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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Prevost also commanded an infantry landing craft, and after 15 months overseas, attained the rank of lieutenant junior grade, according to a note on the Pentagon website published soon after Leo’s election.
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ABC News,
6 June 2026
Hatfield, who served as a lieutenant junior grade in the Naval Air Corps for about three and a half years flying on Atlantic submarine patrol, estimated the object was traveling 1,000 miles per hour before disappearing.
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Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
Te actor stars as Daniel Kaffee, the cocky lieutenant junior grade naval attorney who reluctantly defends two Marines (Wolfgang Bodison and James Marshall) accused of murdering their fellow officer at Guantanamo Bay.
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Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
24 May 2025
Martin served four years in the Navy as a lieutenant junior grade ship commander.
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The Indianapolis Star,
1 Feb. 2024
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ABC News,
6 June 2026
Hatfield, who served as a lieutenant junior grade in the Naval Air Corps for about three and a half years flying on Atlantic submarine patrol, estimated the object was traveling 1,000 miles per hour before disappearing.
—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
Te actor stars as Daniel Kaffee, the cocky lieutenant junior grade naval attorney who reluctantly defends two Marines (Wolfgang Bodison and James Marshall) accused of murdering their fellow officer at Guantanamo Bay.
—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
24 May 2025
Martin served four years in the Navy as a lieutenant junior grade ship commander.
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The Indianapolis Star,
1 Feb. 2024
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