How to Use lieutenant commander in a Sentence

lieutenant commander

noun

• Dine achieved the Navy rank of lieutenant commander and was stationed in the U.S. and Okinawa.
  — Mike Peticca, cleveland.com, 30 July 2019
• 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
• Another person who claimed to be a lieutenant commander in the U.S. military abroad asked for help to pay for a shipment of gold and cash seized in a raid.
  — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2022
• Then in 2013, the chaplain was promoted, for a second time, to lieutenant commander.
  — Jeanette Steele, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 Sep. 2017
• 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
• The decision was made to let the Navy lieutenant commander, 37, continue.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2022
• Chen, 44, is currently a lieutenant commander in the Navy reserves.
  — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2022
• Senator John McCain was then a Navy lieutenant commander on the carrier.
  — John McCain, Popular Mechanics, 22 Jan. 2018
• The Naval Academy graduate recovered from her shin splints and became a lieutenant commander.
  — Sandra Sidi, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2019
• Matz was a retired U.S. Navy lieutenant commander with a distinguished military career.
  — Pomerado News, 10 Jan. 2018
• 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
• Hawbaker was promoted recently and will officially wear the rank of lieutenant commander later this year.
  — Faye Reeder, star-telegram, 13 Jan. 2018
• Pitts was reduced in rank to lieutenant commander upon retirement, costing him thousands in military pension income.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2022
• Spence is a retired Naval lieutenant commander and nuclear engineering officer and Buchli is a real estate broker.
  — Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2022
• Dorwart left active duty as a lieutenant commander and later had to resign his commission altogether because his church commitment didn’t allow time for reservist duties.
  — Jeanette Steele, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 Sep. 2017
• Bill Spence, a former Town Council member and retired Naval lieutenant commander and nuclear engineering officer.
  — Joshua Bowling, The Arizona Republic, 5 July 2022
• Spence is a retired Naval lieutenant commander and nuclear engineering officer.
  — AZCentral.com, 6 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 22 Jul 2024