Major

Major's insignia
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United States armed forces
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MACO
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Ekosian SS

Major is a military rank, the equivalent of which is used by the service organizations of many civilizations. As a traditional grade, major is a line officer of a fighting organization, below a colonel and above a captain. In comparison to naval ranking systems, this rank is equivalent to the naval lieutenant commander rank. Some rank systems include an additional rank, Lieutenant Colonel, that is superior to major and inferior to colonel.

This grade exists in some form in many other culture's rank arrangements, such as the Romulan Tal Shiar and the Bajoran Militia.

Some rank systems use the term major in conjunction with other ranks to create a different grade, major general or sergeant major for example.

In the episode "Patterns of Force", Captain Kirk addresses an SS officer several times as "Major" even though the officer wears both the collar and shoulder insignia of a Colonel. This was a common problem throughout the episode in that several characters wore rank insignias which did not correspond to the ranks spoken of in the dialog.

Noted Majors

• Major J. Hayes (Earth - MACO)
• Major Jatarn (Bajoran - Bajoran Militia)
• Major Kira Nerys (Bajoran Militia)
• Major Rakal (Romulan - Tal Shiar)
• Major Talok (Vulcan High Command, in fact covert Romulan agent)
• Major Malcolm Reed (Mirror Universe - 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.