Lt Colonel Military Rank

Lt Colonel Military Rankの要点や背景を専門的かつ分かりやすくまとめました。全体像を一目で把握できます。

Becoming a Lieutenant Colonel is like playing an incredibly slow video game. You start as a Second Lieutenant (basically a paid intern), then Captain, then Major. After about 15 to 18 years, if you’re lucky and talented (and didn’t get caught napping in a Humvee), you get promoted.

The promotion board is a terrifying panel of colonels who judge your entire file. They look at your evaluations, your deployments, and your attitude. So yeah, you have to be good at your job and also not a jerk. Tall order for some, I know.

The Unofficial Duties

But here’s the stuff they don’t teach in officer school. A Lieutenant Colonel is also a cheerleader, a therapist, and occasionally a firefighter. You’re the one who has to tell a young soldier their leave got denied, or that their kid’s school event is happening during a field exercise.

You also have to look calm when everything is on fire. Like, literally on fire during a training exercise. Or metaphorically on fire during a budgeting review. Both happen. The best Lieutenant Colonels keep a poker face while internally screaming “I have no idea what I’m doing”—but they make it look easy.