Junior lieutenant is a
junior officer
Junior officer, company officer or company grade officer refers to the lowest operational commissioned officer category of ranks in a military or paramilitary organization, ranking above non-commissioned officers and below senior officers.
D ...
rank in several countries, comparable to
Sub-lieutenant.
Germany
In
East Germany
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's
National People's Army
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The NVA was organized into four branches: the (Ground Forces), the (Navy), the (Air Force) and the (Bord ...
, the rank of () was introduced in 1956 and used until
German reunification
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in 1990.
Eastern Europe
In many
Eastern Europe
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an countries, the rank of junior lieutenant is used.
Russia
The rank of Junior lieutenant () was introduced into the Russian military in 1937.
Junior lieutenant insignia
Army insignia
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( Azerbaijani Land Forces)
( Belarusian Ground Forces)
( Royal Brunei Land Force)
( Kyrgyz Army)
(Malaysian Army
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)
(Russian Ground Forces
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The primary responsibilities of the Russian Ground Forces are the protection of the state borders, combat on land, ...
)
( Tajik Ground Forces)
( Turkmen Ground Forces)
( Ukrainian Ground Forces and Ukrainian Air Assault Forces
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)
Navy insignia
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( Azerbaijani Navy)
( Royal Brunei Navy)
(Royal Malaysian Navy
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)
( Russian Navy)
( Turkmen Naval Forces)
(Ukrainian Navy
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The naval forces consist of five components: surface forces, submarine forces, Ukrainian Naval ...
)
Other branches and non-military services
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( National Police of Ukraine)
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( State Emergency Service of Ukraine)
See also
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Podporuchik
''Podporuchik'' ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, потпоручник, potporučnik, , , , , ) is the most junior officer in some Slavic armed forces, and is placed below the rank of lieutenant, typically corresponding to rank of second lieutenant in English ...
References
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