Today his father, a retired colonel, has every reason to be proud.

The final state of mind of retired colonel before they come to take him away.

A retired colonel whose training would never leave him.

"I tell them they're getting a job that involves physical danger," the 54-year-old retired colonel and Vietnam veteran said.

As a Member of Parliament, the retired colonel made public safety his main banner.

He was a retired Colonel at that time.

They sound overpompous, like a retired colonel from the Indian Army.

One of them was a retired Iraqi colonel.

The retired colonel led the other men around the room, briefly inspecting each laborer's work without speaking.

Earlier, a retired colonel was convicted and sentenced to 13 years on charges of passing military secrets to Britain.