SINCE 1828
second lieutenant
nounDefinition of second lieutenant
: a commissioned officer of the lowest rank in the army, air force, or marine corps
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Garland was a second lieutenant and served as a public affairs officer during his two-year commitment, which ended in 2012. — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, "49ers may turn to Air Force grad Garland to be their starting center," 31 July 2019 Afterward, she was commissioned in the Army as a second lieutenant. — Adam Carlson, PEOPLE.com, "Meet the Trailblazing FBI Agent with Hearing Loss Who Pushed the Bureau to Let Her in — and Excelled," 30 July 2019 Yeager graduated from Fountain Valley High School in 1982 and received her commission as second lieutenant in 1986 from the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Cal State Long Beach. — Daniel Langhorne, latimes.com, "She just made history as the first woman to lead an Army division. Meet Maj. Gen. Laura Yeager," 30 June 2019 Yeager graduated from Fountain Valley High School in 1982 and received her commission as second lieutenant in 1986 from the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Cal State Long Beach. — Daniel Langhorne, latimes.com, "She just made history as the first woman to lead an Army division. Meet Maj. Gen. Laura Yeager," 30 June 2019 Yeager graduated from Fountain Valley High School in 1982 and received her commission as second lieutenant in 1986 from the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Cal State Long Beach. — Daniel Langhorne, latimes.com, "Fountain Valley native Laura Yeager first woman to lead U.S. Army Infantry Division," 29 June 2019 Yeager was commissioned in 1986 as a second lieutenant from the Reserve Officer Training Corps at California State University, Long Beach. — USA TODAY, "Black Union regiment flag, Notorious BIG, Pikachu the mini pony: News from around our 50 states," 12 June 2019 By the time the U.S. entered World War II, James had graduated from officer candidate school and was a second lieutenant. — Karina Bland, azcentral, "His father wouldn't talk about D-Day. The son had to know the story," 16 June 2019 In 2008, Beierle enlisted in the Army, completing officers' school and becoming a second lieutenant. — Steve Hendrix, Anchorage Daily News, "He always hated women. Then he decided to kill them.," 7 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'second lieutenant.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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