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The rank of lieutenant colonel has existed in the British Army since at least the 16th century and was used in both American colonial militia and colonial regular regiments. [5] The Continental Army continued the British and colonial use of the rank of lieutenant colonel, [6] as the second-in-command to a colonel commanding a regiment. [7]
The structure of United States military ranks had its roots in British military traditions, adopting the same or similar ranks and titles. At the start of the American Revolutionary War in 1775, the Continental Army's lack of standardized uniforms and insignia proved confusing for soldiers in the field.
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This W3C-unspecified vector image was created with Inkscape. Description US-O5 insignia.svg English: Lieutenant Colonel rank insignia for the United States Army , Air Force , and Marine Corps .
This W3C-unspecified vector image was created with Inkscape. Description Army-USA-OF-04.svg English: Lieutenant Colonel shoulder strap rank insignia for the United States Army .
In the British military, it is customary to refer to either a Lieutenant Colonel or a Colonel by their first names when mentioning them, e.g. "Colonel Tim will be at the parade". In the United States Air Force, the term 'light bird' or 'light bird colonel' (as opposed to a 'full bird colonel') is an acceptable casual reference to the rank but ...
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Members of the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps are assigned various ranks, the titles and insignia of which are based on those used by the United States Armed Forces (and its various ROTCs), specifically the United States Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S Space Force, and the U.S. Coast Guard.