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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Famous quotes containing the word address:
“The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady is, “I am now, dear Madam, your humble servant: Pray be so good as to let me be your Lord and Master.””
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)
“Classic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. ROLLING IN THE MUCK IS NOT THE BEST WAY OF GETTING CLEAN.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
“Patience, to hear frivolous, impertinent, and unreasonable applications: with address enough to refuse, without offending; or, by your manner of granting, to double the obligation: dexterity enough to conceal a truth, without telling a lie: sagacity enough to read other people’s countenances: and serenity enough not to let them discover anything by yours; a seeming frankness, with a real reserve. These are the rudiments of a politician; the world must be your grammar.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)