In the United States Government the people have full control over the Mlitary and operations, but the President of the United States has full command of all US forces, but must also give some power to military officials such as high ranking officers both home or in the field.
The President of the United States is the Commander and Chief of the US armed forces. This is one of the roles of the president specified by the US Constitution.
No the Secretary of the Navy is not the Commander in Chief. The Commander in Chief is the President. The President appoints the Secretary of the Navy to help him monitor the Navy.
Only if the chain of command drops that low.
No. The President of the United States is the Commander in Chief.
Yes, he is. Currently (April 2012), the Secretary of Defense is Leon Panetta. He replaced Robert Gates, who retired.
No. The Secretary of State is the head of the State Department. The Secretary of Defense is head of the Defense Department.
The current Secretary of Defense of the United States is Chuck Hagel.
As per the US Constitution, The US President has the position of Commander in Chief of the US armed forces.
The U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations, the top sailor in the Navy, is responsible for directly advising the Secretary of the Navy, and on occasion, the Secretary of Defense. He also may brief the President or Congress as required.
Militarily, the Commanding Officer of the Navy is the Chief of Naval Operations, a 4 star Admiral. He reports to the Secretary of the Navy, who is a DoD civilian; he in turn reports to the Secretary of Defense.
Militarily, the Commanding Officer of the Navy is the Chief of Naval Operations, a 4 star Admiral. He reports to the Secretary of the Navy, who is a DoD civilian; he in turn reports to the Secretary of Defense.
The Secretary of Defense. Hope that this helped.
The first Secretary of Defense of the United States was James Forrestal. He was previously Secretary of the Navy before the creation of a consolidated Department of Defense.
The Secretary of Defense replaced the Secretary of War as well as the Secretary of the Navy.
Robert T. Lincoln (son of Abraham) was Secretary of War; William H. Hunt was Secreary of the Navy. (There was no secretary of defense at that time. )
The president, of course, is the Commander in Chief, and was Franklin Roosevelt in 1941. Roosevelt had been Assistant Secretary of the Navy during WWI, and took a great interest in the Navy. The Secretary of the Navy in 1941 was Frank Knox. (Before 1947 there were both a Secretary of the Navy and a Secretary of War in the cabinet; today these are combined into the Secretary of Defense). The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), the highest ranking man in uniform, was Admiral Harold R. "Betty" Stark. Stark was relieved in March, 1942, for the failures leading to the Pearl Harbor disaster, though he was given another important command, of US Naval forces in Europe.
Admiral Vidal Francisco Soberon Sanz is the Secretary of the Navy for Mexico.
Benjamin Stoddert became the first Secretary of the US Navy in 1798.
To organize and coordinate military and political leaders
No. The Secretary of Defense is second to the President. Then comes the Secretary of the Military Branch THEN comes the Joint Chief of Staff. And below the Joint Chief would be the four star General or known just as a General. Below this rank in descending order are: A Lieutenant General, Major General, Brigadier General, and then comes Colonel. For the US Navy the rank names are a bit different. Under the Joint Cheif of the Navy comes an Admiral. Then comes the Vice Admiral, then the Upper Rear Admiral, and finally a Lower Rear Admiral, followed by the Ship Captain.