chain of command
noun phrase
: a series of executive positions in order of authority
a military chain of command
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Corcoran doesn’t blame her chain of command at Fort Leavenworth.
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Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025
Soldiers seeking a nonreligious exemption will need a temporary medical profile and an exception-to-policy memo from a lieutenant colonel in the chain of command.
—Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2025
As the complicated chain of command is in place to prevent military coups this created bottlenecks preventing quick decision-making.
—Natasha Lindstaedt, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Trump's decision to launch the strikes came after Israel launched a series of missile strikes on Iran that decimated the country's military chain of command and nuclear infrastructure.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
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Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025
Soldiers seeking a nonreligious exemption will need a temporary medical profile and an exception-to-policy memo from a lieutenant colonel in the chain of command.
—Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2025
As the complicated chain of command is in place to prevent military coups this created bottlenecks preventing quick decision-making.
—Natasha Lindstaedt, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Trump's decision to launch the strikes came after Israel launched a series of missile strikes on Iran that decimated the country's military chain of command and nuclear infrastructure.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
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“Chain of command.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chain%20of%20command. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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