lieutenant colonel
noun
: a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a major and below a colonel
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The 64-year-old Franklin David Slater, a retired lieutenant colonel based in Nebraska, sent the defense secrets to a user claiming to be a Ukrainian woman back in 2022 when Russia began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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PC Magazine, 16 July 2025
As a lieutenant colonel, his last assignment was director of European affairs for the National Security Council.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2025
What To Know At least 78 officers ranking from lieutenant to lieutenant colonel were killed in U.S. airstrikes on Yemen since March.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Slater retired from the Army as a lieutenant colonel in 2020 and worked in a classified space at the base from around August 2021 until around April 2022.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 July 2025
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PC Magazine, 16 July 2025
As a lieutenant colonel, his last assignment was director of European affairs for the National Security Council.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2025
What To Know At least 78 officers ranking from lieutenant to lieutenant colonel were killed in U.S. airstrikes on Yemen since March.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Slater retired from the Army as a lieutenant colonel in 2020 and worked in a classified space at the base from around August 2021 until around April 2022.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 July 2025
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“Lieutenant colonel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lieutenant%20colonel. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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