• Does Yeoman (TOS) = Ensign (TNG)?

    From John Crane@21:1/5 to grantlandx@gmail.com on Tue Jun 30 13:09:44 2020
    On 06/30/2020 12:56 PM, grantlandx@gmail.com wrote:
    On Tuesday, 16 August 1994 10:20:31 UTC+3, Grant Burton wrote:
    On Sun 14-Aug-1994 1:44p, Dirty wrote:
    Just watch "Under Siege."


    HUH????


    Back to TOS yes I read that there was no Officer / troops anymore.....
    abviously they have taken a step backwards in TNG, as there is clearly
    Officers and Crewman....
    --
    ___/\
    / \ jpicard@portal.apana.org.au (>:-I... Captain Picard...>:-)
    \___ / Gippsland Trekors Victoria Australia
    \* <--' Bev Crusher, 4th season, episode "Remember me?"
    "if there is nothing wrong with me,
    something must be wrong with the universe!"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl5TUw7sUBs&list=RDMMB178SGJnTuo&index=8



    No. 'Yeoman' is a job function, not a rank. Most Yeomen hold the rank
    of 'Ensign' as this is a lower level clerical position - as opposed to
    say, Chief Engineer.

    The TOS reference to 'no enlisted personnel' was in the book 'Making of
    Star Trek' and was stated to be in line with current USA Astronaut
    selection criteria - you had to be a military officer with other
    requirements - flight hours, etc. Obviously, that was abandoned as we
    had civilian astronauts at the end of the Apollo program and continue to
    do so today. Regardless or rank or origin, I assume everyone in
    Starfleet undergoes extensive training.

    -J

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  • From grantlandx@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Grant Burton on Tue Jun 30 10:56:29 2020
    On Tuesday, 16 August 1994 10:20:31 UTC+3, Grant Burton wrote:
    On Sun 14-Aug-1994 1:44p, Dirty wrote:
    Just watch "Under Siege."


    HUH????


    Back to TOS yes I read that there was no Officer / troops anymore..... abviously they have taken a step backwards in TNG, as there is clearly Officers and Crewman....
    --
    ___/\
    / \ jpicard@portal.apana.org.au (>:-I... Captain Picard...>:-)
    \___ / Gippsland Trekors Victoria Australia
    \* <--' Bev Crusher, 4th season, episode "Remember me?"
    "if there is nothing wrong with me,
    something must be wrong with the universe!"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl5TUw7sUBs&list=RDMMB178SGJnTuo&index=8

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  • From grantlandx@gmail.com@21:1/5 to John Crane on Tue Jun 30 12:07:35 2020
    On Tuesday, 30 June 2020 21:09:50 UTC+3, John Crane wrote:
    On 06/30/2020 12:56 PM, grantlandx@gmail.com wrote:
    On Tuesday, 16 August 1994 10:20:31 UTC+3, Grant Burton wrote:
    On Sun 14-Aug-1994 1:44p, Dirty wrote:
    Just watch "Under Siege."


    HUH????


    Back to TOS yes I read that there was no Officer / troops anymore.....
    abviously they have taken a step backwards in TNG, as there is clearly
    Officers and Crewman....
    --
    ___/\
    / \ jpicard@portal.apana.org.au (>:-I... Captain Picard...>:-)
    \___ / Gippsland Trekors Victoria Australia
    \* <--' Bev Crusher, 4th season, episode "Remember me?"
    "if there is nothing wrong with me,
    something must be wrong with the universe!"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl5TUw7sUBs&list=RDMMB178SGJnTuo&index=8



    No. 'Yeoman' is a job function, not a rank. Most Yeomen hold the rank
    of 'Ensign' as this is a lower level clerical position - as opposed to
    say, Chief Engineer.

    The TOS reference to 'no enlisted personnel' was in the book 'Making of
    Star Trek' and was stated to be in line with current USA Astronaut
    selection criteria - you had to be a military officer with other
    requirements - flight hours, etc. Obviously, that was abandoned as we
    had civilian astronauts at the end of the Apollo program and continue to
    do so today. Regardless or rank or origin, I assume everyone in
    Starfleet undergoes extensive training.

    -J

    I appreciate that you are talking absolute nonsense. Non-commisioned will always be be dirty, smelly and inferior.

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