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"El Jefe", a less-common nickname for former Cuban President Fidel Castro (deriving from his title as Comandante en Jefe or "Commander-in-Chief" of Cuban Armed Forces); El Hefe (born 1965), guitar player for the punk band NOFX, who derives his nickname from El Jefe
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 ...
Cantonment: a temporary or semi-permanent military quarters; in South Asia, the term cantonment also describes permanent military stations. Chief of defence; Cloak and Dagger; Combat information center; Command (military formation) Command center; Command and control; Commander-in-chief; Command hierarchy; Defense diplomacy; Defence minister ...
A A&TWF – Acquisition and technology work force a – Army AA – Assembly area AA – Anti-aircraft AA – Aegis ashore AAA – Anti-aircraft artillery "Triple A" AAAV – Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle AAC – Army Air Corps AAD – Armored amphibious dozer AADC – Area air defense commander AAE – Army acquisition executive AAG – Anti-aircraft gun AAK – Appliqué armor kit (US ...
If the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and the Head of State are reunited in the same person, they are promoted to the permanent military rank of Captain General (Spanish: capitán general). It has only happened three times in Chile's history ( Bernardo O'Higgins , Ramón Freire and Augusto Pinochet ).
The rank was created in 1999 to adapt the Spanish military ranks to the ranks of NATO [1] This is the highest rank that a military officer can reach, because the next higher is Captain General and that rank is only reserved to the King or Queen as commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces (even that sometimes has been given as an honorary rank to ...
Spanish Civil Guard: Caballero alférez cadete (5.º curso) Caballero alférez cadete (4.º curso) Caballero alférez cadete (3.º curso) Alférez alumno de 3.º (con ...
Judah the Hammer, Jewish Rebel commander in the Maccabean Revolt. Charles Martel, Frankish commander at the Battle of Tours. Gianni Polli, Italian general commander at the World War I and at the World War II Bersaglieri. "Hammerhead" – John C. Martin, U.S. submarine commander [4] "Hap" – Henry H. Arnold, USAAF/USAF General of the Air Force.