The rank of colonel is typically above the rank of lieutenant colonel. The rank above colonel is typically called brigadier, brigade general or brigadier general. Equivalent naval ranks may be called captain or ship-of-the-line captain. In the Commonwealth air force rank system, the equivalent rank is group captain.
Gloria in excelsis Deo (Latin for Glory to God in the highest) is a Christian hymn known also as the Greater Doxology (as distinguished from the Minor Doxology or Gloria Patri) and the Angelic Hymn.[1][2] The name is often abbreviated to Gloria in Excelsis or simply Gloria.
This is not the first time the national anthem has been translated. The Library of Congress offers another Spanish version, La Bandera de las Estrellas, translated in 1919 for the U.S. Bureau of Education, as well as several German songsheets of uncertain age celebrating das Banner mit Sternen..