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In the Navy, the Coast Guard, the NOAA Corps, and the Public Health Service Corps, commander (abbreviated "CDR") is a senior-grade officer rank, with the pay grade of O-5. Commander ranks above lieutenant commander (O-4) and below captain (O-6). Commander is equivalent to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the other uniformed services. [2]
Lieutenant Commander (also hyphenated lieutenant-commander and abbreviated Lt Cdr, [1] LtCdr., [2] LCDR, [3] [4] or LCdr [5]) is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander .
A lieutenant commander providing medical care aboard USNS Comfort. Lieutenant commander (LCDR) is a junior officer rank in the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps), with the pay grade of O-4 and NATO rank code OF-3.
Lieutenant colonel: Frigate captain or Commander: Wing commander: Major or commandant: Corvette captain or Lieutenant commander: Squadron leader: Junior officers; Captain: Lieutenant: Flight lieutenant: First lieutenant or lieutenant: Lieutenant junior grade or sub-lieutenant: Flying officer: Second lieutenant or junior lieutenant: Ensign or ...
RAN chaplains who are in divisions 1, 2 or 3 (of five divisions) have the equivalent rank standing of commanders. This means that to officers and NCOs below the rank of commander, lieutenant colonel, or wing commander, the chaplain is a superior. To those officers ranked higher than commander, the chaplain is subordinate.
In the United States Navy, officers have various ranks.Equivalency between services is by pay grade.United States Navy commissioned officer ranks have two distinct sets of rank insignia: On dress uniform a series of stripes similar to Commonwealth naval ranks are worn; on service khaki, working uniforms (Navy Working Uniform [NWU], and coveralls), and special uniform situations (combat ...
Lieutenant colonels added an oak leaf of silver, captains two bars of gold, and first lieutenants one bar of gold. The bars on the epaulets were silver for contrast. For majors, the shoulder strap contained an oak leaf, but like the second lieutenant, the epaulet had no grade insignia.
Police ranks are a system of hierarchical relationships in police organizations. [1] The rank system defines authority and responsibility in a police organization, [2] and affects the culture within the police force. [3]