Major

Major is a commissioned rank in many militaries, including the Bajoran Militia and the MACOs.

	Enlisted ranks				Commissioned ranks							Flag ranks
Earth SF	CREW	PO2 PO1		CPO SCPO MCPO	ENS	LT		CMDR		CAPT FCAPT VICE CDORE		CDORE	RADM / 2ADM	VADM / 3ADM	4ADM	FADM / 5ADM GADM
Starfleet & SFMC					ENS JG ENS ENS 1C	LT JG	LT	LT CMDR	CDR			CDORE 1ADM
	PVT	CPL	SGT MASTER SGT		SUBLT 2ND LT	1ST LT	CAPT	MAJOR	LT COL	COL		BRIG	GEN
US military (& US Navy)	PVT	CPL	SGT MASTER SGT		2ND LT	1ST LT	CAPT	MAJ	LT COL	COL		BRIG GEN	MAJ GEN	LT GEN	GEN
	CREW	PO		CPO SCPO MCPO	ENS	LT JG	LT	LT CMDR	CMDR	CAPT		RADM LH	RADM UH	VADM	ADM	FADM
MACO	Pvt	Cpl	SGT MASTER SGT		2Lt	1Lt	Cpt	Maj	LtCol	Col		Gen
Bajoran	DEPUTY, TECH	CPL	SGT		ENS	LT JG LT	CAPT	MAJ	FIELD COL		COL	GEN
Klingon Defense Force naval & marine	ENL (bekk)	PO/LDR (DevwI') CPO/TROOP LDR (QaS-DevwI')			ENS (lagh)	LT JG	LT (Sogh)	LT CMDR	CMDR (la')	CAPT (HoD)		CDORE (totlh)	ADM ('aj)			FADM
	ENL (mang) 2C ENL (mang) 1C LCPL	CPL (Da')	SGT (bu') SGT MAJ		LT JG	LT (Sogh)	CAPT	MAJ	LT COL	COL		BRIG ('ech)	MAJ GEN	GEN (Sa')
Romulan naval & Tal Shiar (where known)	UHLAN		DECURION		ANTE CENTURION (erein)	SUBLT	SUBCMDR (erei'riov)				CMDR (rh'iov)	CMDR GEN (khre'riov) HIGH COMMANDER	ADMIRAL ADMIRAL-SUPERLATIVE
							LT	MAJOR	TRIBUNE		COLONEL		GENERAL (enriov)
								CENTURION (arrain)			LEGATE	SR CENTURION (enarrain)	HIGH CENTURION
					EQUITORIAM	SECONDAM	TRINAM					FIELD PRIMUS	PRIMUS			GRAND PRIMUS

Positions and Lists

MACO

A major is between a Captain and a Lieutenant Colonel.

• J. Hayes, commander, Enterprise detachment
• Balthazar Edison (ST movie: Beyond)

Bajoran Militia

A major is between a Captain and a Field Colonel. After Bajor joined the United Federation of Planets, many Bajorans transferred to Starfleet with ranks of Lieutenant Commander.

• Kira Nerys, liaison officer to Deep Space 9

Chronology

2153

• J. Hayes

2154

• J. Hayes dies

2369

• Kira Nerys

2375

• Kira Nerys is promoted to Colonel