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'''Lieutenant (Junior Grade)'''(''abbrev'': '''LTJG''') is an [[officer]] paygrade within the [[Royal Manticoran Navy]], the [[Grayson Space Navy]], and the [[Republic of Haven Navy]].  It holds the equivalent military paygrade of [[O-2]] within {{trmn}} and is the first promotion a commissioned officer can be given. A Lieutenant (Junior Grade) is always referred to as a "lieutenant."
'''Lieutenant (junior grade)'''(''abbrev'': '''LTJG''') is an [[officer]] paygrade within the [[Royal Manticoran Navy]], the [[Grayson Space Navy]], and the [[Republic of Haven Navy]].  It holds the equivalent military paygrade of [[O-2]] within {{trmn}} and is the first promotion a commissioned officer can be given. A Lieutenant (Junior Grade) is referred to as a "lieutenant" and sometimes as a "JG."


== Honorverse ==
== Honorverse ==
In peacetime, a Lieutenant (Junior Grade) would have served two years as an [[Ensign]] and been reviewed by a Officer Promotion Board. However, promotion is almost always confirmed. They will have also completed initial training from warfare or staff specialties .<ref name="Military.com">[http://www.military.com/navy/officer-ranks.html] ([[Military.com]])</ref>
In peacetime, a Lieutenant (Junior Grade) would have served two years as an [[Ensign]] and been reviewed by a Officer Promotion Board. However, promotion is almost always confirmed. They will have also completed initial training from warfare or staff specialties.<ref name="Military.com">[http://www.military.com/navy/officer-ranks.html (military.com)]</ref> Officers who served in the military prior to their commissioning as an officer -- a process known as "frocking" -- satisfy the time-in-service requirement before they are commissioned. However, these officers must have also served two years in the rank of ensign to satisfy the time-in-grade requirement for recommendation to the board for promotion.<ref name="Chron.com">[http://work.chron.com/navy-promotion-times-grade-requirements-11028.html] (Chron.com)</ref>


== TRMN ==
== TRMN ==
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