In some cases, Afghan commanders submitted fake tallies of soldiers and then pocketed their salaries, which the U.S. paid; in January, a few days before Trump's Inauguration, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Pentagon was working to remove thirty thousand suspected "ghost soldiers" from the rolls, as part of an anti-corruption drive.
Virtually all commanders submitted reports claiming that blacks took longer to train and performed more poorly than whites.
On 23 August, several British commanders submitted a plan to attack the patrol line with the light cruisers and destroyers of the Harwich Force, commanded by Commodore Reginald Tyrwhitt.
As commander, Bragg submitted an invoice to himself (as quartermaster) requesting supplies.
Soviet mythology held that the rifle was the work of an untutored genius and proletarian hero: Senior Sgt. Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov, uneducated son of the peasantry and a wounded World War II tank commander who submitted his revolutionary design to a competition and won.
Niel Smith wrote: "I, like many commanders, have submitted soldiers for combat valor awards which have been knocked down at higher levels.
U.S. war commanders have submitted rebuttal letters to make note of their disagreements or highlight success stories they felt were not being taken into account.
Alternatively, a field commander can submit a name for consideration, though permission must be obtained from the governor general before the award can be presented.
On Wednesday, Elisabeth Bumiller and Eric Schmitt reported that Gen. John R. Allen, the senior American commander in Afghanistan, submitted three military options to the Pentagon that would keep 6,000 to 20,000 American troops in Afghanistan after the NATO mission ends.
In a sign that civilian rule remains tentative, a recent directive requires local police commanders to submit daily reports to military officers.
