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Lieutenant (or 2nd Lieutenant).
Range in quality from utterly clueless to (particularly for non-grads) very experienced, capable soldiers. Grads don't really have time for that bit and carry "utterly clueless" with them until well into their Captaincy.
Well, at least that's what Team Non-Grad would have you believe, to make up for the enormous chips they all carry around with them.
| Officers: Second Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Captain | Major | Lieutenant Colonel | Colonel | Brigadier | Major General | Lieutenant General | General | Field Marshal |
| Non-commissioned: Private | Lance Corporal | Corporal | Sergeant | Staff Sergeant | Warrant Officer Class 2 | Warrant Officer Class 1 |
