in a lot of ways, they ARE the ones in charge.......... Lt's get their rank from the classroom, (and they remain clueless until a bunch of grunts teach them the ropes, and how to survive, just enough for them to then become angry Capt's cause they get stuck in a position (and station) they cant stand and have to put in the time to move up to Major. Majors can be cool, more laid back and experianced, usually happy in their position... until they are forced to become a Colonel in training, (Ltc), running errands and getting coffee for the real Colonels....lol..(back to being angry? or either using that clueless facade they learned so well as Lt's....lol)...then they may get lucky and actually make Colonel, then, who knows what they actually do....lol.... they then fall back on depending on the SGM to actually run the batt's, and covering their butts with the Generals....lol..........(of course this is a generalization and im just speaking of the Army, the Airforce is another game...maybe Duke can say whether its the same over there....lol..... i shouldnt say much about them boys, im Army, and a grunt on top of that, i will probably offend someone, or at least make them cry....hahaha)