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In Starfleet, an officer or commissioned officer is an individual who has attended, and graduated from the four-year cadet program of [[Starfleet Academy]]. Upon graduation from the Academy, the cadet is granted a commission appointing him or her to Starfleet's most junior officer's rank: that of [[Ensign]]. With the commision comes a Bachelor's degree in his or her major field of academic study, be it the Pure Sciences, Medicine, Military Science, etc. 

Commissioned officers are distinguished from non-commissioned officers and other crewmembers through the use of a rank structure.

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