second lieutenant
noun
: a commissioned officer of the lowest rank in the army, air force, or marine corps
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In 1954, after the founding of the state of Israel, he was drafted into the Israeli Defense Forces as a second lieutenant.
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Robert D. Hershey Jr., New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
In 2006, when Ms. Haley was a first-term state representative, Major Haley finished his college degree and soon thereafter joined the South Carolina Army National Guard as a 36-year-old second lieutenant, older than most new officers.
—Matthew Rosenberg, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
Promoted to second lieutenant, he was dispatched to the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena to train as a meteorologist.
—Robert D. Hershey Jr., New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
His bid backfired when he was posted as a second lieutenant to a combat outpost south of Algiers, the capital.
—Bob Drogin, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
He was commissioned a second lieutenant in officer candidate school in August 1945, just as Japan surrendered in World War II.
—Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
In March 2003, a 24-year-old Seth Moulton, then a Marine second lieutenant stationed in Kuwait, made a bet with his fellow troops: President George W. Bush wouldn’t go through with an invasion of Iraq.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
The year was 1944, and Moody, a second lieutenant and member of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, died during a training exercise when the aircraft’s machine guns malfunctioned, badly damaging the propeller.
—Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
Potts earned a bachelor’s degree in management information systems from Murray State University in 1986, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in Army Aviation.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2023
Robert D. Hershey Jr., New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
In 2006, when Ms. Haley was a first-term state representative, Major Haley finished his college degree and soon thereafter joined the South Carolina Army National Guard as a 36-year-old second lieutenant, older than most new officers.
—Matthew Rosenberg, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
Promoted to second lieutenant, he was dispatched to the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena to train as a meteorologist.
—Robert D. Hershey Jr., New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
His bid backfired when he was posted as a second lieutenant to a combat outpost south of Algiers, the capital.
—Bob Drogin, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
He was commissioned a second lieutenant in officer candidate school in August 1945, just as Japan surrendered in World War II.
—Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
In March 2003, a 24-year-old Seth Moulton, then a Marine second lieutenant stationed in Kuwait, made a bet with his fellow troops: President George W. Bush wouldn’t go through with an invasion of Iraq.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
The year was 1944, and Moody, a second lieutenant and member of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, died during a training exercise when the aircraft’s machine guns malfunctioned, badly damaging the propeller.
—Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
Potts earned a bachelor’s degree in management information systems from Murray State University in 1986, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in Army Aviation.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2023
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