2007-02-01 13:38:44 · 25 answers · asked by Amanda 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Thanks for all the responses ..the reason i asked was bc this guy told me he was one but i found out hes only a leutenant
2007-02-02 13:45:54 · update #1
No ... even doctors come in as a LtCol after the age of 25, so to reach a full bird colonel at 23 is impossible. Nice thought though.
2007-02-01 13:49:39 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Mui 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Considering most people graduate college at about 21 or 22....no way. Most 1st LT's are older than 23. The average age of a colonel is more like 50 than 23.
2007-02-02 06:06:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember that a colonel is only one rank below a star. So I would imagine that the last 23 year old colonel was promoted to that rank in 1776.
Most colonels are academy graduates (about 22 years old when the graduate) and there isn't a chance in hell that someone would go from o1 to o6 in one year.
2007-02-01 13:53:37 · answer #3 · answered by tom l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Colonel John B. Weber was promoted to Colonel when he was 20 years old in 1863, He commanded the 89th United States Colored Infantry.
Major General Chesley Peterson USAF is the youngest Colonel I can find in WWll, he was 23 years old when promoted.
Colonel David Hackworth was the youngest Colonel during vietnam, he was in his late 30's, I can not find the exact date of his promotion.
2007-02-02 17:07:11 · answer #4 · answered by jeeper_peeper321 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. To be an officer higher than Captain, one must have a bachelor's degree. For almost everyone, that means by the time you graduate your Officer Basic Course, you are already 23. A 2LT must wait two years before he goes before the 1LT promotion board. I will say that it is impossible for a person to be a colonel at 23.
2007-02-01 15:41:51 · answer #5 · answered by Tom C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amanda ... I've not seen any age limits, but let's be real. The answer in today's day and age is a "No." There MAY have been a 23-year-old colonel in the Army at one time or another, but not any time recently, I feel.
2007-02-01 14:19:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Officers have to be in each pay grade for a certain number of years.On the average it takes 10-15 years for them to reach the rank of Major. If you do the math, a man gets out of college at the age of 22, he is 32-37 to be a Major.
2007-02-01 14:43:09 · answer #7 · answered by anton_29207 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO. but ...you could be an USAF or ARMY Captain and go to a Navy base and over the phone be mistaken for a NAVY Captain, which is an O6......equal to a USAF or ARMY Colonel.... Course when they find out, they get really mad at you.
2007-02-05 12:34:08 · answer #8 · answered by forgivebutdonotforget911 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard some very smart kids finish high school at age 8, and graduate school at age 12.
If kids like that join military as a Lt Col (because this kid just finish med school) at age 14, by 23 he is entitled many things, including being a colonel.
2007-02-01 14:00:25 · answer #9 · answered by Bill H 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Corporal maybe.... Definitely not Colonel. Graduate high school at 18, 4 years of college, officer candidate school.... Not possible.
2007-02-01 14:35:40 · answer #10 · answered by Bookworm4124 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋