Colonels at Dealey Plaza JFKcountercoup: Colonels at Dealey Plaza Colonels are the highest ranking officers on the battlefield – what the snipers call a HPT – High Priority Target – guys who take their insignia off before going out in the open. They are the - Go To guys the Generals personally give instructions and orders to carry out. On the chess board the Colonels are Bishops, Rooks and Knights and capable of maneuvering and striking from different directions and distances.