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'''First lieutenant''' is a military [[rank]]. A traditional infantry rank, first lieutenant is the second lowest officer grade, senior to a [[Second Lieutenant]]. Infantry [[lieutenant]]s fall below [[captain]]s, and command a platoon, consisting of about thirty troops. In comparison to naval ranking systems, a first lieutenant is equivalent to [[lieutenant junior grade]]. | '''First lieutenant''' is a military [[rank]]. A traditional infantry rank, first lieutenant is the second lowest officer grade, senior to a [[Second Lieutenant]]. Infantry [[lieutenant]]s fall below [[captain]]s, and command a platoon, consisting of about thirty troops. In comparison to naval ranking systems, a first lieutenant is equivalent to [[lieutenant junior grade]]. | ||
This rank was used by the [[United States armed forces]] and [[police]], represented by a single rectangular silver bar [[uniform]] [[insignia]]. 1st lieutenants existed in other [[Earth]] nations, such as [[World War II]] [[Germany]]. In the German armies, this was translated as ''Oberleutnant'', but in the [[SS]], first lieutenants were referred to as ''Obersturmführer'' ("senior storm leader"). The collar insignia for this was a black square bordered with white, with three silver [[pip]]s in a diagonal line above a doubled silver stripe (a single pip was also worn on each epaulet). | This rank was used by the [[United States armed forces]] and [[police]], represented by a single rectangular silver bar [[uniform]] [[insignia]]. 1st lieutenants existed in other [[Earth]] nations, such as [[World War II]] [[Germany]]. In the German armies, this was translated as ''Oberleutnant'', but in the [[SS]], first lieutenants were referred to as ''Obersturmführer'' ("senior storm leader"). The collar insignia for this was a black square bordered with white, with three silver [[pip]]s in a diagonal line above a doubled silver stripe (a single pip was also worn on each epaulet). | ||
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Revision as of 17:31, 28 March 2022
First lieutenant is a military rank. A traditional infantry rank, first lieutenant is the second lowest officer grade, senior to a Second Lieutenant. Infantry lieutenants fall below captains, and command a platoon, consisting of about thirty troops. In comparison to naval ranking systems, a first lieutenant is equivalent to lieutenant junior grade.
This rank was used by the United States armed forces and police, represented by a single rectangular silver bar uniform insignia. 1st lieutenants existed in other Earth nations, such as World War II Germany. In the German armies, this was translated as Oberleutnant, but in the SS, first lieutenants were referred to as Obersturmführer ("senior storm leader"). The collar insignia for this was a black square bordered with white, with three silver pips in a diagonal line above a doubled silver stripe (a single pip was also worn on each epaulet).
