Lieutenant Coronel (IM)
The rank of Lieutenant Colonel (O5) is the commissioned officer rank in the Imperial Marines that commands a Battalion or has duties of similar importance.
Description (Specifications)
Each Battalion in the Imperial Marines will be commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel. Several staff posts at Brigade level (where these exist) or higher are also held by Officers with this rank.
- The equivalent rank in the Imperial Navy is Commander.
- The equivalent rank in the Imperial Army (Ground Force Command) is Lieutenant Colonel
Rank & Grade (Hierarchy)
Some of the organizational ranks and grades used by this force are included in the following table:
| Imperial Marine Ranks | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Commissioned Officers | |
| O9 » Marshal-Commandant of the Corps | |
| O8 » Brigadier-General (Marshal) | |
| O7 » Brigadier | |
| O6 » Coronel | |
| O5 » Lieutenant Coronel | |
| O4 » Force Commander | |
| O3 » Captain (Force Captain) | |
| O2 » First Lieutenant (Force Lieutenant) | |
| O1 » Second Lieutenant (Force Ensign) | |
| O0 » Cadet / Midshipman | |
| Enlisted | |
| E9 » Sergeant Major | |
| E8 » Master Sergeant (First Sergeant) | |
| E7 » Leading Sergeant | |
| E6 » Staff Sergeant (Gunnery Sergeant) | |
| E5 » Sergeant | |
| E4 » Lance Sergeant | |
| E3 » Corporal | |
| E2 » Lance Corporal | |
| E1 » Marine/Private (Private 1st Class) | |
| E0 » Marine Recruit / Apprentice | |
History & Background (Dossier)
The word "colonel" derives from the same root as the word "column" (Italian: colonna) and means "of a column", and, by implication, "commander of a column". The word "colonel" is therefore linked to the word "column" in a similar way that "brigadier" is linked to "brigade", although in English this relationship is not immediately obvious. By the end of the late medieval period, a group of "companies" was referred to as a "column" of an army.
The prefix of "Lieutenant" implies that this rank is the deputy for the Colonel.
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- Gareth Hanrahan. Core Rulebook (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), 20.
- Collated by: BackworldTraveller