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Common military ranks
Officers
Navies1 Armies and
Air Forces		 Air Forces1
Admiral of
the Fleet		 Field Marshal Marshal of
the Air Force
Admiral General Air Marshal
Commodore Brigadier Air Commodore
Captain Colonel Group Captain
Commander Lt. Colonel Wing Commander
Lt. Commander Major Squadron Leader
Lieutenant Captain Flight Lieutenant
Sub-Lieutenant Lieutenant Flying Officer
Seamen, soldiers and airmen
Warrant Officer Sergeant Major Warrant Officer
Petty Officer Sergeant Sergeant
Leading Rate Corporal Corporal
Seaman Private Aircraftman
1 in the Commonwealth

          

Lieutenant colonel (lieutenant-colonel in English from the French grade's spelling) is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine corps and air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often verbally shortened to simply "Colonel".

Contents

Lieutenant colonel ranks by country

The following articles deal with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel (or its equivalent)

Lieutenant Colonel equivalents

See also

References

  1. ^ British Army Website

External links

British Army Officers' ranks

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_Colonel"


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