Editing Colonel (section)

==Colonel as highest-ranking officer==
Some military forces have a colonel as their highest-ranking officer, with no 'general' ranks, and no superior authority (except, perhaps, the head of state as a titular commander-in-chief) other than the respective national government. Examples include the following (arranged alphabetically by country name):

* [[Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force|Antigua and Barbuda]] (170 personnel)
* [[Public Force of Costa Rica|Costa Rica]] (about 8,000 personnel)
* [[Iceland Crisis Response Unit|Iceland]] (100 personnel, employed only for peacekeeping duties)
* [[Armed Forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya|Libya]] (commands all the Armed Forces – [[Muammar Gaddafi]] until 2011)
* [[Military of Monaco|Monaco]] (two branches, with a total of about 250 personnel)
* [[Suriname National Army|Suriname]] (1,800 personnel) (up to 19 June 2020)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.suriname.nu/surinamenieuws/minister-benschop-bevorderd-tot-generaal-majoor-su/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624043501/https://www.suriname.nu/surinamenieuws/minister-benschop-bevorderd-tot-generaal-majoor-su/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 24, 2020|title=Minister Benschop bevorderd tot Generaal-Majoor|website=Suriname.nu|access-date=14 July 2020|language=nl}}</ref>
* [[Military in Vatican City|Vatican City]] (110 personnel – the [[Pontifical Swiss Guard|Swiss Guard]])

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! colspan="6"|Rank insignia for a colonel in several nations which have no higher military rank
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! rowspan=2 |Iceland
! colspan=2 | Monaco
! rowspan=2 | Vatican City
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! Colonel [[Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince|CCP]] !! Colonel [[Corps des Sapeurs-Pompiers de Monaco|CSP]]<br>
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| [[File:Monaco-army-OF-5.svg|50px|center]]
| [[File:Mon-sap-off-06.JPG|50px|center]]
| [[File:Rank insignia of Oberst (OF-5) Pontifical Swiss Guard.svg|50px|center]]
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