Lieutenant Commander (IA)

Imperial Army Nautical Force Command ranks
Commissioned Officers
O8 » Sea Admiral (various grades)
O7 » Sea Commodore
O6 » Sea Captain
O5 » Commander
O4 » Lieutenant Commander
O3 » Lieutenant
O2 » Sub-Lieutenant
O1 » Ensign
O0 » Officer Cadet (Sea Cadet) / Midshipman
Enlisted
E9 » Master Chief Petty Officer (MCPO)
E8 » Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO)
E7 » Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
E6 » Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
E5 » Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
E4 » Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
E3 » Able Sailor (AS)
E2 » Sailor (SO)
E1 » Sailor Apprentice (SA)
E0 » Sailor Recruit (SR)

The rank of Lieutenant Commander (O4) is the third most senior non-flag-officer officer rank in the Imperial Army Nautical Force Command.

Description (Specifications)

The smallest Ships of the Imperial Army are under the charge of a Lieutenant Commander, if not commanded by a more senior officer. Military Lieutenant Commanders may also hold staff appointments.

• The Imperial Army Ground Force Command equivalent is Major.
• The Imperial Marines equivalent is Force Commander.

History & Background (Dossier)

The rank of Commander has a long history from its first inception in the wet-navies of pre-spaceflight planetary naval services. It is shortened from the old term Master and Commander.

This rank's name indicates that the holder deputised for that commander or was their second-in-command.

This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Commander. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. The text of Wikipedia is available under the Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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• Bryan Steele. Mercenary (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), 12.
• Collated by: BackworldTraveller