Harried noncoms and junior-grade officers buzzed everywhere, failing miserably to bring order to the chaos.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mercenary] Reference

Storywise, we're now in the third season, Gomez just got promoted to junior-grade lieutenant, and we're concurrent with "The Hunted.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Shakespeare's Insult 6 February] Reference

As it was, she was forced to choose from among a bevy of junior-grade ensigns, none of whom had the seniority aboard theEnterprise, much less the experience.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bloodthirst] Reference

They'd now been replaced by a recent - albeit brilliant-graduate of Starfleet Academy and a junior-grade lieutenant who owed his rank to battle-field commissions rather than full Academy experi-ence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Demons Of Air And Darkness]

Decent people may be shocked by reading about Washington's heavy-handed treatment of friends and foes alike, its bullying, use of diplomats as junior-grade spies, and snide remarks about world leaders.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric Margolis: Realpolitik Is Not a Pretty Sight] Reference

It's more of a "junior-grade" error, and I'm surprised that it wasn't caught earlier.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

Along with gunning for Amazon's Kindle e-book, the iPad also wants to dominate the next-rung-up world of junior-grade laptops known as netbooks.    From Wordnik.com.  [SFGate: Top News Stories]

Perhaps it would be better to say that the planet Strett became a junior-grade nova, since the actual nova stage was purely superficial and did not last very long.    From Wordnik.com.  [Masters of Space] Reference

If anything says "summer vacation's over, back to business," it's Nikon's new junior-grade professional model, but in the case of this excellent new entry into the full-frame sensor space, the cost of doing business just got a little cheaper.    From Wordnik.com.  [DigitalCameraReview.com Digital Camera News and Reviews] Reference

That ought to make him at least a junior-grade military genius. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Masters of Space] Reference

"Paula, find out who was in command of the Gaucho: he'd be a junior-grade lieutenant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uller Uprising]

Charged with insubordination by junior-grade officer-special circumstances cited by CO, charges dropped.    From Wordnik.com.  [Honorbound]

"Emmett, here, has a junior-grade spaceship that he uses to service those orbital telecast-relay stations of his.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uller Uprising] Reference

"Emmett, here, has a junior-grade spaceship that he used to service those orbital telecast-relay stations of his.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ullr Uprising] Reference

It showed the familiar features of the nervous young Ferengi Stevens remembered, but now wearing a junior-grade lieutenant’s uniform.    From Wordnik.com.  [Miracle Workers] Reference

"Congress has authorized a considerable increase in the number of midshipmen at the Naval Academy, and these midshipmen upon graduation are promoted to ensign and lieutenant (junior-grade).    From Wordnik.com.  [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference

What’s most entertaining about Len’s situation is that, even though he has become a globe-trotting steel-clad idol of millions, he’s still a junior-grade administrator in his organization, and still only gets to find out the information appropriate to his paygrade.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hero History: Dynamo | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News] Reference

I was a junior-grade detective then.    From Wordnik.com.  [Delta Anomaly] Reference

"From your comments it is obvious you are some sort of internet junior-grade libertarian.    From Wordnik.com.  [feminist blogs] Reference

By junior-grade personnel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Echo Burning]