Lt. Colonel is not too high on the food chain. In a war he’d have as much say as a private. You don’t get anywhere in the military without following orders and keeping your mouth shut. Must be an angry man-not too manly. .......................... I have always considered the LTC rank to be the most dangerous.(Politically) Note how many seized power in other nations. They go from LTC to El Supremo. I was a non political LTC assigned to a couple of Generals who had no political ambitions. When I made Col. my General may have, but I left before I could find out. Peters was a “Hey look at me” LTC who craved the spot light.
He also published several novels while on active duty which garnered enough favorable reviews that it annoyed those in Big Army who firmly adhere to only beating your drum amid the organization. I suspect he was told something like Joseph Wambaugh after he published ‘The New Centurions’ in ‘71. “Joe the department has no use for patrolmen who publish novels about the force. Anonymity and obedience are the keys to advancement. You are through on this force.”