Lieutenant (United States)

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The military rank of lieutenant is the commissioned officer rank title associated with pay grades O-3 in the United States Armed Forces military branches of the United States Navy and the United States Coast Guard. And while pay grade O-2 is often referred to as a "lieutenant" in address, the rank is Lieutenant, Junior Grade. It is also used in the commissioned officer ranks of the United States Uniformed Services of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with their National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA-COO), and the medical arm of the United States Public Health Service with their United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHS-CC). The two ranks referred to as lieutenant the following: Lieutenant (pay grade O-3), abbreviated as LT and equivalent to a Captain in the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force Lieutenant, junior grade (pay grade O-2), abbreviated as LTJG and sometimes referred as...

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