How to Use lieutenant commander in a Sentence

lieutenant commander

noun
  • The colonel reached into his drawer again and removed a pair of shoulder boards embroidered with the gold piping of a navy lieutenant commander.
    — Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 16 Feb. 2021
  • Chen, 44, is currently a lieutenant commander in the Navy reserves.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Erin Overcash, 34, is a lieutenant commander in the US Navy.
    — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Then in 2013, the chaplain was promoted, for a second time, to lieutenant commander.
    — Jeanette Steele, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 Sep. 2017
  • The decision was made to let the Navy lieutenant commander, 37, continue.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2022
  • Pitts was reduced in rank to lieutenant commander upon retirement, costing him thousands in military pension income.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2022
  • Hawbaker was promoted recently and will officially wear the rank of lieutenant commander later this year.
    — Faye Reeder, star-telegram, 13 Jan. 2018
  • The Naval Academy graduate recovered from her shin splints and became a lieutenant commander.
    — Sandra Sidi, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Senator John McCain was then a Navy lieutenant commander on the carrier.
    — John McCain, Popular Mechanics, 27 Aug. 2018
  • Alex Brown was slated to be on the field at a Padres game in May 2020 getting promoted by his captain to the rank of Navy lieutenant commander.
    — Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2021
  • The division’s chaplain, a Navy lieutenant commander, told the inspector general that his wife was the subject of inappropriate comments.
    — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Rebecca Lawler, 38, is a native of Little Elm, Texas, and a former lieutenant commander in the US Navy.
    — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025

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