Address
The United States Navy always addresses officers using the higher grade of the rank; as an example, a lieutenant junior grade is addressed simply as "Lieutenant", and a lieutenant commander is addressed as "Commander". If either a commander or lieutenant commander have screened for and are in command of a naval vessel or installation, they are called "captain", as the commanding officer of any warship is entitled to be, regardless of rank, and casually referred to as "the skipper".
Unlike the United States Navy, personnel in the Royal Navy and other Commonwealth navies addressing a lieutenant commander do not abbreviate the rank to "commander".
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