The phrase "a separate chain of command" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing organizational structure, management, or military hierarchy where distinct lines of authority are established.
Example: "In our organization, we have a separate chain of command for the emergency response team to ensure swift decision-making during crises."
Alternatives: "an independent command structure" or "a distinct hierarchy".
Pakistani police were also involved in the killings but were dealt with through a separate chain of command, she said.
Some Congo experts describe a "shadow army" within the national army, with rebels keeping their weapons to themselves and maintaining a separate chain of command, many of them still loyal to neighboring Rwanda.
"It would be very separate and very different," he said, making the point that while French forces might be in Mali at the same time as peacekeepers they would operate under a separate chain of command.
Some said they were vaguely aware of complaints from Mr. Jackson's subordinates about his abrasive manner, which several described as frat-boy behavior; most said they largely dismissed it as griping from employees who belonged to a separate chain of command.
There is also a separate chain of Sanborns cafés.
Previously, Special Operations forces in Afghanistan often had separate chains of command to their own headquarters elsewhere.
Critics say the mission violates Kosovo's sovereignty and fear that separate chains of command planned for Serbian and Albanian police forces would entrench the country's partition along ethnic lines.
It is being waged by soldiers who answer to separate chains of command and don't speak the same languages as one another, or as their enemies, or as the civilians, in the least developed and least educated region on earth.
Would allied commanders bicker over the legality of the weapons; would Europeans turn a blind eye to their use by America (through a separate American chain of command), accepting the political opprobrium that would follow; or would America yield to its allies' qualms and choose a different weapon, perhaps a big bomb?Nobody really knows.
While NATO is deploying troops, the United States will reduce its force by about 3,000 and keep 20,000 in the country under a separate American chain of command.
"But Jeff is regimented, military, a chain-of-command type".
