Starfleet Rank Insignia (2272 pattern)

• 1st March 2026

Flag officer rank insignia

Starfleet CodeF-5F-4F-3F-2F-1
Class A Sleeve InsigniaGold braid: 2 narrow, 3 narrow clustered, 2 narrowGold braid: 2 narrow, 3 narrow clustered, 1 narrowGold braid: 1 narrow, 3 narrow clustered, 1 narrowGold braid: 1 narrow, 3 narrow clusteredGold braid: 3 narrow clustered
Class A/B Epaulette InsigniaGold Federation Logo3 gold sunbursts2 gold sunbursts1 gold sunburst1 gold 8-pointed star
Rank TitleFleet admiralAdmiralVice admiralRear admiralCommodore

Note: Flag officers wear their rank insignia on the cuffs and epaul­ettes of their class A tunics, or the epaul­ettes of class B. Their uni­forms are dec­or­ated with addi­tion­al braid.

Line officer rank insignia

Starfleet CodeO-7O-6O-5O-4O-3O-2, O-1O-C
Class A Sleeve InsigniaGold braid: 3 narrowGold braid: 1 narrow, 1 broken, 1 narrowGold braid: 2 narrowGold braid: 1 broken, 1 narrowGold braid: 1 narrowGold braid: 1 brokenNo insignia
Class B Epaulette InsigniaGold braid: 3 solidGold braid: 1 broken, 2 solidGold braid: 2 solidGold braid: 1 broken, 1 solidGold braid: 1 solidGold braid: 1 brokenNo insignia
Rank TitleFleet captainCaptainCommanderLieutenant commanderLieutenantEnsignMidshipman

Notes: Line officers wear their rank insignia on the cuffs of their class A tunics, or the epaul­ettes of class B. The rank of lieu­ten­ant (juni­or grade) was abol­ished as part of the 2272 reor­gan­isa­tion, with all exist­ing hold­ers of the rank being pro­moted to full lieutenant.

Enlisted rate insignia

Starfleet CodeE-3
(later E-9, E-8, E-7)		E-2
(later E-6, E-5, E-4)		E-1
(later E-3, E-2, E-1)
Epaulette InsigniaHollow gold squareGold triangleGold braid: 1 narrow
Rate TitleChief petty officerPetty officerCrewman

Notes: Rate insignia for all rates are worn on epaul­ettes. Petty officers and chiefs are usu­ally addressed by their rat­ing, a com­bin­a­tion of their rate and job title, i.e. “Trans­port­er Spe­cial­ist ” or “Chief Armsman”. 

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