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Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG) is a junior commissioned officer rank in the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps, with the pay grade of O-2.
Lieutenant, junior grade ranks above ensign and below lieutenant and is equivalent to a first lieutenant in the other uniformed services (the Army, Marine Corps and Air Force) and sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy and the navies of many Commonwealth countries.
Lieutenants, junior grade typically lead non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel, unless assigned to small aircraft or on staff duty. The time for promotion to LTJG is a minimum of two years after commissioning in the Navy or 18 months in the Coast Guard. Prior to March 3, 1883, this rank was known in the Navy as master.
Notable lieutenants (j.g.)
- George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st President of the United States
- L. Ron Hubbard, Science Fiction writher and founder of Scientology
- David Robinson, U.S. Naval Academy (Class of 1987) and National Basketball Association (NBA) player.
- Harvey Milk Gay rights activist and local government official in San Francisco.
Fictional lieutenants (j.g.)
- Douglas A. 'Doug' Roberts from Mister Roberts.
- H. Paynter, Jr. from The Caine Mutiny.
- Nick "Goose" Bradshaw from Top Gun.
- Daniel Alistair Kaffee from A Few Good Men.
- Tim O'Neill for the entire run of seaQuest DSV.
- Lonnie Henderson during the final season of seaQuest DSV.
- Nick Holden (Tony Curtis) a character in the 1959 Blake Edwards film Operation Petticoat.
- Cathy Connors (Barbara Eden) and Danny Romano (Frankie Avalon) in the 1961 motion picture Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
See also
References
- 10 USC 5501. Navy: grades above chief warrant officer, W–5
- 37 USC 201. Pay grades: assignment to; general rules
- Mallory, John A. (1914). Compiled Statutes of the United States 1913. Vol. 1. St. Paul: Wast Publishing Company. p. 1062.
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