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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Slater retired from the Army as a lieutenant colonel in 2020 and worked in a classified space at the base from around August 2021 until around April 2022.
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 July 2025
The series stars Álvaro Morte as President Adolfo Suárez, Eduard Fernández as the communist leader Santiago Carrillo, Manolo Solo in the part of the army officer and politician Gutiérrez Mellado, and David Lorente as the lieutenant colonel leading the coup, Antonio Tejero.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 July 2025
Soldiers seeking a nonreligious exemption will need a temporary medical profile and an exception-to-policy memo from a lieutenant colonel in the chain of command.
—Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2025
All three are members of the U.S military — Ayers is a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force, McClain is an Army colonel and Kim is a lieutenant commander in the Navy, as well as a former SEAL — so Independence Day has a special meaning for them.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 4 July 2025
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 July 2025
The series stars Álvaro Morte as President Adolfo Suárez, Eduard Fernández as the communist leader Santiago Carrillo, Manolo Solo in the part of the army officer and politician Gutiérrez Mellado, and David Lorente as the lieutenant colonel leading the coup, Antonio Tejero.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 July 2025
Soldiers seeking a nonreligious exemption will need a temporary medical profile and an exception-to-policy memo from a lieutenant colonel in the chain of command.
—Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2025
All three are members of the U.S military — Ayers is a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force, McClain is an Army colonel and Kim is a lieutenant commander in the Navy, as well as a former SEAL — so Independence Day has a special meaning for them.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 4 July 2025
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“Lieutenant colonel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lieutenant%20colonel. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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