Ensign

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

2240s-2250s	2250s	2260s-2270s	Early 2270s (Shoulders/Sleeves)	Late 2270s-2350s (Shoulders/Sleeves)

2350s-2360s	2360s-2370s service uniform	2360s-2370s duty uniform	2370s-2380s

Early 2380s	Mid 2380s	2390s
File:ENS (early 2380s).png File:Red (early 2380s).png	File:ENS (mid 2380s).png File:Red (mid 2380s).png	File:ENS (2390s).png File:Red (2390s).png

Alternate realities[]

2250s	2380s-2400s	2390s	29^th century

Other insignia[]

Klingon navy	Kellarian Navy	Lyran Starfleet

Starfleet ensigns[]

See Category:Starfleet ensigns

	Enlisted ranks					Etc	Officer ranks						Flag ranks
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		2^nd Lt	1^st Lt	Capt (HoH)	Maj	LtCol	Col	Brig ('ech)		LtGen	Gen (Sa')
Klingon Defense Force (Ground forces & navy)	Bekk	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.