[Illbay]

Hm. Your numbers and mine don't match.

A MAJ or LTC normally commands a Battalion, and a Division has between 10,000 and 16,000, commanded by a Major General.

A full COL normally commands a Brigade.

Divisions are made up of two or three Brigades, and a Brigade has typically three Battalions.

Source: Department of the Army Pamphlet 10-1

[DWPittelli]

Illbay: A full COL normally commands a Brigade.

You are right. I was guilty of assuming that history and linguistic logic applied to the current situation. Although a Brigadier General (1-star) is named that because that was historically the rank that commands a Brigade, nowadays it's more typically a full Colonel that commands a Brigade. A Brigadier General is usually a staff officer (no command), and a Major General (2-star) usually commands a Division.

All that said, that just makes my point -- i.e., what is a Colonel doing commanding only 150 men, what a screwed up army -- all the more true.