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There was no single German officer in charge - there were dozens. Had Rommel been in charge he may have organised a real defence, but his orders were ignored by some and countermanded by other Officers.
No, battalion is a noun.
Mickiewicz Battalion was created in 1937.
Duchifat Battalion was created in 1984.
First Battalion happened in 2006.
The Battalion Commander is in charge of a battalion.
The plural form is... 'officers in charge'.
It depends on what kind of battalion you are talking about. A chief is ussually a former enlisted member who is qualified to be an officer but the combination of his or her knoladge and experience puts them in a special category. The chief ussually works in the motor pool and is in charge of all viachles or helicopters the battalion has. some chiefs are pilots but the ones you are asking about are the seniors who are responsible for millions of dollars worth of equipment
At battalion level, yes. It might be possible for a Captain to either temporarily be bumped up to Executive Officer or else be placed in that position in anticipation of an upcoming promotion to Major.
Commissioned Officer
My dad was with the 101 sig battalion in the port of naha he was a captain chief transportation officer
The Tagalog translation of "officer-in-charge" is "opisyal sa tungkulin." In Tagalog, "opisyal" means officer, and "sa tungkulin" means in charge. Therefore, when combined, "opisyal sa tungkulin" accurately conveys the concept of an officer-in-charge in Tagalog.
There were traditionally four staff officers at a battalion or a brigade. The S1 officer is in charge of personnel. He or she is also called the Adjutant. The S2 officer is in charge of intelligence and security. Most of the S2 shops I've been in maintained the battalion's map collection. S3 is in charge of four things: operations, training, air operations and ammunition supply. In peacetime, the S3 officer is in charge of operations and training, a pilot is the S3 Air officer and a sergeant gets the job of ammo supply NCO. In wartime a training officer is assigned because operations suddenly becomes a job for about six people. In reality, an ammo supply officer should also be assigned but they don't because, by the time you get into a situation where people are shooting back at you, the sergeant has become really good at ammunition supply. The S4 officer is in charge of all supplies except for ammunition. Unfortunately for the Army, a lot of battalion commanders take a second lieutenant whose Officer Evaluation Report doesn't look too good and make him S4 so he won't contaminate the troops. It's unfortunate that he does this because the S4 function is crucially important to the success of the unit. Other battalion commanders take their best supply sergeant and make him S4. These commanders will designate the S3 the "S3/S4" just so an officer will be available to sign forms. Occasionally you'll find a really kick-ass colonel who understands how badly a poor S4 can hurt his unit, and he'll pick a really good officer to be the S4. You don't find colonels like this very often, and when you do you take very good care of them. How did it get this way? No one really knows; it just kinda happened.
No that's not professional. I was in JROTC and I was the Battalion Commander. I dated one of my staff...it was the WORST mistake I ever made. You will lose the respect of your Company and if it ends badly it will be even worse. If they are in a different company then that would be okay...but the same company is bad news!
Officer in charge is just a general term used to describe the officer who has authority over a specific situation. It can refer to many thing - an officer in charge of a specific criminal or traffic case, the officer who is in charge of a division's station house at a specific point in time, or even a command officer in charge of a specific event. This term does not reflect or describe any one specific rank.
An officer in charge of a regiment is called a commanding officer. This individual is responsible for overseeing the operation, discipline, and administration of the regiment.
It varies by each MOS (specific job), most of which it goes: Enlisted: Team Leader Squad Leader Section Sergeant Platoon Sergeant Company/Battery/Troop First Sergeant Battalion Command Sergeant Major Officers: Platoon Leader Company Executive Officer Company Commander Battalion Executive Officer Battalion Commander Brigade Executive Officer Brigade Commander Division Commander