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6 Responses to 'What is the average rank of an Army Officer at retirement?'

1. Let the fun begin!!! - January 23rd, 2010 at 7:25 am

   I would say Col.

2. richgeasey - January 25th, 2010 at 6:14 am

   Typically O-5, there will be O-6s but they will normally stay on longer. You’re about 42 so what else are you going to do and you likely have kids going into college. You get another 2.5% on your retirement for each year after 20.

3. David B - January 27th, 2010 at 12:37 pm

   prob O-5 LtCol…you would be “up or outed” as a Major before 20 years.

4. warcry80 - January 28th, 2010 at 2:46 pm

   Usually Lt. Col. and Col. for regular officers but in medical fields officers usually top out at major

5. gman - January 29th, 2010 at 9:36 am

   The average is O-4.

6. reginald r - February 1st, 2010 at 1:14 pm

   i suppose it depends on which who!s army,if it is american then i do not know the answer,but in the british army it depends where you were educated,who daddy was,and your social standing in particular the guards regiments where status is all,and of course your accent,i will give an example,when i and my pal were called up for service in 1954 john had higher national diploma electrical,i han ordinary national diploma,which educationally is far better than the education of the two royal princes in the forces today,both officers ,but john!s father was a joiner,mine a coal-man,there was no way we would be accepted as officer material,no social standing,wrong accent,your training and ability did not count,having said all that,neither of us had any thoughts of being officers it was unheard of to even presume it,now we have two officers both royal princes with very limited qualifications,who will no doubt be future generals within three to four years like their father who is an admiral,general,air marshal,it was all down to class and social position,it has changed slightly unless you are in the guards brigade then all is as was,when john and i joined our regiment we were with a young chap his father was a sir,must remain nameless,he failed his third class education certificate which was as low a standard as is possible and yet he ended up going to octu to be an officer,god help his men he was a totally arrogant prig,but he had two advantages,he was the son of a sir,and he had the right accent,also he played golf,the absolute essential then,his daddy turned up each week was taken into the colonels office,tells you a story

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