A command in military terminology is an organisational unit for which a military commander is responsible. Commands, sometimes called units or formations , form the building blocks of a military. A commander is normally specifically appointed to the role in order to provide a legal framework for the authority bestowed. Naval and military officers have legal authority by virtue of their officer's commission , but the specific responsibilities and privileges of command are derived from the publication of appointment.
4-613: Air Command is the only Command currently active in the Royal Air Force . It was formed by the merger of Royal Air Force Strike and Personnel and Training commands on 1 April 2007, and has its headquarters at RAF High Wycombe , Buckinghamshire . The equivalent in the Royal Navy is Navy Command Headquarters at Portsmouth and the equivalent in the British Army is Army Headquarters at Andover . Air Command
8-568: The United States Department of Defense is as follows: (DOD) 3. A unit or units, an organization, or an area under the command of one individual. Also called CMD. See also area command; combatant command ; combatant command (command authority). Major Command or Major Commands are large formations of the United States Armed Forces . Historically, a Major Command is the highest level of command. Within
12-628: The role of Commander-in-Chief, Air Command was discontinued in spring 2012, and the deputy commanders started to report direct to the Chief of the Air Staff . In November 2018, No. 11 Group was formed to create a "multi-domain operations group" as part of RAF Command. RAF Air Command is led by the Chief of the Air Staff under whom responsibilities are split as follows: Command (military formation) The relevant definition of "command" according to
16-497: Was formed by the merger of Royal Air Force Strike and Personnel and Training commands on 1 April 2007. Initially, it was under a four-star Air Chief Marshal, Commander-in-Chief , Air Command. At that time, there were two Deputy Commanders of Air Marshal rank: the Deputy Commander-in-Chief (Personnel) and the Deputy Commander-in-Chief (Operations) . Following the implementation of the 2011 Levene Report,
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