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The SEA is the principal link between the commanding officer and the enlisted service members under their charge, communicating the CO's wishes to the enlisted ranks of their assigned unit. For effective command and control of troops as well as liaising with external and atypical authorities (especially in international coalitions), a unit's ...
The secretary of defense can designate up to 232 officers, [196] who do not count against any service's general or flag officer limit, [196] to serve in several joint positions. [221] For three-star officers, these include senior positions on the Joint Staff such as the director of the Joint Staff and deputy commanders of unified combatant ...
The United States service academies, also known as United States military academies, are federal academies for the undergraduate education and training of commissioned officers for the United States Armed Forces. There are five U.S. service academies: The United States Military Academy (USMA) in West Point, New York, founded in 1802
Four-star officers serving as chairman [70] or vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff [70] do not count against their service's general- or flag-officer cap, likewise for joint positions such as the unified combatant commanders, [71] the commander of U.S. Forces Korea, [71] and the chief [72] and vice chief of the National Guard Bureau.
Position insignia Position Part of Photo Incumbent Service branch Africa Command: U.S. Africa Command: Deputy Director of Operations (J-3), U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) Not applicable
A military service number of the Regular Army. Service numbers were used by the United States Army from 1918 until 1969. Prior to this time, the Army relied on muster rolls as a means of indexing enlisted service members while officers were usually listed on yearly rolls maintained by the United States War Department. In the nineteenth century ...
Under the 1980 Foreign Service Act (P.L. 96-465; 94 Stat. 2084), which repealed the 1946 Act as amended, the President is empowered with the advice and consent of the Senate to confer the personal rank of Career Ambassador upon a career member of the Senior Foreign Service in recognition of especially distinguished service over a sustained period.
The United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (USPHSCC; also referred to as the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service) [10] [11] is the uniformed service branch of the United States Public Health Service and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States (along with the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Air Force, Space Force, and NOAA ...