{"id":16384,"date":"2021-01-29T20:00:14","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T20:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/01\/29\/here-is-the-space-forces-new-rank-structure\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:22:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:22:41","slug":"here-is-the-space-forces-new-rank-structure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2021\/01\/29\/here-is-the-space-forces-new-rank-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"Here is the Space Force\u2019s new rank structure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Space Force\u2019s<\/a> new ranks are here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The military\u2019s newest service spelled out what its rank structure will be as of Feb. 1 in a memo signed Friday<\/a>, which almost immediately began to leak onto the Internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But those who advocated for the Space Force to adopt a rank structure patterned after the Navy \u2014 most notably Captain Kirk himself, Star Trek actor William Shatner<\/a>, on this very website \u2014 or something even more fanciful and space-faring will be sorely disappointed. With a few exceptions, the Space Force\u2019s rank structure closely resembles the Air Force<\/a> from which it derived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The officer rank structure for Space Force guardians, as they are now known, will be the same as that used by the Air Force, Army and Marine Corps, ranging from second lieutenants to four-star generals.<\/p>\n\n\n\t