Lieutenant (junior grade)

Lieutenant (junior grade)
Lieutenant (junior grade);
	Navy and Coast Guard insignia
	Public Health Service and NOAA insignia
Country	United States
Service branch	United States Navy; United States Coast Guard; United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps; NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps
Rank group	Junior officer
NATO rank code	OF-1
Pay grade	O-2
Formation	March 3, 1883
Next higher rank	Lieutenant
Next lower rank	Ensign
Equivalent ranks	First lieutenant

Lieutenant junior grade is a junior commissioned officer rank used in a number of navies.

United States

Lieutenant (junior grade), commonly abbreviated as LTJG or, historically, Lt. (j.g.) (as well as variants of both abbreviations), is a

Environmental Science Services Administration Corps

or ESSA Corps (1965–1970), also used the rank.

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, Air Force, and Space Force) and sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy and the navies of many Commonwealth countries.

Promotion to LTJG is governed by Department of Defense policies derived from the

staff duty. A LTJG's usual shipboard billet is as a division officer

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