1stLt
Military abbreviation · US Marine Corps Rank
| Stands for | First Lieutenant (US Marine Corps) |
|---|---|
| Categories | Military |
1stLt stands for First Lieutenant (US Marine Corps), a US Marine Corps rank abbreviation.
Marine Corps officer rank at pay grade O-2, a single silver bar. First lieutenants serve as platoon commanders, company executive officers and junior aviators or staff officers.
Example: 1stLt Ito, the company XO, is coordinating the move to the field training area.
Usage notes
Promotion from second lieutenant normally follows after about two years. Written 1stLt in Marine style, 1LT in the Army and 1st Lt in the Air Force. A Marine first lieutenant is the same grade as a Navy lieutenant junior grade, and the two services often serve side by side aboard amphibious ships.
Related abbreviations
More US Marine Corps rank abbreviations
- 1stSgt – First Sergeant (US Marine Corps)
- 2ndLt – Second Lieutenant (US Marine Corps)
- ACMC – Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
- BGen – Brigadier General (US Marine Corps)
- CAPT – Captain (US Navy and Coast Guard)
- CMC – Commandant of the Marine Corps
- COL – Colonel (US Army)
- Cpl – Corporal (US Marine Corps)
- GEN – General (US Army)
- GySgt – Gunnery Sergeant
- LCpl – Lance Corporal (US Marine Corps)
- LtCol – Lieutenant Colonel (US Marine Corps)