He was promoted to full colonel in 1934 He attended and was then recommended to become an instructor at the Indian Army Staff College ( now the Pakistan Army Staff College ) in Quetta, British India.

Alexander was then in February 1928 promoted to colonel ( backdated to 14 May 1926 ) and was the next month appointed Officer Commanding the Irish Guards Regimental District and 140th ( 4th London ) Infantry Brigade in the Territorial Army a post he held until January 1930, when he again returned to study, attending the Imperial Defence College for one year.

Following the coronation celebration, Alexander returned to India, where he was made the honorary colonel of the 3rd Battalion 2nd Punjab Regiment, and then in October 1937 was promoted to the rank of major-general, making Alexander the youngest general in the British Army.

The political system of the Republic of Sudan was restructured following a military coup on 30 June 1989, when Omar al-Bashir, then a colonel in the Sudanese Army, led a group of officers and ousted the government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi.

His leadership in battle gained him promotions to colonel and then brigadier general.

The delegates which included George Washington, then a colonel of the Virginia volunteers, Patrick Henry, and John Adams, were elected by their respective colonial assemblies.

For his successes and his organization of the training school, Patton was promoted to major, lieutenant colonel, and then colonel, U. S. National Army.

In 1938, Patton was promoted to full colonel and Eisenhower, then still a lieutenant colonel, openly admitted that he saw Patton as a friend, superior officer, and mentor.

In 1941, after five years as a relatively unknown lieutenant colonel, Eisenhower was promoted to colonel and then again to brigadier general in just 6 months time.

Benjamin Franklin and Henry Tucker Sr. ( a colonel of the Bermuda Militia, and a former President of the Privy Council, whose son, Henry Tucker, was then President of the Privy Council and son-in-law to Governor Breure, and whose other two sons were a colonel in the Virginia Militia and a politician in the rebel administration ), orchestrated the theft of a hundred barrels of gunpowder from a magazine in St. George's, which was supplied to the Americans.

The program began as the Advanced Operational Studies Fellowship ( AOSF ) in 1984 as an AMSP " companion program " by diverting lieutenant colonel War College selectees to Fort Leavenworth for an equivalent education program — then remaining for a second year to help instruct AMSP students.

World War II saw him rise to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the U. S. Army Air Force Intelligence, first in Africa, then in Italy until 1945.

From 1946 to 1951, Choi received promotions to first lieutenant, captain, major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, and then brigadier general.

Biron wrote to War Minister de Grave, praising the young colonel, who was then promoted to brigadier, commanding a brigade of cavalry in Lückner's Army of the North.

Trumbull's children were also influential in the war effort: Joseph Trumbull was a colonel in the Continental Army, Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. was secretary to George Washington, and John Trumbull served first as a soldier and then as Washington's personal aide during the war.

In 1848 Robert E. Lee, then a lieutenant colonel in the U. S. army, recommended that Mullet Key be used for coastal defense in Florida.

Polish lancers of the Legion of the Vistula under colonel Jan Konopka charged through the bridge taking it by surprise, then outflanked Spanish infantry and attacked it from behind as the main French and Polish forces crossed the bridge, and attacked the Spanish front lines.

He was born at Montauban, and at the age of thirteen accompanied his father, Charles-Benoît, comte de Guibert ( 1715 – 1786 ), chief of staff to Maréchal de Broglie, throughout the Seven Years ' War in Germany, and was awarded the cross of St Louis and then promoted to the rank of colonel in the expedition to Corsica ( 1767 ).

On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war on Germany, and Mitchell, by then a lieutenant colonel, was in Spain en route to France as an observer.

She was christened the U. S. Navy's official " Little Sister "; the Army named two cannons after her and made her an honorary colonel.

In 1746, Johnson was made a colonel of the Iroquois.

Another long term associate of general Petain, colonel Bernard Serrigny, was made responsible for operational execution.

He was made colonel of the 15th Regiment of Foot on 12 June 1756.

Promoted to full " Bird " colonel and made deputy wing commander of his B-47 wing ; Dutch decides, to Sally's displeasure, to remain in the Air Force, rather than return to baseball at the end of his active duty obligation.

After being made a colonel in the militia of Lawrence County, Tennessee, he was elected to the Tennessee state legislature in 1821.

Crockett was made lieutenant colonel of the Fifty-seventh Regiment of Tennessee Militia on March 27, 1818.

Finally, the officer class is made up of: shōi or second lieutenant, chūi or first lieutenant, tai or captain, shōsa or major, chūsa or lieutenant colonel, taisa or colonel, shōshō or major general, chūjō or lieutenant general, taishō or general, and gensui or field marshal.

He served as a colonel in England's North Gloucestershire militia in 1761, and represented that division of the county in parliament until he was made a peer in 1764.

For his services during the crisis Churchill was made Lord Churchill of Eyemouth in the peerage of Scotland in 1682, and the following year appointed colonel of the King's Own Royal Regiment of Dragoons.

For his services to William, now King William III, he was made governor of Portsmouth and colonel of the Coldstream Guards ; in 1689 he was chosen an English member of parliament.

After a brief stint as a smuggler in Northern Italy ( his knowledge of the road networks would later prove useful ), he rejoined the army in 1791 and was made an officer, rising to the rank of colonel by 1792.

Moreover, despite their recent confrontations, he remained on good terms with Hitler, who made him honorary colonel of his old regiment on his retirement.

On 16 September 1668 he was made colonel of the His Majesty's Own Troop of Horse Guards.

In February 1941, he was promoted to ( wartime ) temporary rank of brigadier general ( bypassing the rank of colonel ) ( this rank was made permanent in September, 1943 ).

During the Jacobite rising of 1745 Rockingham's father made him a colonel and organised volunteers to defend the country against the " Young Pretender ".

After a trip to England and Scotland in 1819, he went to Lunéville to join the 1 < sup > er </ sup > régiment de hussards, of which he was made colonel by Charles X ( 1824 ).

At the first restoration he was made a colonel, but he rejoined Napoleon during the Hundred Days, and under his old chief Suchet distinguished himself in the war in the Alps.

Nevertheless he subsequently joined the forces of William of Orange, by whom he was made colonel of the Queen's Troop of Horse Guards on 20 April 1689, and commanded the Queen's Troop at the Battle of the Boyne in July 1690 during the Williamite War in Ireland.

He was made Colonel of the Regiment of the 5th Dragoon Guards in 1859, but he derived more satisfaction when, after his formal retirement in 1860, and its accompanying promotion to Lieutenant-General, he became colonel of his favourite regiment, the 11th Hussars, which he had first commanded in 1836.

Cardinal Richelieu at once made him colonel of an infantry regiment.

On his return to Sweden, however, Sprengtporten was received with the greatest distinction and made a lieutenant-general and colonel of the guards.