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class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O4_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/US-O4_insignia.svg/100px-US-O4_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/US-O4_insignia.svg/150px-US-O4_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/US-O4_insignia.svg/200px-US-O4_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="524" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Insignia of the rank of lieutenant commander</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" 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href="/wiki/United_States_Public_Health_Service_Commissioned_Corps" title="United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps">Public Health Service</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration_Commissioned_Officer_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps">NOAA Corps</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Maritime_Service" title="United States Maritime Service">Maritime Service</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank group</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Field_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Field officer">Junior officer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> <a href="/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_NATO" title="Ranks and insignia of NATO">rank code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">OF-3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pay grade</th><td class="infobox-data">O-4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Next higher rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Commander_(United_States)" title="Commander (United States)">Commander</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Next lower rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant (United States)">Lieutenant</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Equivalent ranks</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">Major</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_090713-F-1333S-029_Lieutenant_Commander_Todd_Gleeson,_embarked_aboard_the_Military_Sealift_Command_hospital_ship_USNS_Comfort_(T-AH_20),_provides_medical_care_to_a_Nicaraguan_woman.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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providing medical care aboard <a href="/wiki/USNS_Comfort" title="USNS Comfort">USNS <i>Comfort</i> (T-AH 20)</a></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Lieutenant commander</b> (<b>LCDR</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Junior_officer" title="Junior officer">junior officer</a> rank in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">United States Coast Guard</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Public_Health_Service_Commissioned_Corps" title="United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps">United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration_Commissioned_Officer_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps</a> (NOAA Corps), with the pay grade of O-4 and <a href="/wiki/Naval_officer_ranks#NATO_Rank_Codes" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval officer ranks">NATO rank code</a> OF-3. Lieutenant commander ranks above <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant#Naval_rank" title="Lieutenant">lieutenant</a> and below <a href="/wiki/Commander_(United_States)" title="Commander (United States)">commander</a>. The rank is also used in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Maritime_Service" title="United States Maritime Service">United States Maritime Service</a> . The rank is equivalent to a <a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">major</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a>, and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">United States Space Force</a>. </p><p>When introducing a lieutenant commander, their full rank should always be used; however, in general conversation they are usually called "commander" even though they are not "full" commanders (which is one rank higher). Simply "lieutenant" is never used because it is one rank lower. </p><p>Promotion to lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy is governed by <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">United States Department of Defense</a> policies derived from the <a href="/wiki/Defense_Officer_Personnel_Management_Act" title="Defense Officer Personnel Management Act">Defense Officer Personnel Management Act</a> of 1980. DOPMA guidelines suggest 80% of lieutenants should be promoted to lieutenant commander after serving a minimum of three years as lieutenants and after attaining nine to eleven years of cumulative commissioned service.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>While lieutenant commander is the U.S. Navy's first commissioned officer rank to be selected by a board, lieutenant commanders are still considered to be junior officers due to their origin as "lieutenant, commanding".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This can be seen by lieutenant commanders not wearing the headgear embellishment (colloquially known as "<a href="/wiki/Scrambled_eggs_(uniform)" class="mw-redirect" title="Scrambled eggs (uniform)">scrambled eggs</a>") on their combination covers.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The U.S. Coast Guard used its own rank system until <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. In 1916, discontent grew among Coast Guard captains:<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By law, they ranked below a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy despite similar roles and duties. Pursuant to the Appropriations Act of 1918, the Coast Guard adopted the U.S. Navy rank structure to prevent disagreements over seniority.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are two insignia used by lieutenant commanders. On service khakis and all working uniforms, lieutenant commanders wear a gold oak leaf collar device, similar to the ones worn by majors in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a>, and identical to that worn by majors in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a>. In all dress uniforms, they wear sleeve braid or shoulder boards bearing a single gold quarter-inch stripe between two gold half-inch strips (nominal size). In the case of officers of the U.S. Navy, above or inboard of the stripes, they wear their specialty insignia, notably a star for officers of the line, crossed oak leaves for Civil Engineer Corps.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerycaption">Insignia of lieutenant commanders in different uniformed services in the United States</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:U.S._Navy_O-4_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="United States Navy"><img alt="United States Navy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/U.S._Navy_O-4_insignia.svg/70px-U.S._Navy_O-4_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/U.S._Navy_O-4_insignia.svg/105px-U.S._Navy_O-4_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/U.S._Navy_O-4_insignia.svg/140px-U.S._Navy_O-4_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="245" data-file-height="420" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USCG_O-4_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="United States Coast Guard"><img alt="United States Coast Guard" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/USCG_O-4_insignia.svg/70px-USCG_O-4_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/USCG_O-4_insignia.svg/105px-USCG_O-4_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/US_PHS_O4_insignia.svg/140px-US_PHS_O4_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="245" data-file-height="420" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Public_Health_Service_Commissioned_Corps" title="United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps">United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_NOAA_O4_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps"><img alt="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/US_NOAA_O4_insignia.svg/70px-US_NOAA_O4_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/US_NOAA_O4_insignia.svg/105px-US_NOAA_O4_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/US_NOAA_O4_insignia.svg/140px-US_NOAA_O4_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="245" data-file-height="420" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration_Commissioned_Officer_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lieutenant_commander_(United_States)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a 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(United States)">Maj</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United States)">Lt Col</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Col</a> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">Brig Gen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">Maj Gen</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">Lt Gen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">Gen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Air_Force" title="General of the Air Force">GAF</a><sup>[3]</sup> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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candidate">OC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(rank)#United_States" title="Ensign (rank)">ENS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(junior_grade)" title="Lieutenant (junior grade)">LTJG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(navy)" title="Lieutenant (navy)">LT</a> </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">LCDR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commander_(United_States)" title="Commander (United States)">CDR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-6)" title="Captain (United States O-6)">CAPT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(United_States)#Rear_admiral_(lower_half)" title="Rear admiral (United States)">RDML</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(United_States)#Rear_admiral" title="Rear admiral (United States)">RADM</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vice_admiral_(United_States)" title="Vice admiral (United States)">VADM</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral_(United_States)" title="Admiral (United States)">ADM</a> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> 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title="Lieutenant (navy)">LT</a> </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">LCDR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commander_(United_States)" title="Commander (United States)">CDR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-6)" title="Captain (United States O-6)">CAPT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(United_States)#Rear_admiral_(lower_half)" title="Rear admiral (United States)">RDML</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(United_States)#Rear_admiral" title="Rear admiral (United States)">RADM</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vice_admiral_(United_States)" title="Vice admiral (United States)">VADM</a> </td> <td><sup>[4]</sup> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:lightsteelblue;" colspan="15"><sup>[1]</sup> No universal insignia for officer candidate rank<br /><sup>[2]</sup> No official insignia and not currently listed by the Army as an obtainable rank. <a href="/wiki/John_J._Pershing" title="John J. Pershing">John J. Pershing</a>'s GAS insignia: <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="General of the Armies" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_States.svg/20px-Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_States.svg/30px-Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_States.svg/40px-Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="476" /></a></span> (collar) <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O10_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="General of the Armies" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US-O10_insignia.svg/45px-US-O10_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US-O10_insignia.svg/68px-US-O10_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US-O10_insignia.svg/90px-US-O10_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2514" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> (epaulettes)<br /><sup>[3]</sup> These ranks are reserved for wartime use only, and are still listed as ranks within their respective services<br /><sup>[4]</sup> Grade is authorized by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Code" title="United States Code">U.S. Code</a> for use but has not been created<br /><sup>[5]</sup> Grade has never been created or authorized<br /> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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