RAM Enlisted Ranks and Insignia

Enlisted personnel in the RAM follow a nine-tier line of ranks, being promoted up as they prove themselves.

Gallery of Standard Rank Insignia

Specialty Lines

The vast majority of RAM enlisted personnel follow the main line, but there are three specialty lines that indicate special training.

Staff Line

The Staff line is for personnel trained to handle paperwork, particularly letters and communications. This is considered special training to help reduce the chance of miscommunications and errors between officers, particularly during battles.

The Staff Line is identified by a circle underneath the chevrons.

Technical Line

The Technical Line is for personnel trained to handle equipment, from major weapons and engines to radios and generators. As such equipment is rare, such technicians are trained specifically for their particular equipment.

Often, Technical is shortened to Tech.

The Technical Line is identified by a T underneath the chevrons.

Medical Line

The Medical Line is for personnel trained to help tend to wounded personnel. The RAM devotes a significant amount of resources and personnel to their medical line, and it is the second largest of the four lines.

The Medical Line is denoted by a cross underneath the chevrons.

The Ranks

01 – Rifle

A Rifle is the most common rank, for all new enlistees and volunteers.

Alternative: Clerk, Technician, Orderly

02 – Able Rifle

An Able Rifle is more experienced than a Rifle.

Alternative: Able Clerk, Able Technician, Able Orderly

03 – First Rifle

A First Rifle is expected to help Rifles get up to speed.

Alternative: First Clerk, First Technician, First Orderly

04 – Corporal

The lowest level of non-commissioned officer, a corporal’s primary responsibility is to keep the rifles in line and ready for duty.

Alternative: Staff Specialist, Technical Specialist, Medical Specialist

05 – Sergeant

A Sergeant is usually in charge of a squad, between eight and twelve individuals, supported by a corporal.

Alternative: Staff Sergeant, Technical Sergeant, Medical Sergeant

06 – Able Sergeant

An Able Sergeant is a mid-level NCO, assigned to platoons or junior officers.

Alternative: Able Staff Sergeant, Able Technical Sergeant, Able Medical Sergeant

07 – First Sergeant

A First Sergeant is assigned to companies or company officers.

Alternative: First Staff Sergeant, First Technical Sergeant, First Medical Sergeant

08 – Master Sergeant

A Master Sergeant is assigned to battalions or regiments, or to command officers.

Alternative: Master Staff Sergeant, Master Technical Sergeant, Master Medical Sergeant

09 – Sergeant Major

A Sergeant Major is the highest NCO rank in the RAM. They are assigned to the most important units and groups, and speak with generals. All Sergeant Majors are the same designation, regardless of what line they took to get there.

To be promoted to Sergeant Major, three other Sergeant Majors have to approve of the promotion.

Un-Official Alternatives

There are only four official lines of enlisted ranks, but the RAM enlisted personnel have taken to adding their own titles, base on an individual’s job within the RAM.

• Sharpshooter/Marksman – Scouts and Snipers
• Kit – Member of the Special Services Group.
• Grenadier – Those assigned grenade launchers.
• Gunners – Those assigned machine guns.
• Provost – Those assigned to the provost troops.

Naval Ranks

The small Renaissance Naval Group uses the same Rank insignia, but their own terminology for their ranks. The Naval Group also follows the naval tradition of mixing the rank and job when addressing a sailor (for example, an Able Petty Officer serving as in a gunner’s position would be referred to as an Able Gunner’s Mate).

The Master Chief Petty Officer of the Naval Group is held in the same esteem as the Sergeant Majors.