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What is a chain of command?

What is a chain of command? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (military) The command hierarchy or structure in which one rank obeys the one above it, which obeys the one above it, and so forth.
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Determine how information can flow through the chain of command in both directions.
Human Rights Watch found that the militias use Sudanese military weapons, insignia and chain of command.
Thanks to Inchon, MacArthur, a general who always put himself above the normal chain of command, was at the pinnacle of his success.
A much more significant question is how far up the chain of command the corruption went.
Success depends on an identity of goals between soldiers and their political masters, and a clear chain of command.
A chain of command linking a leader with a foot soldier is called a maximal chain in the ordered set.

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