An officer in The Salvation Army is a Salvationist who is an ordained minister of the Christian faith, but who fulfills many other roles not usually filled by clergy of other denominations.
They do so having been trained, ordained and commissioned to serve and lead and given a title which uses the terms of typical military rank.
[1] When applying to become a Salvation Army officer, strict acceptance guidelines must be adhered to before training can commence.
After a lengthy discussion with other Salvation Army leaders, General Shaw Clifton announced in November 2007 that the rank of lieutenant would be reinstated on March 1, 2008.
Other territories have made other ranks to reflect this status such as feldsergeant in Germany; sergeant-major' in Ukraine; envoy in Russia and corpsenvoy in the Netherlands.