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  2. Commander-in-chief - Wikipedia

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    A commander-in-chief or supreme commander (supreme commander-in-chief) is the person who exercises supreme command and control over an armed force or a military branch. As a technical term, it refers to military competencies that reside in a country's executive leadership, a head of state , head of government , or other designated government ...

  3. Commander (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Higher than captain and below deputy chief, the rank is achieved by appointment. Commander is the rank held by the two patrol division heads and other commanders fill various administrative roles. [ citation needed ] The Saint Paul Police Department is another police force that uses the rank of commander.

  4. Command hierarchy - Wikipedia

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    The concept of chain of command also implies that higher rank alone does not entitle a higher-ranking service member to give commands to anyone of lower rank. For example, an officer of unit "A" does not directly command lower-ranking members of unit "B", and is generally expected to approach an officer of unit "B" if he requires action by ...

  5. Organizational structure of the United States Department of ...

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    The President of the United States is, according to the Constitution, the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces and Chief Executive of the Federal Government. The Secretary of Defense is the "Principal Assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense", and is vested with statutory authority (10 U.S.C. § 113) to lead the Department and all of its component ...

  6. Military rank - Wikipedia

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    Commander-in-chief: Eran spahbod (to be replaced with four spahbods, one for each frontier of the empire during the reign of Khosrau I) Commander of the cavalry: Aspwargan salar (Parthian) or aswaran salar (Sassanian) Commander of the archers: Tirbodh; Commander of the infantry: paygan salar; Castellan: Argbadh or argbod

  7. Structure of the United States Air Force - Wikipedia

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    The Secretary of the Air Force, with the advice and assistance of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, shall establish an Air Force Reserve Command. The Air Force Reserve Command shall be operated as a separate command of the Air Force. (b) Commander.— The Chief of Air Force Reserve is the Commander of the Air Force Reserve Command.

  8. How different a commander in chief will Trump be? - AOL

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    The actual number could be much higher, and Trump has mentioned a figure of 15-20 million illegal immigrants that he plans to deport. ... A predictably unpredictable commander in chief. Trump is ...

  9. United States military seniority - Wikipedia

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    The commander of said ship is the senior tactical officer and may in fact be junior in rank to the other officers of the tactical group. For multi-national exercises, such as the Sharem event in South Korea, ships of foreign nations are sometimes given tactical seniority and thus may issue routine movement orders to United States vessels.