field-grade officer in English
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1
a major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel.
Lieutenants in Gulf War I are now field-grade officers ; colonels are now 3- and 4-star generals; most soldiers who fought in Gulf War I are no longer on active duty.
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1. Colonel, the highest field-grade officer, ranking just below the general officer grades in most armies or below brigadier in the British services
2. Battalion, a tactical military organization composed basically of a headquarters and two or more companies, batteries, or similar organizations and usually commanded by a field-grade officer