Promotion to lieutenant colonel is governed by Department of Defense policies derived from the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act (DOPMA) of 1980, for officers in the Active Component, and its companion Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act (ROPMA), for officers in the Reserve Component (e.g., Reserve and National Guard). In the United States armed forces, the insignia for the rank are a silver oak leaf, with slight stylized differences between the version of the Army and the Air Force and that of the Navy and the Marine Corps. The pay grade for the rank of lieutenant colonel is O-5. It is equivalent to the naval rank of commander in the other uniformed services. In the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, lieutenant colonel is a field-grade officer rank, just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel. Space Force insignia of the rank of lieutenant colonel as shown on the coat of the dress blue uniform. Marine Corps insignia of the rank of lieutenant colonel as shown on the coat of winter uniform Alpha. Army insignia of the rank of lieutenant colonel for the dress blue uniform. Commander ( United States Navy and United States Coast Guard).
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