2278-2350 Divisions

Starfleet Divisions (2278)

Command				Engineering				Science
Command division includes both line and staff officers and all personnel, both enlisted and commissioned of the following corps: Administration Base Operations Fleet Operations Personnel Colonial Operations General Accounting Accountants Pay Masters Budget Analysis Logistic Support Store Keepers Resources Supply Analysis Technological Support Basic Research Energy Planetary Facilities Strategy + Tactics Requirements + Plans Exploration + Survey Inspector General Adjutant General Judges Dept. of Space Safety Security Intelligence Planetary Relations Special Diplomatic Corps Translators Fleet Archives + Records Fleet Academy				The Engineering division is made up of the following corps: Transportation Maintenance + Repair + Operations Machinists Mates Ship Fitters Construction Battalion Demolition Radiation Control Fire Control Transporter Personnel Energy-Field Personnel Technical Supply Gunnery Ordnance-Maintenance + Supply Weapons Control + Operation Explosives Storage + Handling Flight Control Helmsmen Ships Computer Maintenance and Repair				The Science division includes the following corps: Navigation Astronautics Computer Programming Communication Operation Maintenance and Repair of all ship and star base communication equipment Cryptology Alien Languages General Scientific Operations Alienology Anthropology Archaeology Astronomy Biology Chemistry Cybernetics Genetics Mathematics Physics and Metaphysics etc.
Commissioned		Enlisted		Commissioned		Enlisted		Commissioned		Enlisted
Arm band & shoulder strap	Collar	Arm band & shoulder tab	Collar	Arm band & shoulder strap	Collar	Arm band & shoulder tab	Collar	Arm band & shoulder strap	Collar	Arm band & shoulder tab	Collar
	White		Black		Yellow Ochre		Black		Grey		Black

Medical				Security				Special Services
Office of the Surgeon General Flight Surgeon Asst. Flight Surgeons Doctors Nurses Dentists Pharmacists Medical Technicians Psychotherapists Orderlies Research-Technicians				(under office of Inspector General but reporting directly to commanding officer as a special division on ship or shore) Ship Control Police Honor Guard Shore Marshalls Special Intelligence Special Forces Federation and Fleet Penal Personnel				Commissary Cooks, Asst. Cooks Stewards Waiters Bartenders Janitorial Personnel Laundry Personnel Gen. Cleaning Personnel Special Crafts Tailors Shoemakers Barbers Beauticians Photographers Printers Painters Recreation Musicians Entertainers Sports and P.T. Instructors
Commissioned		Enlisted		Commissioned		Enlisted		Commissioned		Enlisted
Arm band & shoulder strap	Collar	Arm band & shoulder tab	Collar	Arm band & shoulder strap	Collar	Arm band & shoulder tab	Collar	Arm band & shoulder strap	Collar	Arm band & shoulder tab	Collar
	Light Green		Black		Windsor Green		Black		Sky Blue		Black

Marines				Cadets and trainees
This division colour appeared in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. Since Bob Fletcher wasn't responsible for the TFF uniforms, there's nothing about this colour in his notes.				The Cadet Corps Enrolls future commissioned officers The Trainee Corps Enrolls future enlisted personnel Both graduate from the Fleet Academy.
Commissioned		Enlisted		Officer cadets		Enlisted trainees
Arm band & shoulder strap	Collar	Arm band & shoulder tab	Collar	Arm band & shoulder strap	Collar	Arm band & shoulder tab	Collar
	Royal Blue		Black		Flame Red		Flame Red

Starfleet Divisions (2320)

Command		Helmsman & Navigator
Arm band & shoulder strap	Flap	Arm band & shoulder strap	Flap
	White		Beige

Engineering, Operations & Security		Science & Medical
Arm band & shoulder strap	Flap	Arm band & shoulder strap	Flap
	Beige		Beige

Arm bands and shoulder straps

The bands on the left sleeves of both enlisted and commissioned personnel match the division colour to which he or she is assigned. This is also true of the commissioned officer’s shoulder strap and the shoulder tabs on the enlisted jumpsuits and the engineering protective suits.
Sleeve bands placed 3” above bottom of cuff. Cuff bears 4 rows of stitching ¾” apart.

Shirts, collars, and cuffs

The shirts with trapunto collars and cuffs worn by commissioned personnel also match his or her division colour.
The trapunto collars and cuffs on the enlisted personnel’s jumpsuits are always black unless he or she is a trainee. In which case they are fire red.

Exceptions

Cadet + Trainee sleeve and shoulder bands¹⁾ bear imposed slashes the colour of the divisions to which the enrolee will be assigned.

	Officer cadets		Enlisted trainees
Division	Arm band	Shoulder strap & collar	Arm band	Shoulder tab	Collar
Command		Flame Red			Flame Red
Engineering		Flame Red			Flame Red
Science		Flame Red			Flame Red
Medical		Flame Red			Flame Red
Security		Flame Red			Flame Red
Special Services		Flame Red			Flame Red
Marines		Flame Red			Flame Red

¹⁾ Only the sleeve bands had imposed slashes in the movies.

Fleet Academy instructors wear white with red slashes and a particular division stripe in the middle of the red slash.

We never saw any of those arm bands/shoulder straps in the movies but there were two admirals in the Federation Council scene in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home with white arm bands/shoulder straps and red slashes. Therefore I assume that Mr. Fletcher's original system for academy instructors was changed.

Commissioned officers
Division	Arm band	Shoulder strap	Collar
Command			White
Engineering			Yellow Ochre
Science			Grey
Medical			Light Green
Security			Windsor Green
Special Services			Sky Blue
Marines			Blue

Command officers who are attached to particular division, such as Commander McCoy, as head of his division on shipboard, may wear white slashes on his green sleeve band and shoulder strap or white sleeve band and strap with green slashes. The shirt colour in these cases is a matter of personal discretion.

Usually only commanding officers on ship board wear white shirts. Other officers in command of their divisions generally stick to shirts of their division colour and display white slashes on their sleeves & straps.

	Commissioned officers		Enlisted personnel
Division	Arm band	Shoulder strap	Arm band	Shoulder tab	Collar
Engineering					Black
Engineering					Black
Science					Black
Science					Black
Medical					Black
Medical					Black
Security					Black
Security					Black
Special Services					Black
Special Services					Black
Marines					Black
Marines					Black

Security Clearance Device

The shoulder strap closing the tunic of commissioned personnel terminates on the back of the right shoulder in a round silver colored electronic security clearance device which allows its wearer free access to locked and restricted areas for which he has been specifically authorized. Consequently not all these electronic decoding keys are the same shape.

Pants Stripe

Enlisted personnel
	2” wide black stripe from armpit to pants cuff.
Commissioned officers
	½” wide stripe colour of division set on 2” wide black up to rank of Commodore. ²⁾
	Commodore to rank of Admiral wear a 1” wide tunic red stripe with a narrow gold soutache in middle set on a 2¼” wide black self band.
	Admiral of the Fleet adds one more narrow gold soutache.

²⁾ Command officers don't have a white stripe but a tunic red one.