<Ul> <Li> Commander (United States Navy and United States Coast Guard) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Commander (United States Navy and United States Coast Guard) </Li> <P> In the United States Army, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Air Force, a lieutenant colonel is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel . It is equivalent to the naval rank of commander in the other uniformed services . </P> <P> The pay grade for the rank of lieutenant colonel is O - 5 . In the United States armed forces, the insignia for the rank consists of a silver oak leaf, with slight stylized differences between the Army / Air Force version and the Navy / Marine Corps version . </P>

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