commanders
Those giving orders
Commanders is the plural of commander—a person who leads or controls, especially in military contexts.
A commander typically holds authority over troops, a ship, or an installation: The commanders met to discuss strategy.
The term extends to anyone directing operations: field commanders, incident commanders.
In some navies, commander is a specific rank between lieutenant commander and captain.
Broad statements or commanders
- admiralsSenior naval commanders
- colonelsSenior military officers
- captainsLeaders of ships or teams
- majorsChosen academic disciplines
lieutenants · brigadiers · sergeants · officers · warlords · commodores · centurions · legates
Methods to achieve goals
- maneuverDeliberate tactical movement
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- battleplanOrganized approach to warfare
- operationsPlanned systematic activities
logistics · siege · ambush · flanking · reconnaissance · deployment · offensive · defensive
Power to enforce obedience
- controlAuthority to direct
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
discipline · hierarchy · rank · subordinates · obedience · loyalty · morale · inspection
generals
Broad statements or commanders
majors · lieutenants · brigadiers · sergeants · officers · warlords · commodores · centurions · legates · shogun
tactics
Methods to achieve goals
- maneuverDeliberate tactical movement
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- battleplanOrganized approach to warfare
operations · logistics · siege · ambush · flanking · reconnaissance · deployment · offensive · defensive · encirclement
authority
Power to enforce obedience
- controlAuthority to direct
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
delegation · discipline · hierarchy · rank · subordinates · obedience · loyalty · morale · inspection · briefing
Napoleon
French emperor, military genius
Eisenhower · Rommel · Wellington · MacArthur · Hannibal · Nelson · Saladin · Khalid · conqueror · warlord
admiral
Senior naval commander
armada · flagship · vessel · destroyer · carrier · submarine · convoy · blockade · maritime · seafaring
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- authorityleaders, ruler, rulers, monarch, bosses
- military personnelsoldiers, soldier, midshipmen, officers, troops
- naval personnelsailors, seamen, captains, admirals, officers
- notable peoplepoliticians, artists, leaders, writers, scientists
- navalnaval fleet, naval bases, naval officers, naval personnel, naval operations
commanderssubordinates
Those ranked below
enlisted personnel · privates · troops · rank and file · underlings
- lieutenant commanderNaval rank below commander
- commander in chiefHighest military leader
- military commanderLeader of armed forces
- tank commanderLeader of armored crew
- naval commanderOfficer commanding ships
- army commanderLeader of military forces