The senior staff of Deep Space 9 in 2371
A senior staff meeting aboard the USS Voyager
A staff officer was a Starfleet officer that provided specialized support to line officers and all other persons in the organization. The staff officers of a specific vessel or institute together formed a senior staff. These officers held seniority positions in their departments, but were not necessarily senior officers. (DS9: "Crossfire") Members of the senior staff were sometimes referred to by the title "Department Head". (TNG: "Chain of Command, Part I")
Senior staff positions
The following positions could have been considered as senior staff positions:
- Commanding officer
- Executive officer
- Second officer
- Third officer
- Chief communications officer
- Chief science officer
- Chief medical officer
- Chief helmsman
- Chief navigator
- Flight controller
- Chief engineer
- Head counselor
- Chief tactical officer
- Security chief
- Chief operations officer
- Strategic operations officer
- Intelligence officer
- Chief of operations
- Head stellar cartographer
| Enlisted personnel | Commissioned officers | Flag officers | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleet: | CRM | PO | CPO | MID CDT OC WO |
ENS | LT JG | LT | LT CMDR | CMDR | CAPT | FCAPT | CDORE | RADM | VADM | ADM | FADM | ||||
| Military: | PVT AMN |
CPL LCP |
SGT | SSGT | MSGT 1SGT |
2nd LT | 1st LT | CAPT | MAJ | LT COL | COL | BRIG | MAJ GEN | LT GEN | GEN | MARSHAL | ||||
| Services: | Andorian • Bajoran • Cardassian • Ferengi • Human (CSA • Third Reich • UE MACO • USA) • Jem'Hadar • Klingon • Romulan • United Earth/Federation Starfleet • Vulcan Mirror universe: Terran Empire Starfleet • Terran Empire MACO | |||||||||||||||||||
This chart shows only general equivalencies based on the ranks used by many governments on Earth, as well as the rest of the galaxy.