Army ranks Lieutenant

1 army ranks

1.1 lieutenant

1.1.1 second lieutenant
1.1.2 third lieutenant


1.2 eastern european ranks
1.3 russia
1.4 united states ranks

army ranks

conventionally, armies , other services or branches use army-style rank titles have 2 grades of lieutenant, few use third, more junior, rank. historically lieutenant deputy captain , , rank structure of armies began formalise, came mean captain commanded company , had several lieutenants, each commanding platoon. more junior officers employed deputies lieutenant, went many names, including second lieutenant, sub-lieutenant, ensign , cornet. parts of british army, including royal artillery, royal engineers , fusilier regiments, used first lieutenant second lieutenant until end of 19th century, , british army regiments still preserve cornet official alternative second lieutenant.

lieutenant

the senior grade of lieutenant known first lieutenant in united states, , lieutenant in united kingdom , rest of english-speaking world. in countries not speak english, rank title translates lieutenant , may translate first lieutenant or senior lieutenant . israel defense forces rank segen (סגן) literally translates deputy , equivalent lieutenant. in finnish military there senior lieutenant grade ranks above lieutenant , second lieutenant below captain; doesn t have english equivalent.

there great variation in insignia used worldwide. in english-speaking , arabic-speaking countries, number of european , south american nations, full lieutenants (and equivalents) wear 2 stars (pips) , second lieutenants (and equivalents) one. example of exception united states, armed forces distinguish lieutenant ranks 1 silver bar first lieutenant , 1 gold (brass) bar second lieutenant.

second lieutenant

second lieutenant junior grade of commissioned officer. in cases, newly commissioned officers not remain @ rank long before being promoted, , both university graduates , officers commissioned ranks may skip rank altogether. in non-english-speaking countries, equivalent rank title may translate second lieutenant , lieutenant , sub-lieutenant or junior lieutenant . non-english terms include alferes (portuguese army , air force), alférez (spanish army , air force), fänrik (swedish armed forces), ensign, leutnant (german army), letnan (indonesian national armed forces), poručík (czech army), segen mishne (israel defense forces) or løjtnant (danish army).

third lieutenant
































eastern european ranks

a few non-english-speaking militaries maintain lower rank, translated third lieutenant of1c. rank title may translate second lieutenant , junior lieutenant , sub-lieutenant or ensign . warsaw pact countries standardised ranking systems on soviet system. of former soviet , warsaw pact nations have discarded third rank while many retain bulgaria. other nations use term senior poruchik or nadporuchik (of1a), poruchik (of1b), , junior poruchik or podporuchik (of1c).

russia

the soviet union used 3 ranks senior lieutenant (старший лейтенант; starshy leytenant - of1a), lieutenant (лейтенант; leytenant - of1b), , junior lieutenant (мла́дший лейтенант; mladshy leytenant - of1c). armed forces of russian federation inherited rank structure. if military personnel serve in guards formation, or on guards warship, rank designation preceded word guards (e.g. guards junior lieutenant ). civil or military personnel in medical or judicial professions, military rank preceded words legal or medical service .

united states ranks

in march 1813 army created rank of third lieutenant. rank used entry level officer rank ordnance department , corps of artillery until march 1821. throughout 19th century , until late world war ii united states army referred brevet second lieutenants third lieutenants . these typically newly commissioned officers no authorized second lieutenant position existed. additionally, confederate states army used third lieutenant , typically lowest ranking commissioned officer in infantry company.

notably united states revenue cutter service used simple officer rank structure captain, first, second , third lieutenants, each of whom had distinct insignia. title of third lieutenant, equal rank of ensign, existed until 1915 when service became nucleus of new united states coast guard. because of time required establish organization rank continued time afterwards; first coast guard aviator, elmer f. stone, third lieutenant until 1918.