lieutenant colonel
noun
: a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a major and below a colonel
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Ernst previously served in the Iowa National Guard as a lieutenant colonel during the Iraq war.
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Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 7 Dec. 2024
Tulsi Gabbard, a lieutenant colonel and combat veteran with 20-plus years of service, speaks out against war from experience.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Putin, a former KGB lieutenant colonel who watched the Soviet Union crumble while stationed in Dresden, took the decision to invade Ukraine himself with only limited counsel from a tiny group of trusted advisers, 10 Russian sources with knowledge of Kremlin thinking told Reuters.
—Guy Faulconbridge, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
On March 25, though, a suicide bomber killed six people, including an army lieutenant colonel, in the northeastern district of Sylhet.
—Michael Kugelman, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2017
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Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 7 Dec. 2024
Tulsi Gabbard, a lieutenant colonel and combat veteran with 20-plus years of service, speaks out against war from experience.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Putin, a former KGB lieutenant colonel who watched the Soviet Union crumble while stationed in Dresden, took the decision to invade Ukraine himself with only limited counsel from a tiny group of trusted advisers, 10 Russian sources with knowledge of Kremlin thinking told Reuters.
—Guy Faulconbridge, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
On March 25, though, a suicide bomber killed six people, including an army lieutenant colonel, in the northeastern district of Sylhet.
—Michael Kugelman, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2017
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“Lieutenant colonel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lieutenant%20colonel. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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