abstract
| - United States military insignia was the insignia which was used by the United States armed forces to display rank. One- and two-star generals have never been seen on screen, but their existence is implied by the appearance of three- and four-star generals. Two additional ranks, five-star "General of the Army" (held by Douglas MacArthur and Dwight D. Eisenhower) and six-star "General of the Armies" , (held by George Washington), have existed, but the insignia for these ranks has never been seen or discussed. The United States officer ranks of second lieutenant, ensign (equivalent ranks), lieutenant jg (equivalent to first lieutenant), lieutenant commander (equivalent to major), and the rank of naval captain (equivalent to colonel) have never been seen or discussed in Star Trek, hence their omission from the above table. The above United States armed forces insignia have appeared in various Star Trek productions including TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday" , TOS: "Miri" , Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, DS9: "Little Green Men", VOY: "The Killing Game, Part II", and ENT: "Storm Front, Part II". This chart shows only general equivalencies based on the ranks used by many governments on Earth, as well as the rest of the galaxy.
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