Possible Clues:

• Army rank above colonel
• Officer could get broken rib, I raged
• Officer runs after a GI bride disgracefully
• Officer rose, say, accepting one good promotion
• British fix promotion that is right for officer
• Senior officer’s first sailing-vessel — expensive, they say
• Army officer in outfit wearing beard I shaped
• Soldier's new bride touring capital
• Officer's new bride touring Baltic port
• Senior officer to fix promotion during last stand