In the USAF, chaplains, lawyers, medical and bioscience officers are known as professional officers. All others are officers of the line and are can command operations. In practice, if serving on command staffs, professional officers can command other officers. Usually, officers of the line would (for example, an USAF Major of the line) would command a flight surgeon that was a Col. All other military rules and courtesies of the higher hank would still apply.
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General McArthur, Admiral Kincaid,Admiral Fletcher, and a few thousand more officers did not command forces on D-Day
Typically yes, they shoot to eliminate the threat and go for the torso, the largest target.
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No, however officers in the chain of command would do well to listen to there NCOs.
Yes. It is customary for junior officers to salute more senior officers. They also salute officers wearing command insignia and everyone, officer or enlisted salute anyone wearing the medal of honor.
Washington commanded 293 officers and solders.
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