Given the commander in chief's legendary decisiveness, "later" could mean this October, this November, this December, sometime in 2010, sometime in 2011, sometime after that, or never.
Given the commander's intent, staff officers can then plot out what resources will be needed to make the plan work ― troops, heavy-lift helicopters, ammunition, fuel, intelligence on enemy positions, even good weather (or bad, to cover troop movements).
In much of the debate in the House and Senate this year over proposed legislation to reorganize the military structure, the need to give the commanders in chief more authority has been emphasized, for these commanders are responsible for war plans and operations.
"Clearly, one of the purposes behind additional U.S. forces is to give the commanders the maneuverable capability to be able to address problems across the entire RC South," Gates said.
2 They also sent out nine of their ships, giving the commanders orders to sail in every direction and, appearing unexpectedly, to sink some of the ships they intercepted and bring others to the city.
The extensive damages and the location of the detonation site next to the building of the prime minister's office, combined with the lack of natural explanations to an explosion in the area, immediately gave the commanders an understanding of the event as a terrorist attack.
The lull gave the commander-in-chief time to mix with the troops.
But then they give the commander of the warship an award.
In brief, Mattis seemed to be giving the Commander-in-Chief some cover.
No longer, it appears are Americans and Congress willing to give the commander-in-chief a virtual blank cheque.
