Hi Everybody!
Chuck Anderson here!!
I was very glad that the Star Trek folks condescended to include enlisted personnel in their stories. (Maybe they got tired of having too many bosses and not enough rank-and-file employees!) Since everybody isn't an officer and wouldn't go to the Academy, they need to have Starfleet Recruiters and Basic Training Centres (Boot Camps) for enlisted personnel.
Trekkies should design some appropriate badges,headgear and other appropriate insignia for the Starfleet Recruiters and Starfleet Drill Instuctors, then suggest them to the powers that be at Paramount.
I imagine that a person would first go see their local Starfleet Recruiters, then later go to Basic Training, after which they'd either be sent to Technical School to learn their specialty, or be sent directly to a ship or unit for OJT (on the job training).
Chuck
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