Colonel

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 Major. In comparison to naval ranking systems, this rank is equivalent to the naval Captain rank, the Romulan Star Empire's Commander 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.

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.

In the Bajoran Militia, a Colonel wears a silver Bajoran insignia pin on the collar.

In the Romulan Tal Shiar organization, a Colonel wears a collar insignia of a gold triangle with two crescents lined up against it.

Insignia

Starfleet Marines

Klingon Empire

Romulan Star Empire

	Enlisted ranks			Non-commissioned officer ranks						Etc	Commissioned ranks						Flag ranks
	E1	E2	E3	E4	E5	E6	E7	E8	E9		O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6	O7	O8	O9	O10	O11
Starfleet	CR	CA	CN	PO3	PO2	PO1	CPO	SCPO	MCPO CMCPO FMCPO MCPOSF	WO CDT MID REC	ENS	LTJG	LT	LCDR	CDR	CAPT FCAPT DDIR	COMM	RADM	VADM	ADM	FADM CinC
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	BGen	MajGen	LtGen	Gen	GenCorps
Klingon ground troops	Bekk2		Bekk1	Cpl	Sgt			MSgt	SgtMaj		2nd Lt	1st Lt	Capt	Maj	LtCol	Col	Brig		LtGen	Gen
Klingon navy				PO2		PO1	CPO		MCPO		ENS	LTJG	LT	LCDR	CDR	CAPT	RADM		VADM	ADM
Romulan Star Navy	UHL			(unknown)							SLt	Lt	Cent	SCdr		Cdr	Adm
Tal Shiar											2nd Lt	1st Lt	Capt	Maj		Col	Gen