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A '''commander-in-chief''' is the most senior [[commander]] of a [[nation]]'s [[military]] forces or a major division of those forces such as the [[navy]], [[army]] or [[air-force]]. In modern times the head of the combined forces may not be a serving member of the military but the [[president]] or [[monarch]].
A '''commander-in-chief''' is the most senior [[commander]] of a [[nation]]'s [[military]] forces or a major division of those forces such as the [[navy]], [[army]] or [[air-force]]. In modern times the head of the combined forces may not be a serving member of the military but the [[president]] or [[monarch]].
The US [[Constitution]] describes the Commander in Chief in Article II, Section 2:
<blockquote>The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States;</blockquote>
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