 | Bernan Press - 1996 - 878 頁
...missions assigned to them and exercising command authority over forces assigned to them. The operational chain of command runs from the President to the Secretary of Defense to the commanders of the unified combatant commands. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff functions... | |
 | Peter L. Hays, Brenda J. Vallance, Alan R. Van Tassell - 1997 - 628 頁
...the president and the secretary of defense, otherwise known as the National Command Authority, and the chain of command runs from the president to the secretary of defense to the unified commands. Although the chairman of the JCS transmits orders from the National Command... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - 2001 - 528 頁
...commanders and preserve the civilian control of the military. Goldwater-Nichols stated that the operational chain of command runs from the President to the Secretary of Defense to the Combatant Commanders. Under Title 10, USC 163, the Unified Command Plan directs that communications... | |
 | Edward Offley - 2001 - 318 頁
...the US military combat forces is held by the commanders-in-chief of the Unified Combatant Commands. The chain of command runs from the president to the secretary of defense to the Unified Commanders-in-Chief. Orders and other communications from the president or secretary... | |
 | James R. Locher - 2002 - 552 頁
..."supervision," would have suggested infringement on the chain of command. Jones noted that a DoD directive specified that the chain of command runs from the president to the secretary of defense through the JCS to the unified and specified commands. Jones's third specific proposal would have the... | |
 | Fred J. Pushies - 184 頁
...follows: "Operational Control of the US combat forces is assigned to the nation's Unified Combat Commands. The chain of command runs from the President to the Secretary of Defense to the Unified Commanders in Chief. Orders and other communications from the President or Secretary... | |
 | Lawrence R. Spencer - 2017 - 290 頁
...jurisdiction to unified and specified combatant commands to perform missions assigned to those commands..."; the chain of command "runs from the President to the Secretary of Defense; and from the Secretary of Defense to the commander of the combatant command. " So, Rocky was off the hook... | |
 | James E. Baker - 2007 - 405 頁
...units. As its mission statement indicates, Northern Command is an operational combatant command. Thus, the chain of command runs from the president to the secretary of defense to the four-star commander. (The assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense provides policy... | |
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The chain of command runs from the President to the Secretary of Defense and through the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the commanders of Unified and Specified Commands. 
