lieutenant junior grade
noun
plural lieutenants junior grade
: a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard ranking above an ensign and below a lieutenant
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Two years later, he was promoted to lieutenant junior grade.
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2024
He was promoted to lieutenant junior grade, subsequently serving in U.S. Forces Korea, supporting the ongoing effort on the Korean Peninsula.
—Rob Maaddi, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2024
Martin served four years in the Navy as a lieutenant junior grade ship commander.
—The Indianapolis Star, 1 Feb. 2024
Discharged with the rank of lieutenant junior grade in 1966, he was then hired by The Sun as a copy editor.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2024
In the new season, several of the characters receive promotions, from lowly ensigns to only slightly less lowly lieutenants junior grade.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2023
The lieutenant junior grade originally had been scheduled to make his first oerseas deployment last month to Japan.
—Mark Didtler, ajc, 24 Feb. 2023
In May 1946, Coburn retired from the Navy as a lieutenant junior grade, married his sweetheart, Jeanette, and later built a career as a Navy civilian contractor and electrician in San Diego and, later, Vista.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2020
His sister Montana Geimer, a lieutenant junior grade who now works at Fort Meade, lives in Winters’ home in Edgewater.
—Jean Marbella, baltimoresun.com, 23 June 2019
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2024
He was promoted to lieutenant junior grade, subsequently serving in U.S. Forces Korea, supporting the ongoing effort on the Korean Peninsula.
—Rob Maaddi, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2024
Martin served four years in the Navy as a lieutenant junior grade ship commander.
—The Indianapolis Star, 1 Feb. 2024
Discharged with the rank of lieutenant junior grade in 1966, he was then hired by The Sun as a copy editor.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2024
In the new season, several of the characters receive promotions, from lowly ensigns to only slightly less lowly lieutenants junior grade.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2023
The lieutenant junior grade originally had been scheduled to make his first oerseas deployment last month to Japan.
—Mark Didtler, ajc, 24 Feb. 2023
In May 1946, Coburn retired from the Navy as a lieutenant junior grade, married his sweetheart, Jeanette, and later built a career as a Navy civilian contractor and electrician in San Diego and, later, Vista.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2020
His sister Montana Geimer, a lieutenant junior grade who now works at Fort Meade, lives in Winters’ home in Edgewater.
—Jean Marbella, baltimoresun.com, 23 June 2019
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“Lieutenant junior grade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lieutenant%20junior%20grade. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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