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{{Imperial Army GFC ranks}} | {{Imperial Army GFC ranks}} | ||
The rank of [[Major]] (O4) is the commissioned officer rank in the [[Imperial Army]] that commands a [[Detachment]] or has duties of similar importance. | The rank of [[Major]] (O4) is the commissioned officer rank in the [[Imperial Army]] that commands a [[Detachment]] or has duties of similar importance. | ||
| − | * For ''Police Major'' see [[ | + | * For ''[[Major (police)|Police Major]]'' see [[Commander (police)|Major]]. |
== Description (Specifications) == | == Description (Specifications) == | ||
Latest revision as of 16:54, 14 April 2025
| Imperial Army Ground Forces Command Rank Grades |
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| Commissioned Officers |
| O11a » Field Marshal |
| O10 » General (Colonel-General) |
| O9 » Lieutenant General |
| O8 » Major General |
| O7 » Brigadier General |
| O6 » Colonel |
| O5 » Lieutenant Colonel |
| O4 » Major |
| O3 » Captain |
| O2 » First Lieutenant |
| O1 » Second Lieutenant |
| O0 » Officer Cadet |
| Enlisted Ranks |
| E9 » Chief Master Sergeant (Sergeant Major) |
| E8 » Senior Master Sergeant (First Sergeant) |
| E7 » Master Sergeant (Leading Sergeant) |
| E6 » Staff Sergeant |
| E5 » Sergeant |
| E4 » Lance Sergeant |
| E3 » Corporal |
| E2 » Lance Corporal |
| E1 » Private (Private 1st Class) |
| E0 » Recruit (Private Recruit) |
The rank of Major (O4) is the commissioned officer rank in the Imperial Army that commands a Detachment or has duties of similar importance.
- For Police Major see Major.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
Each Detachment in the Imperial Army larger than a Company will be commanded by a Major. The rank is also used for some administrative posts within a Battalion. Several staff posts at Regiment level (where these exist) or higher are also held by Officers with this rank.
- The equivalent rank in the Imperial Army Close Orbit and Airspace Control Command is Squadron Leader.
- The equivalent rank in the Imperial Army Nautical Force Command is Lieutenant Commander.
The equivalent rank in other services are:
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The rank of Major is derived from sergent-majeur which was (at the time) either the chief commissioned officer of a battalion or the third most senior commissioned officer (below the Colonel and his Lieutenant Colonel) in a Regiment.
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This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Major. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. The text of Wikipedia is available under the Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. |
This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
- Douglas E. Berry. Ground Forces (Steve Jackson Games, 2000), 51.
- Gareth Hanrahan. Core Rulebook (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), 12.
- Collated by: BackworldTraveller