Lieutenant

Lieutenant is a military rank, the equivalent of which is used by the service organizations of many civilizations. As a traditional naval rank, Lieutenant is the grade between Ensign and the Commander grades. In infantry, Lieutenant is the lowest officer grade, falling below captain. An infantry Lieutenant commands a platoon, consisting of about thirty troops.

In the Earth Starfleet, the rank of Lieutenant was directly between Ensign and Commander. The Federation Starfleet uses additional grades in this transition, Lieutenant junior grade, Lieutenant and Lieutenant Commander. This is identical to the system used by many older Earth agencies. Starfleet Lieutenants are expected to be effective small-section leaders and technical experts, developing their leadership skills in preparation for promotion to the Commander tier.

In old Earth terms (such as the United States armed forces), infantry Lieutenants were divided as First Lieutenant and Second Lieutenant, equivalent to naval Ensigns and Lieutenants Junior Grade.

In the Romulan Star Empire, there exists a Lieutenant grade and also a lower grade, Sublieutenant. In the old Earth English navy the rank Sublieutenant is equivalent to Ensign.

The Andorian Imperial Guard in the 22nd century used the rank of Lieutenant.

This grade presumably exists in some form in many other cultures' rank arrangements.

The New Sydney police bureau uses the rank. Fuchida was a Lieutenant in 2375.

Many rank systems use the term Lieutenant in front of other grades to create a lower grade, Lieutenant Colonel and Lieutenant General for example.

The rank of Lieutenant also exists in the Federation Starfighter Corps, although the rank is not equivalent to the Starfleet Lieutenant rank. In the SFC, Lieutenant is the lowest commissioned rank and is equivalent to the Starfleet rank of Ensign.

Insignia

 * See Starfleet ranks for Starfleet rank insignia.
 * See Rank insignia comparison for equivalent insignia.


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