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Lieutenant is a commissioned officer rank in many military organizations, naval services and space forces, most notably the Federation Starfleet.

Standing

A lieutenant is a low-level line officer rank, in naval organizations a grade higher than a lieutenant junior grade and a grade below lieutenant commander in most rank structures, although some organizations may differ or omit certain ranks. The lieutenant rank is roughly equivalent with the authority of a infanty captain of military forces. The lieutenant grades of such military units are generally divided up as second lieutenant and first lieutenant

In the Romulan Star Navy, the rank of lieutenant is normally used but an additional equivalent, trinam, also exists on some branches. (FASA RPG module: The Romulan Way)

In the Cardassian language, glinn is a Cardassian officer rank title which, in translation to Federation Standard, is approximately equivalent to a lieutenant . (TLE - Terok Nor novel: Day of the Vipers)

A lieutenant in Starfleet may be assigned as a department head or senior staff member of a mid-to-large size command such as a capital ship or space station. Some examples include Communications Officer Nyota Uhura of the USS Enterprise, Security Chief Worf of the USS Enterprise-D, Tactical Officer Tuvok of the USS Voyager or Chief Science Officer Jadzia Dax of Starbase Deep Space 9. (TOS; TNG; VOY; DS9)

A lieutenant could also serve as the first officer of a smaller starship or the second officer of a mid-size vessel. First Officer Ezri Dax of the USS Defiant and Second Officer Tuvok of Voyager filled these roles, respectively. (DS9, VOY)

In the Klingon Defense Force, the rank of lieutenant is represented by a rank insignia of a stylized, bi-segmented shape, within a circle. (FASA RPG module: The Klingons: Star Fleet Intelligence Manual)

Connections

	Enlisted ranks				Commissioned ranks							Flag ranks
Earth SF	CREW	PO2 PO1		CPO SCPO MCPO	ENS	LT		CMDR		CAPT FCAPT VICE CDORE		CDORE	RADM / 2ADM	VADM / 3ADM	4ADM	FADM / 5ADM GADM
Starfleet & SFMC	CREW	PO2 PO1		CPO SCPO MCPO	ENS JG ENS ENS 1C	LT JG	LT	LT CMDR	CDR	CAPT FCAPT VICE CDORE		CDORE 1ADM	RADM / 2ADM	VADM / 3ADM	4ADM	FADM / 5ADM GADM
Starfleet & SFMC	PVT	CPL	SGT MASTER SGT		SUBLT 2ND LT	1ST LT	CAPT	MAJOR	LT COL	COL		BRIG	GEN
Klingon Defense Force naval & marine	ENL (bekk)	PO/LDR (DevwI') CPO/TROOP LDR (QaS-DevwI')			ENS (lagh)	LT JG	*LT (Sogh)*	LT CMDR	CMDR (la')	CAPT (HoD)		CDORE (totlh)	ADM ('aj)			FADM
Klingon Defense Force naval & marine	ENL (mang) 2C ENL (mang) 1C LCPL	CPL (Da')	SGT (bu') SGT MAJ		LT JG	*LT (Sogh)*	CAPT	MAJ	LT COL	COL		BRIG ('ech)	MAJ GEN	GEN (Sa')
Romulan naval & Tal Shiar (where known)	UHLAN		DECURION		ANTE CENTURION (erein)	SUBLT	SUBCMDR (erei'riov)				CMDR (rh'iov)	CMDR GEN (khre'riov) HIGH COMMANDER	ADMIRAL ADMIRAL-SUPERLATIVE
							LT	MAJOR	TRIBUNE		COLONEL	CMDR GEN (khre'riov) HIGH COMMANDER	GENERAL (enriov)
							LT	CENTURION (arrain)			LEGATE	SR CENTURION (enarrain)	HIGH CENTURION
					EQUITORIAM	SECONDAM	TRINAM	CENTURION (arrain)			LEGATE	FIELD PRIMUS	PRIMUS			GRAND PRIMUS
Bajoran	DEPUTY, TECH	CPL	SGT		ENS	LT JG LT	CAPT	MAJ	FIELD COL		COL	GEN
Vulcan				Subaltern	Altern	SLt		Lt	Maj	SCdr		Cpt Cmdr	Min		Admin
Andorian				Lt			Cdr			Cpt	Gen

External link

Lieutenant article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
Lieutenant article at STO Wiki, the FANDOM wiki for Star Trek Online.

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 ==Standing==
-A lieutenant is a low-level line officer rank, in naval organizations a grade higher than a [[lieutenant junior grade]] and a grade below [[lieutenant commander]] in most rank structures, although some organizations may differ or omit certain ranks. The lieutenant rank is roughly equivalent with the authority of a [[captain (infantry)|infanty captain]] of [[military]] forces.
+A lieutenant is a low-level line officer rank, in naval organizations a grade higher than a [[lieutenant junior grade]] and a grade below [[lieutenant commander]] in most rank structures, although some organizations may differ or omit certain ranks. The lieutenant rank is roughly equivalent with the authority of a [[captain (infantry)|infanty captain]] of [[military]] forces. The lieutenant grades of such military units are generally divided up as [[second lieutenant]] and [[first lieutenant]]
 In the [[Romulan Star Navy]], the rank of lieutenant is normally used but an additional equivalent, [[trinam]], also exists on some branches. ({{rpg|FASA RPG|The Romulan Way}})