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Senior Colonel is a field grade officer rank placed between a regular Colonel
Colonel

Colonel is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country in the world. It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures....
 and a Major General
Major General

Major General or Major-General is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of Sergeant Major General. A Major General is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of Lieutenant General and senior to the ranks of Brigadier and Brigadier General....
. The rank typically exists in militaries that do not maintain a rank of Brigadier General
Brigadier General

Brigadier General is the lowest ranking General Officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of Colonel and Major General.The rank can be traced back to the militaries of Europe where a brigadier general, or simply a brigadier, would command a brigade in the field....
.

A Senior Captain
Senior Captain

Senior Captain is a rare military rank which is used in some countries armed forces....
 position existed in the German Navy which maintained the rank of Kommodore
Kommodore

Kommodore is a German rank equivalent to Commodore . Kommodore originated as a title used by some Captains in World War I. A German Commodore could hold any naval rank between Lieutenant and Captain and the title of Commodore was held by those officers who held tactical control over more than one vessel....
. Also, the Waffen-SS
Waffen-SS

The Waffen-SS was the combat arm of the Schutzstaffel or SS. It was founded in Germany in 1939 after the SS was split into two units but the title of Waffen-SS only became official on 2 March, 1940....
 knew the Senior Colonel rank of Oberführer
Oberführer

Oberf?hrer was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party dating back to 1921. Translated as ?Senior Leader?, an Oberf?hrer was typically a Nazi Party member in charge of a group of paramilitary units in a particular geographical region....
 which did not exist in the German Army.

After World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, nations in the Communist sphere began establishing Senior Colonel ranks of their own.






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Senior Colonel is a field grade officer rank placed between a regular Colonel
Colonel

Colonel is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country in the world. It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures....
 and a Major General
Major General

Major General or Major-General is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of Sergeant Major General. A Major General is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of Lieutenant General and senior to the ranks of Brigadier and Brigadier General....
. The rank typically exists in militaries that do not maintain a rank of Brigadier General
Brigadier General

Brigadier General is the lowest ranking General Officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of Colonel and Major General.The rank can be traced back to the militaries of Europe where a brigadier general, or simply a brigadier, would command a brigade in the field....
.

A Senior Captain
Senior Captain

Senior Captain is a rare military rank which is used in some countries armed forces....
 position existed in the German Navy which maintained the rank of Kommodore
Kommodore

Kommodore is a German rank equivalent to Commodore . Kommodore originated as a title used by some Captains in World War I. A German Commodore could hold any naval rank between Lieutenant and Captain and the title of Commodore was held by those officers who held tactical control over more than one vessel....
. Also, the Waffen-SS
Waffen-SS

The Waffen-SS was the combat arm of the Schutzstaffel or SS. It was founded in Germany in 1939 after the SS was split into two units but the title of Waffen-SS only became official on 2 March, 1940....
 knew the Senior Colonel rank of Oberführer
Oberführer

Oberf?hrer was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party dating back to 1921. Translated as ?Senior Leader?, an Oberf?hrer was typically a Nazi Party member in charge of a group of paramilitary units in a particular geographical region....
 which did not exist in the German Army.

After World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, nations in the Communist sphere began establishing Senior Colonel ranks of their own. Today, the rank of Senior Colonel may be found in the militaries of China
People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
 and North Korea
North Korea

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , is a state in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula....
.

Most western militaries tend to equate a Senior Colonel as a "Brigadier General in disguise"; however, this is often not the case. Nations which maintain senior Colonel ranks typically also have five General
General

A General officer is an Officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is just called general....
 ranks (most such nations also having the rank of Colonel General
Colonel General

Colonel General is a senior military rank which is used in some of the world?s militaries. North Korea and Russia are two nations which have used the rank extensively throughout their histories....
). A Senior Colonel is also not befitted honors of a General or Flag Officer
Flag Officer

A flag officer is a Officer who is senior enough to be entitled to fly a flag to represent where he exercises command. The term usually refers to the senior officers in a nation's navy, specifically those who hold the rank of Commodore or any of the admiral ranks....
 and is simply seen as the highest field officer rank before the General grades. In this sense, the rank may be seen as comparable to the rank of Brigadier
Brigadier

Brigadier is a military Military rank, the meaning of which has a considerable variation....
 in the British
British Army

The British Army is the Army branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707....
 and some other Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, also known as the Commonwealth or the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organization of fifty-three independent member states....
 armies, similarly a senior field rank. (In modern China the rank of Senior Colonel is intended as a way to promote distinguished Colonels, without unnecessarily swelling the numbers of general officers.) Most Senior Colonels serve as the Commander, Political Commissar, or Deputy Commanders of a division.

A similar title to Senior Colonel is that of Senior Captain
Senior Captain

Senior Captain is a rare military rank which is used in some countries armed forces....
, also used in most Communist countries. However, it may also be found in some western militaries as a staff rank appointed to a regular Captain.

The term Senior Colonel is also used informally and unofficially in the U.S. military for Colonels who have either been selected for promotion to Brigadier General but not actually promoted yet, or for veteran Colonels who are particularly experienced and influential.

The naval equivalent for a Senior Colonel is the non-flag Commodore
Commodore (rank)

Commodore is a military rank used in many navy for officers whose position exceeds that of a navy Captain , but is less than that of a rear admiral....
 or Fleet Captain
Fleet captain

Fleet Captain is a rare military title that may be bestowed upon Senior Captain naval Captain for a variety of reasons, the most common of which is to temporarily take command of more than one vessel....
, although it is sometimes referred to as Senior Captain
Senior Captain

Senior Captain is a rare military rank which is used in some countries armed forces....
.

See also


  • Colonel Commandant
    Colonel Commandant

    Colonel Commandant is a military title used in the armed forces of some English-speaking countries. The title, not a substantive rank, could denote a senior colonel with authority over fellow colonels....
  • Comparative military ranks
    Comparative military ranks

    This article is a list of various states' armed forces military rank designations. Comparisons are made between the different systems used by nations to categorize the hierarchy of an armed force compared to another....