What is Colonel?
A '''colonel''' is a rank of [[officer]] in the [[military]]. It is usually the highest or second highest [[military rank|rank]] before [[general officer|General]] and [[Field Marshal]], but many of the countries represents this post as the highest military officer like [[Gambia]], [[Libya]], [[Niger]], [[Suriname]] etc. A colonel is usually in charge of a [[regiment]]. The word comes from the [[Latin]] word ''columnella'' which means column, but it was first used in [[Italy]] as the name for the officer in charge of a column. It came into English from [[French language|French]]. It is usually said like the word ''kernel''. {{military-stub}} [[Category:Military ranks]] [[Category:Colonels| ]]