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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 ...
In the Royal Canadian Navy, the rank of lieutenant-commander (LCdr) [5] is the naval rank equal to major in the army or air force and is the first senior officer rank. Lieutenant commanders are senior to lieutenants (N) and to army and air force captains , and are junior to commanders and lieutenant colonels .
In the US Navy and Coast Guard, OR-1 to OR-3 or "nonrated (wo)men" are junior enlisted, OR-4 to OR-6 or petty officers are NCOs, and OR-7 to OR-9 or chief petty officers are SNCOs. In the British Army, RAF and Royal Navy, OR-1 to OR-2 are junior enlisted, OR-3 to OR-4 are Junior NCO's, and OR-5 to OR-9 are Senior NCO's
Commander: Lieutenant-commander: Lieutenant (N) Sub-lieutenant: Acting sub-lieutenant: Amiral(e) Vice-amiral(e) Contre-amiral(e) Commodore: Capitaine de vaisseau: Capitaine de frégate: Capitaine de corvette: Lieutenant(e) de vaisseau: Enseigne de vaisseau de 1 re classe: Enseigne de vaisseau de 2 e classe Chilean Navy [9
[1] - US DoD, The United States Military Rank Insignia All Warrant Officer grades are authorized, but not used by the Air Force [2] - Office of the Law Revision Counsel. "U.S. Code TITLE 42-THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, section 207(a)-Grades, ranks, and titles of commissioned corps (2006)" (PDF).
In the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, major is a field officer above the rank of captain and below the rank of lieutenant colonel. It is equivalent to the naval rank of lieutenant commander in the other uniformed services. Although lieutenant commanders are considered junior officers by their services (Navy and ...
This naval lieutenant ranks higher than an army lieutenants; within NATO countries the naval rank of lieutenant is a OF-2 and is the equivalent rank of an army captain. Other nations will use a naval lieutenant rank equivalent to an army lieutenant.