lieutenant commander
noun
: a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard ranking above a lieutenant and below a commander
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Valor, the military arm of Siebert Financial, spent 13 years in Naval Special Warfare as a SEAL and left the military at the rank of lieutenant commander.
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Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2025
Born in Los Angeles, Kim is a U.S. Navy lieutenant commander, pilot and flight surgeon who was selected as part of the 2017 NASA astronaut class.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
The lieutenant commander serves as volunteer chairman of The Brother Benno Foundation’s board of directors.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
Goaded by a perceptive but plodding lieutenant commander, Joanne Galloway (Demi Moore) Kaffee, however, gives the case more than his usual surface smoothing.
—Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Dec. 2024
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Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2025
Born in Los Angeles, Kim is a U.S. Navy lieutenant commander, pilot and flight surgeon who was selected as part of the 2017 NASA astronaut class.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
The lieutenant commander serves as volunteer chairman of The Brother Benno Foundation’s board of directors.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
Goaded by a perceptive but plodding lieutenant commander, Joanne Galloway (Demi Moore) Kaffee, however, gives the case more than his usual surface smoothing.
—Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Lieutenant commander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lieutenant%20commander. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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