a ground unit in an air force comparable to a platoon
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The Armed Forces is an element of the Department of Defense. The Department of Defense is a department of the Executive Branch of government. The President of the United States is the head of the Executive Branch, and Commander in Chief of the United States Armed Forces.
No. -In USA the Commander in Chief of the military is the President.
Yes. The military is considered a part of the executive branch. The President is also considered to be the highest ranking commander of the military- the "commander-in-chief"- although he is not actually in the military. The Founding Fathers wanted the commander-in-chief to be a civilian, not a military officer.
Society for Military History was created in 1933.