Colonel (United States Army)

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field-grade officer rank military rank

Colonel (United States Army) is a senior field-grade officer rank in the U.S. Army, typically commanding brigade-sized units or serving in high-level staff positions just below the general officer ranks.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Colonel (United States Army Air Forces)	1
Colonel (United States Army) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12925149 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Colonel (United States Army)
Context triple: [Captain (United States Navy), equivalentRank, Colonel (United States Army)]

A. Lieutenant colonel (United States Army)
Lieutenant colonel (United States Army) is a field-grade officer rank typically commanding battalion-sized units or serving in key staff positions, positioned above major and below colonel.
B. Brigadier General
A Brigadier General is a one-star general officer rank in the U.S. Army, typically responsible for commanding a brigade or serving in senior staff positions.
C. Senior Officer of the United States Army
The Senior Officer of the United States Army is the highest-ranking Army leader responsible for overseeing the service’s operations, readiness, and strategic direction under civilian authority.
D. Colonel, United States Marine Corps Reserve
Colonel, United States Marine Corps Reserve is a senior field-grade officer rank held by part-time or reserve-duty Marine officers who support the U.S. Marine Corps while typically maintaining civilian careers.
E. Master Sergeant (U.S. Army)
Master Sergeant (U.S. Army) is a senior noncommissioned officer rank responsible for high-level technical expertise, leadership, and staff duties within Army units.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Colonel (United States Army)
Target entity description: Colonel (United States Army) is a senior field-grade officer rank in the U.S. Army, typically commanding brigade-sized units or serving in high-level staff positions just below the general officer ranks.

A. Lieutenant colonel (United States Army)
Lieutenant colonel (United States Army) is a field-grade officer rank typically commanding battalion-sized units or serving in key staff positions, positioned above major and below colonel.
B. Brigadier General
A Brigadier General is a one-star general officer rank in the U.S. Army, typically responsible for commanding a brigade or serving in senior staff positions.
C. Senior Officer of the United States Army
The Senior Officer of the United States Army is the highest-ranking Army leader responsible for overseeing the service’s operations, readiness, and strategic direction under civilian authority.
D. Colonel, United States Marine Corps Reserve
Colonel, United States Marine Corps Reserve is a senior field-grade officer rank held by part-time or reserve-duty Marine officers who support the U.S. Marine Corps while typically maintaining civilian careers.
E. Master Sergeant (U.S. Army)
Master Sergeant (U.S. Army) is a senior noncommissioned officer rank responsible for high-level technical expertise, leadership, and staff duties within Army units.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	field-grade officer rank ⓘ military rank ⓘ
abbreviation	COL ⓘ Col. NERFINISHED ⓘ
addressedAs	Colonel ⓘ Ma'am ⓘ Sir ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
equivalentRank	Captain (United States Navy) NERFINISHED ⓘ Colonel (United States Air Force) NERFINISHED ⓘ Colonel (United States Marine Corps) ⓘ Colonel (United States Space Force) NERFINISHED ⓘ
higherRank	Brigadier General (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalOrigin	derived from European regimental commanders ⓘ
insignia	silver eagle ⓘ
insigniaColor	silver ⓘ
insigniaShape	American bald eagle NERFINISHED ⓘ
insigniaWornOn	beret flash (miniature) ⓘ collar ⓘ shoulder straps ⓘ
introducedIn	Continental Army tradition ⓘ
lowerRank	Lieutenant Colonel (United States Army) NERFINISHED ⓘ
NATOrankCode	OF-5 ⓘ
payGrade	O-6 ⓘ
positionInHierarchy	above Lieutenant Colonel (United States Army) ⓘ below general officer ranks ⓘ
promotionBoardLevel	Department of the Army centralized board NERFINISHED ⓘ
rankCategory	commissioned officer rank ⓘ
rankCode	O-6 ⓘ
rankGroup	senior field-grade officer ⓘ
serviceBranch	United States Army ⓘ
typicalBillet	brigade combat team commander ⓘ chief of staff at division level ⓘ installation commander ⓘ senior operations officer (G-3) at division or corps ⓘ
typicalCommand	brigade ⓘ
typicalCommandSize	3,000 to 5,000 soldiers ⓘ brigade-sized unit ⓘ
typicalDuty	Army staff officer at the Pentagon ⓘ brigade commander ⓘ corps-level staff officer ⓘ division-level staff officer ⓘ garrison commander ⓘ regimental commander ⓘ senior staff officer ⓘ
typicalTimeInServiceForPromotion	about 21 to 23 years of service GENERATED ⓘ
USCodeReference	Title 10 of the United States Code NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	Active Component NERFINISHED ⓘ Army National Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ Army Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Captain → equivalentRank → Colonel (United States Army) ⓘ

subject surface form: Captain (United States Navy)