Lieutenant Junior Grade (Noun)
Meaning
An officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant and above ensign.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The officer was promoted to lieutenant junior grade after serving two years as an ensign in the United States Navy.
- Lieutenant junior grade is the fourth lowest commissioned officer rank in the United States Coast Guard.
- He received his commission as a lieutenant junior grade after graduating from the United States Naval Academy.
- She was promoted to lieutenant junior grade and assigned to a destroyer as the ship's operations officer.
- The new officer was given the rank of lieutenant junior grade and was placed in charge of a small boat squadron.