Sentences with phrase «second lieutenant»

A "second lieutenant" is a rank or position in the military that is considered the lowest level of officer. They are responsible for leading and guiding a small group of soldiers. Full definition
The AP reports that women make up just 20 percent of cadets, who are mostly commissioned as second lieutenants in the army after graduation.
According to the Associated Press, women make up just 20 percent of cadets, who are mostly commissioned as second lieutenants in the Army after graduation.
He tells this story, among many others, to the hundreds of newly minted, twentysomething second lieutenants who come under his care and feeding each year.
A statement by Lt. Col Kingsley Samuel, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations said, «Another officer of a rank of Captain was demoted to the rank of second lieutenant on a one count charge of prejudice to military discipline punishable under the same act.
Unbroken is based on the life story of American Olympic runner and US Air Force second lieutenant Louis Zamperini, as told in Laura Hillenbrand's 2010 book of the same name.
In addition, any ROTC second lieutenants going on active duty may state where they prefer to be stationed.
«The Railway Man» Synopsis: Based on the memoir by Eric Lomax, this true story tells the tale of a Scottish second lieutenant who was captured by the Japanese in Singapore during the war, and shipped off to a camp in Thailand, where he suffered terrible tortures and became a forced labourer.
Area 35 invites players to join second lieutenant Nathan Gries and his troops in TINY METAL, a turn - based strategy game heading to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PC and Mac later this year.
Michael Cernovich (a former second lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve and National Guard): «If the good Senators — and, we presume, the Representatives — were so appalled with the torture memos, why didn't they draw up a bill properly defining it?
A Sandhurst graduate and second lieutenant in the Jordanian Armed Forces, he shares his adventurous lifestyle with an Instagram following of 1.3 million — and also uses the platform to promote his initiatives to support and engage the youth in Jordan.
He rose to the rank of second lieutenant.
It was greatest among university men, who were generally given Army commissions as second lieutenants.
President Rawlings of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), a former air force second lieutenant, set a high bar for Ghanaian presidents; in beginning his leadership, he put an end to a series of violent coups that had lasted over a decade.
Murphy's running mate, former Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D - Essex), was elected the state's second lieutenant governor.
The second lieutenant objected again, and Moore again overruled him, but more brusquely.
«I was wrong, and here was a second lieutenant calling a full - bird colonel on it in front of the entire group.»
Moore recounts the time a second lieutenant pointed out during one exercise - planning session that the plan Moore had picked would subject a covert landing party to a high risk of discovery.
Robert E. Lee (no relation) was a second lieutenant in the marines in 1975, when he was shipped over to Vietnam during the end - of - the - war evacuation, a month before the fall of Saigon.
When the second lieutenant objected yet a third time, Moore finally realized that the young man was right.
For instance, Sanya, a second lieutenant at the front, challenges a chaplain on how he squares the madness of war with the command to love your neighbor.
Cornelius was a centurion, a high - ranking noncommissioned officer similar to a sergeant or perhaps a low - ranking commissioned officer like a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
All seven expeditioners spent the next day at a Cuban fort, in the custody of a second lieutenant who wanted to shoot them and a first lieutenant who was undecided.
After graduating in 2001, a second lieutenant heading into the military police, Halfaker found there was no better way to bond with her men than by outplaying guys from other units on the basketball court.
Having completed ROTC, he would be commissioned a second lieutenant after graduation in May.
He enrolled in Officer Candidate School and was promoted to second lieutenant, his family said.
That made him a first lieutenant in a class of all butter bars — which means a second lieutenant, a lower rank,» said Caputo.
Cleary graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2013 and is now a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps.
He was commissioned into the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment on 8 March 1975 as a second lieutenant.
The son of N. F. and Katherine Fowler, he was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford, in the county of Essex; [1] after which he did National Service as a second lieutenant in the Essex Regiment.
He had taken four years of ROTC while in undergraduate school at St. Bonaventure and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army.
While there, he joined ROTC and received his second lieutenant's commission and helped start a student - veteran organization.
That same hunger to think outside of herself and her white Hollywood sphere is what anchors Jolie's sophomore effort, Unbroken, an account of the Job - like tribulations of Louie Zamperini (Jack O'Connell), a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force who barely scraped his way out of World War II.
As the plane bearing Louie, a second lieutenant in the US Air Force, engages in a firefight, the back - and - forth is at once hectic and harrowing, whether men are bloodied or missions accomplished.
I am Sam Tucker, a rising second - year student at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, and I am a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserves...
Grenadier and heroine of the tale Riley is part of the 32nd Armored Ranger Battalion's Firearms Support Division and second lieutenant.
Side missions consist of killing a boss's first and second lieutenants, then killing the boss itself.
I served for three and a half years, and got to be a second lieutenant.
After graduating cum laude in American History, Charlie received his commission in the U.S. Army as a second lieutenant.
• Bachelor degree or greater in computer science, information systems, or related field • Completion of R.O.T.C. training, or rank of second lieutenant or higher • Exceptional written and oral communication skills • Experience in programming in C++, Java, or Ada • Ability to perform critical thinking and problem - solving in mission - critical situations and high - stress environments • Meet Air Force fitness standards, along with physical and medical requirements
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