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    In the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, lieutenant colonel is a field-grade officer rank, just above the rank of major and...
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  • major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened...
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  • Lieutenant colonel (Lt Col), is a rank in the British Army and Royal Marines which is also used in many Commonwealth countries. The rank is superior to...
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    A colonel (/ˈkɜːrnəl/) in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, is the most senior field-grade military officer rank, immediately...
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  • [citation needed] Colonel or lieutenant colonel: A majority of state police as well as some municipal agencies use "colonel" or "lieutenant colonel" as their...
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  • the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, major is a field officer above the rank of captain and below the rank of lieutenant colonel...
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  • Commonwealth and the United States, and Generaloberst was a rank above full General, but below Generalfeldmarschall. The rank of colonel general also exists...
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    Space Shuttle mission. Lieutenant Colonel Duane Carey, USAF: Space Shuttle pilot. Awarded with Valor Device. Lieutenant Colonel Gus Grissom, USAF: one...
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  • officer. The equivalent in the Royal Navy is midshipman. In the United States, second lieutenant is the normal entry-level rank for most commissioned officers...
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  • subordinate to lieutenant general (as a lieutenant outranks a sergeant major). Several countries (e.g. Balkan states) use the rank of lieutenant colonel general...
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  • Field grade includes major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel. Company grade includes second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain. In terms of heraldic...
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  • The term "first lieutenant" had a dual meaning in the United States Revenue Cutter Service (known until 1894 as the United States Revenue-Marine). The...
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    Likewise, both colonels and lieutenant colonels are addressed as "Colonel (last name)" and first and second lieutenants as "Lieutenant (last name)". Warrant...
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  • Commander (United States) Silver oak leaf, insignia of rank of Lieutenant colonel (United States) Golden oak leaf, insignia of the United States Navy Supply...
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    23, 1895) was a major in the 53rd Ohio Infantry and brevet lieutenant-colonel, United States Volunteers, during the American Civil War. Dawes was present...
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    Commander ranks above lieutenant commander (O-4) and below captain (O-6). Commander is equivalent to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the other uniformed...
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  • its many variations (e.g. lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, lieutenant commander, flight lieutenant, second lieutenant and many non-English language...
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  • Colonel Jack Sydell, portrayed by Allan Miller, is an officer with the United States Air Force charged with tracking down UFO sightings. Lieutenant Starbuck...
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  • deployed in battalions (commanded by a lieutenant colonel) as a more convenient size of military unit and, as such, colonels have tended to have a higher profile...
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  • commanding officer refused to investigate. He reached the rank of lieutenant colonel and was the author of several books about his experiences, including...
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  • This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of September 23, 2024, the 118th Congress). The membership of...
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  • Declaration of Stephen Abraham, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army Reserve, June 14th, 2007 Al Odah v. United States is a court case filed by the Center...
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  • promotion to captain; those lieutenants ranged across present-day army ranks from a second lieutenant through to a lieutenant colonel. As the rank structure...
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  • higher (OF-2 to OF-4). Lieutenant colonels were considered equivalent to RN captains with less than six years in the rank, and colonels were equivalent to...
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    Paul Jennings Hill (category 1994 murders in the United States)
    physician John Britton and Britton's bodyguard, retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Barrett, in 1994. Hill was sentenced to death by lethal injection...
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    1945 Colonel Karl K. Louther, 23 July 1945 – 17 November 1945 Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Belton, 18 November 1945 – 31 March 1946 Lieutenant Colonel August...
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  • recipient. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Henry A. du Pont – Medal of Honor recipient, industrialist and United States Senator. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hale...
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  • already reached the highest rank historically used in the United States, the three star lieutenant general. The "General of the Army" rank was revived during...
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  • United States Army since its inception. Derived from the concept originating in European armies, a regiment was historically commanded by a colonel,...
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    declared dead July 6, 1990) was a United States Marine Corps colonel who was captured in Lebanon in 1988 while serving on a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission...
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