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Under the Constitution, the President, in addition to being Chief Executive, is Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy. He holds the prime responsibility for the conduct of United States foreign relations.
The Commander in Chief Clause of Article II, Section 2 provides that “The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States.”.
The president's most important duty as commander in chief is to defend the United States, its territories and possessions and its armed forces, from attack.
Even after the Civil War, a powerful minority of the Court, led by Chief Justice Salmon Chase, described the role of President as Commander in Chief simply as the command of the forces and the conduct of campaigns. 14 Footnote
The Constitution establishes the president as commander in chief of the Army and the Navy. According to the National Security Act of 1947, the president is the commander in chief of all...
Thus, the Legal Adviser of the State Department, in a widely circulated document, contended: “Under the Constitution, the President, in addition to being Chief Executive, is Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy. He holds the prime responsibility for the conduct of United States foreign relations.
Proposing that the Northwest Indian War was the United States’ first authorization of the use of military force and that this conflict can inform an originalist understanding of the War Powers Clause and the President’s role as Commander in Chief.
The president is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces as well as all federalized United States Militia and may exercise supreme operational command and control over them.
The American Armed Forces have fought valiantly against foreign enemies since the Founding of the nation. As commander in chief, the president has the power to oversee the Armed Forces during their service. Congress has the power to call military personnel into service with a declaration of war.
In Myanmar, the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services (Tatmadaw) is the commanding officer national military, a position vested in a military officer, not the president. The commander-in-chief is, however, a member of the National Defence and Security Council and reports to the president.