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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The following year, Picquart is promoted to lieutenant colonel and put in charge of the Army’s intelligence section.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
Mitchell is a former broadcast meteorologist and held the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 26 July 2025
The 64-year-old Franklin David Slater, a retired lieutenant colonel based in Nebraska, sent the defense secrets to a user claiming to be a Ukrainian woman back in 2022 when Russia began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
—PC Magazine, 16 July 2025
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.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 July 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
Mitchell is a former broadcast meteorologist and held the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 26 July 2025
The 64-year-old Franklin David Slater, a retired lieutenant colonel based in Nebraska, sent the defense secrets to a user claiming to be a Ukrainian woman back in 2022 when Russia began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
—PC Magazine, 16 July 2025
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.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 July 2025
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“Lieutenant colonel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lieutenant%20colonel. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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