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In the Starfleet Marine Corps, Colonel is a senior military officer rank just above the rank of [[Lieutenant Colonel]] and just below the rank of [[Brigadier General]]. It is equivalent to the naval rank of [[Captain]] in the fleet services.  Colonels usually command infantry brigades or regiments with a [[Lieutenant Colonel]] as executive officer and a [[Master Chief Petty Officer|Command Sergeant Major]] as a senior non-commissioned officer advisor.  Colonels are sometimes referred to (but not addressed) as full-bird colonels or "O-6," which is their pay grade, in order to differentiate between Colonels and [[Lieutenant Colonel]]s, since the latter are also referred to and addressed as simply "colonel."