Editing Lieutenant (section)

====Naval rank====
{{main|Lieutenant (navy)}}
{{Navalranks}}

During the early days of the naval rank, a lieutenant might be very junior indeed, or might be on the cusp of promotion to captain; by modern standards, he might rank with any army rank between second lieutenant and lieutenant colonel. As the rank structure of navies stabilized, and the ranks of commander, lieutenant commander and sub-lieutenant were introduced, the naval lieutenant came to rank with an army captain (NATO OF-2 or US O-3).

The insignia of a lieutenant in many navies, including the Royal Navy,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.3761 |title=Uniforms and Badges of Rank – Royal Navy website |access-date=2008-10-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012070139/http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.3761 |archive-date=2008-10-12 }}</ref> consists of two medium [[gold braid]] stripes (top stripe with loop) on a [[navy blue]] or black background. Where in Myanmar Navy, they're Sub Lieutenant with the insignia of 2 gold stars. This pattern was copied by the United States Navy and various Air Forces for their equivalent ranks grades, except that the loop is removed (see [[flight lieutenant]]).

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File:French Navy-Rama NG-OF1b.svg|France
File:GR-Navy-OF2.svg|Greece
File:IN Lieutenant.png|India
File:PN LTSG WhtDr.svg|Philippines (Lieutenant Senior Grade)
File:POR-Navy-primeiro-tenente.png|Portugal
File:Russia-Navy-OF-1b.svg|Russia
File:US Navy O3 insignia.svg|United States
File:08. Myanmar Navy 1LT.png|Myanmar
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