junior Officers

 * 2nd Lieutenant (Cad. Lt.) Equivalent to NATO OF-D
 * 1st Lieutenant (Lt.) Equivalent to NATO OF-1
 * Lieutenant Commander (Lt. Cmd.) Equivalent to NATO OF-2
 * Staff Commander (St. Cmd.) Equivalent to NATO OF-3

Senior Officers

 * Captain (Cpt.) Equivalent to NATO OF-4
 * Major (Maj.) Equivalent to NATO OF-5
 * Colonel (Col.) Equivalent to NATO OF-6
 * Brigadier General (Br. Gen.) Equivalent to NATO OF-7

General Officers

 * General (Gen.) Equivalent to NATO OF-8
 * Rear Admiral (Rr. Adm.) Equivalent to NATO OF-9
 * Admiral (Adm.) Equivalent to NATO OF-10
 * Staff Admiral (St. Adm.) Held only by the Marshal of the Alliance, Equivalent to NATO OF-11