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Starfleet ground forces have come a long way in the last century. From the disbanding of the SFMC in 2294 to appease the
Klingon Empire after their complicity in the assassination of Kilngon Chancellor Gorkonand the attempted sabotage of the
Khitomer Accords, Starfleet's Rapid Reaction Teams have built a reputation for bravery under fire through the Cardassian
War and the recent Dominion War. For most of this time, they were subsumed into Starfleet's structure of Command,
Science and Operations branches. Following the part played by the ground forces in the taking of Cardassia Prime, it has
been decided to promote the RRTs to a full-fledged branch with their own branch colour and service infrastructure. This is
not a return to the SFMC, but a recognition of the vital role now played within Starfleet.

Unique to Starfleet's ground forces are armoured fighting vehicles, from Phaser Tanks to the ubiquitous "Hopper",
combining the attributes of a hovercraft with those of a grav vehicle.

Starfleet also uses a variety of Grav Bikes for reconaissance.

Starfleet's ground forces use a variety of personal weapons, from the standard phasers to the heavier isomagnetic
disintegrators and tetryon pulse rifles.

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Unique to the ground forces is the TR-116 projectile rifle, for use in areas with energy supprssing fields in place.

The EVA Combat Worksuit is an adaptation of Starfleet's standard EVA Worksuit. It is essentially a small spaceship with
six modular Waldo arms. These arms are specially adapted for combat missions including Phaser 2 and 3 modules.

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The current Starfleet uniform consists of a black tunic with branch-coloured shoulders and black high collar, and a 1cm wide
branch colour stripe on the wrist. The tunic is worn with matching black trousers and black ankle-height boots. Branch
colours are red for Command, gold for Operations, blue for Sciences and green for Ground Forces. All personnel within a
department wear the branch colour of the parent branch.

Specialised variant uniform items are available, including cold-weather, desert and athletic wear. Some of the uniform
options and variants available to ground forces personnel are shown below.

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Duty Uniform Duty Uniform Dress Uniform

Officers
Ratings
Officers

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Mess Dress
Officers

Academy
Cadet/Middie

Security
Armour

Camouflage
Jungle

Camouflage
Mountain

Camouflage
Arid

Camouflage
Woodland

Camouflage
Nautical

Camouflage
Urban

Camouflage
Arctic

Utility
Fatigues

Camouflage
Covert Ops

Desert
Fatigues

Athletic
Fatigues

Gymnastics
Sweats

Combat
Armour

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Combat
Medic

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Rough
Cold Weather
Weather Coat
Clothing

Stealth
Suit

Environmental
Suit

The Starfleet insignia is incorporated into the combadge and is worn on the left breast.

Rank insignia is worn on the right collar of the tunic.

Officers wear a series of silver and silver-rimmed black pips. Flag ranks wear smaller silver pips surrounded by a black
field.
Provisional rank insignia is worn by non-Starfleet personnel who have been been attached to a Starfleet unit in an officer
capacity, and is worn with Starfleet uniforms. Members of other armed forces attached to Starfleet units usually wear
their own rank insignia, and often wear their own service uniforms.
Cadets at Starfleet Academy wear a series of vertical silver bars denoting their academic year. Fourth year cadets
serving on their cadet cruise are addressed as midshipmen.
Officers

Ratings

Starfleet Academy
Cadets

Ensign

Crewman 3rd Class

First Year Cadet

Lieutenant (junior grade)

Crewman 2nd Class

Second Year Cadet

Lieutenant

Crewman 1st Class

Third Year Cadet

Lieutenant Commander

Petty Officer 3rd Class

Fourth Year Cadet

Commander

Petty Officer 2nd Class

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Captain

Petty Officer 1st Class

Field Captain

Chief Petty Officer

Senior Chief Petty Officer
Master Chief Petty Officer

All Starfleet personnel are issued a unique identification card. This card has a small holographic image of the bearer and
identifies the bearer by name, rank and branch. In addition, the card contains an isolinear memory chip with the bearer's
medical records and career documents and encrypted identity codes.

(Card design adapted from Morrow Project ID cards by Brannon W. Boren.

Brannon's original Morrow Project cards can be seen at his site.
Design used by permission.)

This page 2011 Owen E. Oulton

Thanks to "Captain Daniel Hunter," Volker Maiwald, Daniel Stack, "Modem" and Daniel Angulo for their help in pointing out uniforms I'd missed or
got wrong.

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