What is higher rank, Commander or Colonel?

[Muton]

I have several Commanders and Colonels but not sure which is higher. Commander is a Navy or Air force rank, not a marine or army rank

[Rakesh]

Commander, I think.

[The Phalanx]

Colonel is the highest rank. Commander is second highest.

[Vinilly]

To take command is a commander any officer can be a commander.
All staff officers have no command meaning there just lutenants, or captians or colonel.

SO to add commander is any one who holds some sort of command ie. Company, Batallion, Brigade, Division.

SO you have Company commander which can be a captian as intended or a lutenant holding that command.
Then you have vehicles bradly commander which is the person in charge in a bradley or tank commander the person incharge in a tank can be Sergeants.

So just anyone who holds sometype of formal leadership responsibility to life and equipment.

Also there can be convoy Commanders meaning a chain of vehicles driving one Sergeant or officer can be Convoy commander and assistant Convoy commander.

[Wyrtt]

usa oficer ranks are really messy,

[DeadPoolX]

I don't know how the ranks work out in the game, but in the real world, the US Navy/Coast Guard rank of Commander is equal to the US Army/Air Force/Marine Corps rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Both ranks are grade O-5.

Now the US Army/Air Force/Marine Corps rank of Colonel is equal to the US Navy/Coast Guard rank of Captain. Both ranks are grade O-6.

Where this can get messy is when one has to distinguish between position and rank.

For instance, any officer, regardless of actual rank, is called "Captain" when in command of a naval vessel. So you could have a Lieutenant Commander in-charge of a ship, but all the officers, NCOs, and enlisted personnel would still refer to him or her as "Captain."

Likewise, anyone who's in a command position could be called "the commander of..." and although that person may not be at the rank of Commander (or even in the Navy or Coast Guard at all), it would still be technically correct.