Lieutenant colonel

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Insignia of a United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel

In the British Army, Royal Marines, United States Air Force, United States Army and United States Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a commissioned officer superior to a major and subordinate to a colonel. In the Royal Navy and the United States Navy, the rank of commander is comparable to the rank of lieutenant colonel, as is the rank of Wing Commander in the Royal Air Force.

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Insignia of a British Army Lieutenant Colonel

In the British Army and Royal Marines, a lieutenant colonel wears a crown above a pip. The crown has varied in the past with different monarchs; the current one being the Crown of St Edward. The insignia for all four United States positions is a silver oak leaf.

See also

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Flag of the United Kingdom

British commissioned officer ranks

  Student Officer OF(D) OF-1 OF-2 OF-3 OF-4 OF-5 OF-6 OF-7 OF-8 OF-9 OF-10
Royal Navy: OCdt Mid SLt Lt Lt Cdr Cdr Capt Cdre RAdm VAdm Adm Admiral of the Fleet
Royal Marines: OCdt 2Lt -

Lt

Capt Maj Lt Col Col Brig Maj Gen Lt Gen Gen
Army: OCdt OD 2Lt -

Lt

Capt Maj Lt Col Col Brig Maj Gen Lt Gen Gen Field Marshal
Royal Air Force: OCdt OD PO -

FO

Flt Lt Sqn Ldr Wg Cdr Gp Capt ACdre AVM AM ACM MRAF

See also: Lieutenant colonel, Admiral, Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy), Air Chief Marshal, Air Commodore, Air Marshal, Air Vice Marshal, Brigadier, British Army