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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 ...
The chain of command leads from the president (as commander-in-chief) through the secretary of defense down to the newest recruits. [2] [3] The United States Armed Forces are organized through the United States Department of Defense, which oversees a complex structure of joint command and control functions with many units reporting to various commanding officers.
Turtanu" or "Turtan" (Akkadian: 饞寜饞嫬饞墶 tur-ta-nu; Hebrew: 转址旨专职转指旨谉 tart膩n; Greek: Θαρθαν; Latin: Tharthan; Syriac: 墁艿塥墁艿堍 tartan) is an Akkadian word/title meaning 'commander in chief' [1] or 'prime minister'. In Assyria, the Turtanu ranked next to the king. [2]
Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States [3] U.S. ranks have their roots in British military traditions, with the president possessing ultimate authority, but no rank, maintaining a civilian status. [4]
The Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, later Commander-in-Chief, British Army, or just the Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C), was (intermittently) the professional head of the English Army from 1660 to 1707 (the English Army, founded in 1645, was succeeded in 1707 by the new British Army, incorporating existing Scottish regiments) and of the British Army from 1707 until 1904.
Stephen Miller, Trump’s choice to be deputy chief of staff for policy, has said in the past that the National Guard could be used in deportations in states where there are uncooperative local ...
Captain was derived from the Late Latin word capitaneus (meaning "head man" or chief). The commissioned officer assisting the captain with command of the company was the lieutenant . Lieutenant was derived from the French language ; the lieu meaning "place" as in a position; and tenant meaning "holding" as in "holding a position"; thus a ...
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer laid out something like the 3 a.m. call scenario explicitly in her remarks. The state executive affectionately known as “Big Gretch” conjured a situation where a ...