Close Endeavors Ranks and Protocol

[Col. StaR]

Close Endeavors is broken into four subdivisions of labor and administration:

- Administrative Commission.
They are the key men and women that keep everything together. They are the best chosen few who serve to make large decisions, manage business, and maintain relations and finances. In essence, they play the politicians to initiate the usage of the other branches.

- Military Operations Command.
Better known as the "Strong-Arm Department", they are the largest and most important branch of Close Endeavors. They are the men and women who serve to fight on the ground or in the air. They are the branch that most new CE recruits enlist into.

- Provisional Department.
These are the men and women who support the MOC by delivering what is requested of them. They are the ground crews who service vehicles and weapons, medical teams who save lives, and the buyers who purchase from suppliers to make sure that every outfit is fully loaded with weapons, ammunition, and equipment.

[OOC] If you're reading this, there's a good chance you're part of the MOC. Administrative Command can be used for Events, and the Suppliers are more of a behind the scenes job, and not necessary to RP.

Close Endeavors Military Rankings:
The ranking structure of CE is very similar to that of the US Army, of which it was formed around.

Commissioned Officer

Supreme Commander - O-11 - SC

(A position that is only necessary when large-scale, galactic conflicts break out, in which all CE elements must centralize and mobilize to confront and suppress the conflict. It has only been assigned once before).


General - O-10 - GEN



Lieutenant General - O-9 - LTG


Major General - O-8 - MG


Brigadier General - O-7 - BG


Colonel - O-6 - COL


Lieutenant Colonel - O-5 - LTC


Major - O-4 - MAJ


Captain - O-3 - CPT


First Lieutenant - O-2 - 1LT


Second Lieutenant - O-1 - 2LT


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Warrant Officer

Chief Warrant Officer 5 - W-5 - CW5


Chief Warrant Officer 4 - W-4 - CW4


Chief Warrant Officer 3 - W-3 - CW3


Chief Warrant Officer 2 - W-2 - CW2


Warrant Officer 1 - W-1 - WO1


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Staff Non Commissioned Officer

Command Sergeant Major - E-9B - CSM


Sergeant Major - E-9A - SGM


First Sergeant - E-8B - 1SG


Master Sergeant - E-8A - MSG


Sergeant First Class E-7 - SFC


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Non Commissioned Officer

Staff Sergeant - E-6 - SSG


Sergeant - E-5 - SGT


Corporal - E-4B - CPL


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Enlisted

Specialist - E-4A - SPC


Private First Class - E-3 - PFC


Private - E-2 - PV2


Recruit/Private - E-1 - PV1
*No Insignia*
(Lowest ranking members who are starting Basic Combat Training (BCT). They are probational members of Close Endeavors and they must prove themselves worthy of their unit and Close Endeavors.)

All CE members are required to listen to their superiors, or face the consequences. All Rankings are arranged from most powerful and most authoritative to least, with members of the Officer Corp taking direct command of a unit unless stated otherwise. CE does not pin authority and ranking as a joint deal, but rank is only to show who has proven themselves over others.

Conduct towards a superior NCO
CE regulations restricts you from saluting an NCO and addressing them as sir/Ma'am. You may address any NCO from Sergeant to Sergeant First Class as their rank or as Sergeant. Ranks from MSG to CSM are required for you to address them by their exact rank. You may address a First Sergeant as Top (meaning top NCO of the company), and a CSM as Sergeant Major.

Conduct towards Warrant Officers
CE regulations restricts you from saluting a warrant officer. How you address a warrant officer depends on their personal preference however. For example, if they want you to address them as Mr., you will call them Mr., if they want you to address them as sir, you will call them sir, if a CW2 to CW5 wants you to address them as Chief, you will address them as Chief.

Conduct towards Commissioned Officers
Although CE regulations does not require you to salute an officer, it also restricts you from saluting an officer in combat, and doing any other action that indicates that he's an officer such as standing at attention when he arrives. In combat, you have to visually act like he's just a regular joe, because if you treat him as an officer in a way that gives him away, you risk drawing sniper fire.

Addressing your Superiors
CE regulations does not require you to salute a superior officer when they are addressing you, or you are addressing them. However, a CO's personal preference is what ultimately decides whether they will enforce such customary gestures or not.
When a superior officer enters the general area, it is a customary and respectful gesture to promptly stand at attention. Failure to do so may be seen as disrespect towards a superior officer, which may be followed by a further punishment.
(Note: Colonel Winters is fairly lax with his addressing protocols, but other officers and himself come to expect some degree of courtesy and respect from their subordinates.)

[Sniper3124]

Excellent writeup StaR, Good work

[Col. StaR]

Excellent writeup StaR, Good work

Actually, almost ALL credit goes to Jones.
He put a ton of his effort and know-how into this, and always modifies it into perfection. I've even got his setup for CEAF rankings in my PM box too (Whether they appear is still to be decided).

The only things I did that still remain:
-Start the thread,
-Made up the CE corporate divisions,
-Made up the special rankings (Supreme Commander and Recruit), so that it isn't a complete rip-off of the US Army.
-All the stuff at the bottom (Which I think Jones added to)

[Jones815]

Recruit is the BCT stage, PV1 which is the first stage of being a Private is after BCT. (Basic Combat Training AKA Boot Camp).