lieutenant commander

noun

Definition of lieutenant commander

: a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard ranking above a lieutenant and below a commander

Examples of lieutenant commander in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Guggenheim, in his early 50s, convinced Pentagon officials to recommission him as a lieutenant commander in the Navy. — Rinker Buck, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2021 Now a lieutenant commander, Smith is studying for a master’s degree at Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management. — Dom Amore, courant.com, 30 Sep. 2021 David Lucian Williams, a 32-year-old Navy lieutenant commander who had spent summers in Newport while growing up, was in the Pentagon when American Airlines Flight 77 smashed into the mega-building. — oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2021 Schaefer is a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve and has served in Afghanistan. — Mabinty Quarshie, USA TODAY, 26 July 2021 In the Navy during World War II, Anderson achieved the rank of lieutenant commander and served as a transport navigator in the Pacific. — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 23 July 2021 In 1967, during the Vietnam War, Dr. Hennessy was drafted and served in the Navy as a lieutenant commander assigned as a neurosurgeon to the Portsmouth Naval Hospital in Virginia. — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 3 July 2021 Alex Brown was slated to be on the field at a Padres game in May 2020 getting promoted by his captain to the rank of Navy lieutenant commander. — Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2021 More House Call During World War II, my father, David, was a lieutenant commander. — Marc Myers, WSJ, 4 May 2021

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13 Oct 2021

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“Lieutenant commander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lieutenant%20commander. Accessed 24 Oct. 2021.

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