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''It is written in the stars''
''He will get his captain's bars''
''But he hasn't got enough boxtops yet!''|'''[[Tom Lehrer]]''', "It Makes a Fellow Proud to be a Soldier"}}
|'''[[Tom Lehrer]]''', "It Makes a Fellow Proud to be a Soldier"}}
 
{{quote|''The most dangerous thing in the world is a second lieutenant with a map and compass.''|'''Murphy's Laws of Combat Operations'''}}
|'''Murphy's Laws of Combat Operations'''}}
 
Sometimes, the [[New Meat]] isn't a grunt. Sometimes, he's put in charge.
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* Bromhead in ''[[Zulu]]''.
** In [[Real Life]] both he and Lieutenant Chard were fairly experienced officers, however.
*The unnamed American Landing Signal Officer in ''[[Midway (2019)|Midway]]''. He is more probably a Warrant Officer than an Ensign but he shows a remarkable competence at guiding planes in takeoffs and landings despite looking [[Subverted|almost like]] a [[Child Soldier|Child Sailor]].
 
== Literature ==
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