Definition of lieutenant commander
: a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard ranking above a lieutenant and below a commander
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The concert will salute the Illinois Bicentennial, the 100th anniversary of World War I and the Navy, and feature guest conductor Patrick K. Sweeten, lieutenant commander and director, Naval Fleet Band activities.
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Shults was commissioned into the Navy in 1985 and reached the rank of lieutenant commander, said Commander Ron Flanders, spokesman for Naval Air Forces in San Diego.
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Shults was commissioned into the Navy in 1985 and reached the rank of lieutenant commander, said Commander Ron Flanders, spokesman for Naval Air Forces in San Diego.
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Shults was commissioned into the Navy in 1985 and reached the rank of lieutenant commander, said Commander Ron Flanders, spokesman for Naval Air Forces in San Diego.
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Shults was commissioned into the Navy in 1985 and reached the rank of lieutenant commander, said Commander Ron Flanders, the spokesman for Naval Air Forces in San Diego.
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The division’s chaplain, a Navy lieutenant commander, told the inspector general that his wife was the subject of inappropriate comments.
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Matz was a retired U.S. Navy lieutenant commander with a distinguished military career.
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Senator John McCain was then a Navy lieutenant commander on the carrier.
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First Known Use of lieutenant commander
1839
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: an officer in the navy or coast guard who has a rank just below a commander
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