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The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution. The Army is the oldest branch of the U.S. military and the most senior in order of precedence.
In the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, colonel (/ˈkɜːrnəl/) is the most senior field-grade military officer rank, immediately above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general. Colonel is equivalent to the naval rank of captain in the other uniformed services.
Lieutenant colonel (UK: / l ɛ f ˈ t ɛ n ən t ˈ k ɜːr n əl / lef-TEN-ənt KUR-nəl, US: / l uː ˈ t ɛ n-/ loo-TEN-) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colonel. The ...
