In the
United States NavyThe United States Navy is the sea branch of the U.S. Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. As of 31 December 2008, the U.S. Navy had about 331,682 personnel on active duty and 124,000 in the Navy Reserve. It operates 283 ships in active service and more than...
, the
United States Coast GuardThe United States Coast Guard is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of seven uniformed services. It is unique among the military branches in that it has a maritime law enforcement mission and a federal regulatory agency mission as part of its mission set...
, the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps,
lieutenant commander (LCDR) is a mid-ranking officer rank, with the pay grade of O-4. Lieutenant commander ranks above Lieutenant and below
CommanderIn the United States, commander is a military rank which is also sometimes used as a military title, depending on the branch of service. It is also used as a rank or title in some organizations outside of the military, particularly in police and law enforcement.-Naval rank:In the United States...
and is distinguished by the "half-stripe" between the two full bars (as opposed to a Commander's full third stripe).
The rank is equivalent to a
MajorIn the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, major is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. It is equivalent to the rank of lieutenant commander in the other uniformed services.The pay grade for the rank of major...
in the other
uniformed servicesThe United States has seven federal uniformed services that commission officers as defined by Title 10, and subsequently structured and organized by Title 10, Title 14, Title 42 and Title 33 of the United States Code.-Uniformed services:...
.
Discussion
Ask a question about 'Lieutenant commander (United States)' Start a new discussion about 'Lieutenant commander (United States)' Answer questions from other users |
In the
United States NavyThe United States Navy is the sea branch of the U.S. Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. As of 31 December 2008, the U.S. Navy had about 331,682 personnel on active duty and 124,000 in the Navy Reserve. It operates 283 ships in active service and more than...
, the
United States Coast GuardThe United States Coast Guard is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of seven uniformed services. It is unique among the military branches in that it has a maritime law enforcement mission and a federal regulatory agency mission as part of its mission set...
, the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps,
lieutenant commander (LCDR) is a mid-ranking officer rank, with the pay grade of O-4. Lieutenant commander ranks above Lieutenant and below
CommanderIn the United States, commander is a military rank which is also sometimes used as a military title, depending on the branch of service. It is also used as a rank or title in some organizations outside of the military, particularly in police and law enforcement.-Naval rank:In the United States...
and is distinguished by the "half-stripe" between the two full bars (as opposed to a Commander's full third stripe).
The rank is equivalent to a
MajorIn the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, major is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. It is equivalent to the rank of lieutenant commander in the other uniformed services.The pay grade for the rank of major...
in the other
uniformed servicesThe United States has seven federal uniformed services that commission officers as defined by Title 10, and subsequently structured and organized by Title 10, Title 14, Title 42 and Title 33 of the United States Code.-Uniformed services:...
. Notably, Lieutenant commanders do not wear the gold embroidery (colloquially known as "scrambled eggs) seen on the cap of a Major.
While the gold oak leaf collar insignia worn by a Major of the
USAFThe United States Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of the U.S. armed forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on 18 September 1947 under the National Security Act of 1947 - 80 P.L....
,
ArmyThe United States Army is the branch of the United States Military responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military and is one of seven uniformed services...
, and
Marine CorpsThe United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible for providing force projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
is also worn by Lieutenant commanders on certain uniforms, they also wear, on formal uniforms the two medium and one narrow sleeve and shoulder braid stripe insignia like their counterparts in the Royal Navy, though with a speciality insignia instead of a loop. In this illustration, the inverted star of a
line officerThe term line officer is used in the United States Armed Forces to describe a military officer who is trained to command a warship, ground combat unit, combat aviation unit, or combat support unit. Officers who are not line officers are those whose primary duties are in non-combat specialties...
is used.
See also
- Military unit
- Comparative military ranks
This article is a list of various states' armed forces ranking designations. Comparisons are made between the different systems used by nations to categorize the hierarchy of an armed force compared to another. Several of these lists mention NATO reference codes. These are the NATO rank reference...
- U.S. Navy officer rank insignia