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lieutenant colonel
noun
U.S. Military.
- a commissioned officer ranking next below a colonel and next above a major.
lieutenant colonel
noun
- an officer holding commissioned rank immediately junior to a colonel in certain armies, air forces, and marine corps
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of lieutenant colonel1
First recorded in 1590鈥1600
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鈥淪he said she was lieutenant colonel in the GRU,鈥 Perlowin, now 74, told The Times, referring to the Soviet Union鈥檚 military intelligence agency.
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Charity Adams, who, after being promoted to lieutenant colonel, became the highest ranking Black woman in the U.S.
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Gabbard, a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve who served in Iraq, has long been critical of foreign policy establishment.
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The pilot is Scott 鈥淜idd鈥 Poteet, 50, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel.
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By war鈥檚 end, he was a lieutenant colonel, and he came back to L.A. persuaded that America needed to keep its peacetime ears on a wartime footing.
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