Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is an military rank in a number of historical military organizations, including infantry. In organizations that use infantry ranks, a lieutenant colonel is superior in rank to a major and subordinate in rank to a full colonel. This military rank is usually equivalent to the naval and space service rank of commander.

This rank of lieutenant colonel was used in three branches of the United States of America's armed forces—specifically the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps. It was later used by United Earth's Military Assault Command Operations, the Federation's Starfleet Marines and Starfleet Ground Forces, and the Bajoran Militia - where the rank was referred to as a field colonel. (DS9 episode: "The Siege"; ST - The Fall novel: The Poisoned Chalice)

On September 11, 2001, Shaun Geoffrey Christopher was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force and was stationed at Edwards Air Force Base. (TOS - Strange New Worlds 8 short story: "Assignment: One")

In 2385 Presidential Chief of Staff Galif jav Velk selected Lieutenant Colonel Jan Kincade of the Starfleet Ground Forces to command the black ops group Active Four. (ST - The Fall novel: The Poisoned Chalice)

Positions and Lists

United States Air Force

• Shaun Geoffrey Christopher (2001)

Starfleet Ground Forces

• Jan Kincade

Appendices

Connections

	Enlisted ranks				Commissioned ranks							Flag ranks
Earth SF	CREW	PO2 PO1		CPO SCPO MCPO	ENS	LT		CMDR		CAPT FCAPT VICE CDORE		CDORE	RADM / 2ADM	VADM / 3ADM	4ADM	FADM / 5ADM GADM
Starfleet & SFMC					ENS JG ENS ENS 1C	LT JG	LT	LT CMDR	CDR			CDORE 1ADM
	PVT	CPL	SGT MASTER SGT		SUBLT 2ND LT	1ST LT	CAPT	MAJOR	LT COL	COL		BRIG	GEN
MACO	Pvt	Cpl	SGT MASTER SGT		2Lt	1Lt	Cpt	Maj	LtCol	Col		Gen
US military (& US Navy)	PVT	CPL	SGT MASTER SGT		2ND LT	1ST LT	CAPT	MAJ	LT COL	COL		BRIG GEN	MAJ GEN	LT GEN	GEN
	CREW	PO		CPO SCPO MCPO	ENS	LT JG	LT	LT CMDR	CMDR	CAPT		RADM LH	RADM UH	VADM	ADM	FADM
Bajoran	DEPUTY, TECH	CPL	SGT		ENS	LT JG LT	CAPT	MAJ	FIELD COL		COL	GEN
Klingon Defense Force naval & marine	ENL (bekk)	PO/LDR (DevwI') CPO/TROOP LDR (QaS-DevwI')			ENS (lagh)	LT JG	LT (Sogh)	LT CMDR	CMDR (la')	CAPT (HoD)		CDORE (totlh)	ADM ('aj)			FADM
	ENL (mang) 2C ENL (mang) 1C LCPL	CPL (Da')	SGT (bu') SGT MAJ		LT JG	LT (Sogh)	CAPT	MAJ	LT COL	COL		BRIG ('ech)	MAJ GEN	GEN (Sa')

External links

• Lieutenant colonel article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Lieutenant colonel article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.