But how could I, a lowly Hispanic lieutenant, keep Phist in the Navy, let alone bring him to me?

Wait until Anderson hears it was a lowly lieutenant keeping Mentzer out of the project.

Masters held their jobs by virtue of a warrant; they did not even have the commission granted the lowliest lieutenant a day past being a midshipman or master's mate.

After six years, he was still a lowly lieutenant, even with his top ability as a fighter pilot.

As a lowly lieutenant, I don't rate a gasoline ration for my duties.

Never very well, but enough to allow the First Lord to relax with a lowly lieutenant for a few minutes.

Except that a lowly lieutenant named Anstett heard about it and came rolling in with all his legal barrels smoking.

And if I did, I'd still be just a lowly lieutenant.

Some lowly lieutenant, with only a handful of men to care for.

For a moment Shaithis was puzzled; a Lord, even the lowliest lieutenant, would have dug his way out by now.