Sentence examples for senior colonel from inspiring English sources

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senior colonel

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A military rank for a field officer above that of colonel and below the general ranks or flag ranks

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The officer, Xu Junping, a senior colonel in the Chinese People's Liberation Army, defected while in New York, officials said.

Its chief editor, Chen Yu – a senior colonel at the Academy of Military Science – describes it as a voluntary initiative.

The 40-year-old grandson of Mao Zedong has been elevated to major general from senior colonel in the People's Liberation Army, making him one of the youngest ever to achieve that rank, the Communist Party-run newspaper Global Times reported Monday.

The book's author, Liu Mingfu, a senior colonel, argues that China should regain its position as the most powerful nation in the world, a position it had held for a thousand years before its humiliation.Mr Xi prefers to avoid any public talk of surpassing American power.

In the evening, in his capacity as Senior Colonel, Household Division, he will chair the Senior Colonels' Conference and hold a dinner.

On Armistice Day last year, Prince Philip was present for the soil gathering ceremony in Ypres in his role as senior colonel of the Household Division and colonel of the Grenadier Guards.

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Mr Cabello's army contemporaries have risen to be generals or senior colonels, holding key troop commands.

The president vows to round up and punish those behind the military revolt, as his government announces hundreds of people have been arrested on suspicion of involvement, including senior colonels and generals.

Although his rank entitled him to quarters at Fort Myer, Virginia, the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Omar Bradley advised him not to ask for them as there had been criticism from some senior colonels.

Its students comprise senior lieutenant colonels, colonels, and their civilian equivalents.

But in a June 23 memo to the same senior recruiters, Colonel Vangjel expressed disappointment, saying that in the previous several months, the command "experienced a downward production trend".

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