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Colonel (pronounced KUR-nal) is a military rank, the equivalent of which is used by the service organizations of many civilizations. As a traditional grade, colonel is the most senior line officer rank of a fighting organization, below the flag rank of brigadier general and senior to the rank of lieutenant colonel. In comparison to naval ranking systems, this rank is equivalent to the naval captain rank, the Romulan Star Empire's riov grade, the Ferengi Alliance's daimon, or the Cardassian Union's title of gul. A colonel commands a brigade, an army unit consisting of a variable number (but not less than two) regiments.

In the Starfleet Marine Corps, these officers are the last field officer. They typically command regiments of marines. These are high ranking officers with many years of service and experience.

Some rank systems have an additional grade, lieutenant colonel, which falls between colonel and major. In Starfleet, a Colonel named West was in charge of a military briefing to the Federation President. This grade exists in some form in many cultures' rank arrangements, such as the Klingon Defense Force, and the United States armed forces of Earth. In the Bajoran Militia, a colonel wears a silver Bajoran insignia pin on the collar. In the Romulan Tal Shiar organization, a colonel (ssiebh) wears a collar insignia of a gold triangle with two crescents lined up against it.

Insignia[]

MACO Klingon
ground troops
Tal Shiar Bajoran Militia
MACO - COL Klingon Ground Troops - Col Tal Shiar - Col
Col (Bajoran)
Red (Bajoran)
Col 2 (Bajoran)
Red (Bajoran)
Federation
Marine Corps
Kellarian
Ground Forces
UESPA So'ja
High Command
Col (DS9-VOY)
Olive (DS9)
O6 (KSDF)
Gold (KSDF)
CAPT (TOS)
Red (TOS)
Sojan col


Enlisted ranks Etc Officer ranks Flag ranks
Bajoran Militia Pvt
PFC
LCpl
Cpl
Sgt
SSgt
GySgt
MSgt
SgtMaj
SMBM 2nd Lt 1st Lt Capt Maj FCol Col BGen MajGen LtGen Gen GBM
Klingon Defense Force
(Ground forces & navy)
Bekk Cpl Sgt MSgt SgtMaj 2nd Lt 1st Lt Capt
(HoH)
Maj LtCol Col Brig
('ech)
LtGen Gen
(Sa')
PO2 PO1 CPO MCPO ENS LTJG LT
(Sogh)
LCDR CDR
(la')
CAPT
(HoD)
CDRE
(totlh)
VADM ADM


MACO PV1
PV2
PFC
CPL
SGT
SSG
SFC
MSG SGM

CSM

WO 2LT 1LT CPT MAJ LTC COL BG MG LTG GEN MSHL
Romulan ranks
(Ground forces, Navy & Tal Shiar)
Trooper Sergeant SubLt Lt Capt Maj Cent
Col
Gen MajGen
Uhlan Petty officer Cent SCdr Cdr Cgen Adm (Ar'nal)
2nd Lt 1st Lt Capt Maj Col Gen
Decurion ACent
(erein)
SubLt
(erei'arrain)
Lt
(arrain)
Cent
(enarrain)
SCdr
(erei'riov)
Cdr
(riov)
SAdm
(khre'riov)
VAdm
(erei'enriov)
Adm
(enriov)
HAdm
(rahaen'enriov)
FAdm
(khre'enriov)


Kellarian System
Defense Force

(Navy & Ground forces)
(Star Trek: Remington)
CR
CN
PO2
PO1
CPO SCPO MCPO ENS SLT LT SCDR CDR CAPT CDRE VADM ADM FADM
PVT
PFC
CPL
SGT
SSG MSG SGM 3LT 2LT 1LT MAJ LTCOL COL MGEN LGEN GEN CGEN
Federation
Marine Corps
Pvt
PFC
LCpl
Cpl
Sgt
SSgt
GySgt
MSgt
1st
Sgt
MGySgt
SgtMaj
SMOMC
WO

Cdt

2nd Lt 1st Lt Capt Maj LtCol Col
BCol
BGen MajGen LtGen Gen GCorps
So'ja High Command REC
CN
PVT
PO3
PO2
PO1
CPO MC CPL SGT LT MAJ LTCOL COL ADM MADM SADM
UESPA REC
PVT
PFC
CPL
SGT
SSG
SFC
MSG SGM

SMU

2LT 1LT CPT MAJ LTC COL BG MG LTG GEN MSHL

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