Talk:Marine Ranks

Ensign
What about the Engisgn position ?New Babylon 13:19, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Admiral
The way I see it, Admiral is the only position worthy to having its own page, seeing how long it is, and how powerful and respected the position is. 04:31, December 17, 2011 (UTC)

Strangely, this whole change seems better now..

Thank you. And, if anyone has any way of jamming Admiral into here, rather than leaving it its own page, please, feel free to try. 18:59, December 17, 2011 (UTC)

I didn't see the forum until now. There should have been a vote since I think every rank should have been merged into it. You can even do tabs if needed. SeaTerror 19:04, December 18, 2011 (UTC)

Well, it wasn't just the forum, the talk page in the Marines, rank category, and other places were talking about merging for quite a while. 20:09, December 18, 2011 (UTC)

Uh, that said, I find it confusing not to have a subheading above Fleet Admiral for Kong's Rank, Commander-in-Chief. At Fleet Admirals, it simply states Kong (Promoted). To what? 175.145.173.124 13:18, June 29, 2012 (UTC)


 * Commander-in-Chief is a World Government position, and as such is not part of the Marines. This page is for Marine ranks only. Zodiaque 13:24, June 29, 2012 (UTC)

Coby & Helmeppo
In Chapter 432 of the manga Coby and Helmeppo are ranked as Chief Petty Officer and Petty Officer, respectively. Yet here, Coby's a Master Chief Petty Officer and Helmeppo's a Chief Petty Officer. Did someone make a mistake here, or was I reading a different translation?46.33.142.30 21:09, June 27, 2012 (UTC)

Coby and Helmeppo were ranked as "sōchō" and "gunsō" respectively in Ch 432, same as they are on the wiki, so it was a different translation. Zodiaque 06:06, June 28, 2012 (UTC)

general inspector
both the sengoku and the one piece film z pages have general inspector on them. the link leads to this (marine ranks) page which has no refernece to ths rank. I think that because we dont have any information one the rank yet we should remove the link

There is a rank of Major Inspecter held by a marine named Shephered

Episode 199

72.50.30.130 05:24, December 26, 2012 (UTC)Neutral Pirate

Rank Groups
I made an organization of Marine ranks that accepts japanese original words (kanji) as a guide. I think we could and should group Marine ranks using what I think is OPverse's rationale instead of US Navy's rationale and structure. However I totally support the use of US Navy's denominations as translation reference of individual ranks.

MARINE OFFICER RANKS  

大将官 Taisho-kan *Senior Flag Officers

— 総帥 Sosui  [Taisho] **Forces ( 全軍 Zengun) Commander [Admiral] **Commander-in-Chief  —

—  元帥 Gensui  [Taisho] *Marine (海軍 Kaigun) Commander [Admiral] **Fleet Admiral  —

—  大将 Taisho  *Admiral  —

将官 Shokan <u style="font-style:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;"> *Flag Officers

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">中将 Chujo <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;"> *Vice Admiral

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">少将 Sho <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">sho *Rear Admiral

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">准将 Jun <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">sho *Commodore

<u style="font-style:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">佐官 Sakan * <u style="font-style:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">Senior Officers

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">大佐 Taisa <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;"> *Captain

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">中佐 Chusa <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;"> *Commander

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">少佐 Shosa <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;"> *Lieutenant Commander

<u style="font-style:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">尉官 Ikan * <u style="font-style:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">Junior Officers

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">大尉 Taii <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;"> *Lieutenant

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">中尉 Chui <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;"> *Lieutenant Junior Grade

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">少尉 Shoi <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;"> *Ensign

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">MARINE WARRANT RANKS 

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">准尉 Juni *Warrant Officer [No character]

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">MARINE ENLISTED RANKS 

<u style="font-style:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">下士官 Kashikan <u style="font-style:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;"> *Non-commissioned Officers <u style="font-style:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;"> *Petty Officers 

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">曹長 So <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">cho *Major Sergeant  **Master Chief Petty Officer

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">軍曹 Gunso *Sergeant **Chief Petty Officer

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">伍長 Gocho *Corporal **Petty Officer

<u style="font-style:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">兵 Hei *Privates **Seamen

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">一等兵 Ittohei <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;"> *Private 1/c **Seaman First Class

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">二等兵 Nitohei <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;"> *Private 2/c **Seaman Apprentice

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">三等兵 Santohei <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;"> *Private 3/c **Seaman Recruit ||  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">新兵 Shinpei <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;"> *Recruit

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">MARINE NON-ENLISTED PERSONNEL 

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">雑用 Zatsuyo <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;"> *Chore Boy

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">MARINE DECOMMISSIONED OFFICER RANKS 

大目付 Ometsuke *General Inspector

教官 Kyokan *Instructor

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">Obs. 1: Oda seems to prefer Japanese Army or Marine Corps Names for Ranks below Commissioned Officers. Compare here<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;"> and here<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;"> (Ballantine's Grammar of Spoken Japanese) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">.

Obs. 2: In SBS Volume 24, Oda said Marine (海兵   Kaihei, used as Japanese translation of U.S. Marine Corps soldiers), not Sailor (水兵 Suihei, used as Japanese translation of U.S. Navy soldiers, the seamen). Alelucas<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;"> ( talk<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">) 00:38, October 20, 2013 (UTC)

I say leave it as it is. Since it is an english translation, readers should be familiar with the respective ranks.

I think we could just use the original names of ranks as a guide for grouping the ranks. For example, the English reader should be informed by the OPwiki that a Commodore is a Sho as well. And we will inform official translations as usual and literal translations as usual. For example, the English reader should be informed by the OPwiki that Oda prefers Japanese Army names of ranks for the enlisted ranks instead of Naval names. But I agree with you: we should give English names before the original ones, as usual, by the way. I put the original names first here because I want show clearly what was my point.Alelucas (talk) 16:26, October 25, 2013 (UTC)

'''Rank System according to Oda. '''Here is my adaptation of Oda's description of Marine organization. Note he grouped some ranks. I think we should follow his system. Note also he put the [Zengun] Sōsui but not the Gorosei. (There is another version of Oda's SBS explaining that here .) Alelucas (talk) 13:49, October 26, 2013 (UTC)

We're not going to change it. Oda already gave a full list of marine rankings in a SBS. SeaTerror (talk) 19:26, October 26, 2013 (UTC)

SeaTerror, it's exactly what I'm saying. I think I was not crystal clear here. But my point is that we are not following Oda's SBS explanation. The page needs some organization improvements, especially in rank-grouping. Please, could you re-read my talk?! Note that table of mine above is my SBS translation. And I has explained here using Ballantine's Grammar that Oda uses Japanese Army names of ranks for ranks below commisioned officers. Please, guys, don't be intransigent. Like you guys, I put a lot of work here. I believe I'm not talking bullshit.Alelucas (talk) 00:03, October 27, 2013 (UTC)