The strategy (how we direct military and political engagement) has sometimes been confused in debate with tactics (how our commanders handle forces in battle).
In campaign rallies and debates, Trump repeatedly slammed military and civilian commanders who handled the campaign for failing to capitalize on the "element of surprise" by announcing their intention to take Mosul ahead of time.
has fought passionately to remove sexual assault cases from the chain of command because victims have testified that they do not trust their commanders to handle those cases effectively without retaliating.
He was one of the first commanders to handle infantry, cavalry, and artillery as one tactical body.
S.W.A.N., other groups and some members of Congress have complained that allowing unit commanders to handle sexual assault complaints resulted in a paucity of prosecutions.
Whiteley and Betts visited the U.S. First Army headquarters and they were unimpressed with the way its commanders were handling the situation.
She cites victims who have told her they are less likely to report assaults because they do not trust their commanders to handle the cases fairly and to punish the perpetrators.
WASHINGTON -- Fiery Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert (Texas) hammered President Barack Obama Thursday for his response to the deaths of four Americans in Libya, suggesting the commander-in-chief handled it cavalierly and was more interested in a "whoop dee doo" campaign stop in Las Vegas.
He did not himself take part in military expeditions, but he appointed commanders, encouraged the army, handled diplomatic questions, and wrote widely on problems relating to the jihad and its theoretical justification.
But the most damning question actually came from Senator Jack Reed, who asked the Joint Chiefs of Staff whether their branch had ever disciplined or fired any commander for not handling a sexual assault case correctly.
