Colonel (United States) Army , Air Force , andMarin e Corps insignia of the rank ofcolon el. Style and method of wear ma y vary between the ser- vices. In theUnited States Army,Air Force, andMarine Corps, colonel (pronounced “ker-nul”) is the most senior field grade military officer rank immediately above the rank oflieutenant colonel and immediately below the rank of brigad ier genera l. It is equ iv al ent to thenaval rank of captain in theother unifo rmed services. [n 1] The pay grad e for colonel is O-6. The insignia of the rank of colonel, as seen on the right, is worn on the officer’s left side (a mirror-image version is worn on the right side, such that the eagle always faces forward to the wearer’s front; the left-side version is also worn centered on fatigue caps, helmets, ACU&ECWCS breasts, inter alia). 1 In si gni a The insignia for a colonel is a silver eagle which is a styl- ized rep rese ntati on of the eag le domi nati ng the Gre at Seal of the United States (which is the coat of arms of the Un ite d Sta tes ). As on the Gre at Seal, the eag le has a U.S. shield superimposed on its chest and is holding an olive branchand bundle ofarrowsin itstalons. However, in simp lifi cati on of the Great Seal image , the insig nia lacks the scroll in the eagle’s mouth and therosetteabove its head. On the Gre at Seal, the oli ve branc h is alw ays clutched in the eagle’s right-side talons, while the bundle of arrows is always clutc hed in the lef t-side talons. The head of the eagle faces towards the olive branch, rather than the arrows, adv ocat ing peace rath er than war. As a result, the head of the eagle always faces towards the view er’s left. During Worl d War II the military insignia for the rank of Colone l changed somewha t with the eagle facing the arrows. This was done only during war years. These special “war eagles,” although rare, can sometime s be found in military surplus or memorabilia sales. William Fewin the uniform of a Continental Army colonelHowever, when worn as a single insignia with no match- ing pair, such as on the patrol cap, garrison cap/flight cap, or the front of the Army ACU, there is a split be- tween the services on which mirror image of the eagle sho uld be worn. In the Uni ted States Army and Unite d States Air Force, the eagle is always worn with “the head of the eagle to the wearer’s right,” with the olive branch clutch ed in the eagle’s right hand talons (see Army Regu- lation 670-1, paragraph 28-6 (a)(1)). In the United State s Navy, United States Marine Corps, United States Coast Gua rd and NOAA, theeagl e is worn wit h “the he ad f aci ng forward” on the wearer’s right side of the garrison cover (see Marine Corps Order P1020.34G, Uniform Regula- tion, paragraph 4005d(1)). Since respective service’s of- ficer insig nia is worn on the left side and the rank insignia is worn on the right hand side of the Navy, Marine, Coast Guard and NOAA garrison caps, the eagle is facing to the eagle’s left with the olive branch clutched in the ea- gle’s left hand talons, which is a mirror opposite to the wear of the single eagle for Army and Air Force officers. 1
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