Colonel (United States)

Colonel is a rank of the United States armed forces. Colonel ranks above a Lieutenant Colonel and below a Brigadier General and holds the pay grade of O-6. The insignia for a Colonel is a silver eagle with a U.S. shield superimposed on its chest and holding an olive branch and bundle of arrows in its talons. The eagle lead to the informal term "full bird colonel". The rank is used by the Army, Marines, and the Air Force. The equivalent in the Navy or Coast Guard is Captain.