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Would an ensign serve as a chief of security?

Meste17 wrote:Would an ensign serve as a chief of security?

Is the ensign assigned as chief of security? If so, then I'd say "yes."

If you take the work chief at face value he wouldn't even need to be an Ensign.

Meste17 wrote:Would an ensign serve as a chief of security?

Only on a very small ship indeed.

On most ships I'd expect a security chief to be at least a Lieutenant Commander.

I would tend to think, on most starships, that most department heads would be of the rank of Lieutenant Commander.

Graham Kennedy wrote:On most ships I'd expect a security chief to be at least a Lieutenant Commander.

On the other hand the E-D, the fleet flagship, only had a Lt as security/tactical officer until a few days before her destruction.

Captain Seafort wrote:

Graham Kennedy wrote:On most ships I'd expect a security chief to be at least a Lieutenant Commander.

On the other hand the E-D, the fleet flagship, only had a Lt as security/tactical officer until a few days before her destruction.

Which I found weird. But fair enough, a Lieutenant then.

Department heads in real life would obviously be of higher rank. But there are small ships commanded by a LT but would be of like maybe three or four officers on board.

Star Trek should be the same thing. But we have seen Worf being one as a LT and in another department Harry Kim being one as an ensign. Technically he should have been promoted, a field promotion to fill that. But that is a discussion for another day

Bear in mind the size of the vessel and its mission. Remember that, for example, in WWII John F. Kennedy was a captain while holding the rank of lieutenant j.g.