Mountbatten was a favourite of Winston Churchill, ( although after 1948 Churchill never spoke to him again since he was famously annoyed with Mountbatten's later role in the independence of India and Pakistan ), and on 27 October 1941 Mountbatten replaced Roger Keyes as Chief of Combined Operations and received promotion to commodore.

In 1992, he was assigned to Fort Monroe, Virginia as the first Director, Louisiana Maneuvers Task Force, Office of Chief of Staff of the Army, a position held until 1994 when he was reassigned to South Korea as the CJG3 of Combined Forces Command and U. S. Forces Korea.

Furthermore, the Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization was also a First Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR, and the head of the Warsaw Treaty Combined Staff also was a First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR.

" When rumors circulated that the top job would go to Marshall, many critics viewed the transfer as a demotion for Marshall, since he would leave his position as Chief of Staff of the Army and lose his seat on the Combined Chiefs of Staff.

* Report of the Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces to the Combined Chief of Staff on Operations in North Africa

Field Marshal Viscount Alanbrooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff and co-chairman of the Anglo-US Combined Chiefs of Staff Committee for most of the Second World War, described the art of military strategy as: " to derive from the aim a series of military objectives to be achieved: to assess these objectives as to the military requirements they create, and the pre-conditions which the achievement of each is likely to necessitate: to measure available and potential resources against the requirements and to chart from this process a coherent pattern of priorities and a rational course of action.

Field Marshal Viscount Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial general Staff and co-chairman of the Anglo-US Combined Chiefs of Staff

In 1909, he was appointed commander of the Kure Naval District, and in 1913 became Commander in Chief of the Combined Fleet.

Commander in Chief of the Combined Fleet, 1936

Suzuki became Commander in Chief of Combined Fleet in 1924.

The Office of the Chief of Air Corps and the Air Forces Combat Command were abolished, and Arnold became AAF Commanding General and an ex officio member of both the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Combined Chiefs of Staff.

His second tour of joint duty with the Joint Special Operations Command included operations in Somalia ; Commander, 2d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division ( Air Assault ); Assistant Division Commander for Operations, 82d Airborne Division ; Chief of Staff, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg ; Chief of Office of Military Cooperations, Cairo, Egypt ; Commander, 82d Airborne Division from August 2000 until October 2002 ; Commander, Coalition Task Force 82, in Afghanistan from 1 September 2002 until 1 May 2003 ; and then Commander, Combined / Joint Task Force-180, Bagram, Afghanistan, until October 2003 ; Commander, Multi-National Corps Iraq in Baghdad from January 2005 until January 2006.

The Combined Chiefs of Staff appointed General Eisenhower as Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Expeditionary Force, General Alexander as Deputy C-in-C with responsibility for detailed planning and execution of the operation, Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham as Naval Commander, and Air Chief Marshal Tedder as Air Commander.

On 19 April 1943, Admiral Mineichi Koga succeeded Isoroku Yamamoto as Commander in Chief of the Combined Fleet.

Under direction of the newly appointed Commander in Chief of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Soemu Toyoda, a finalized plan for the new conditional ' offensive '— dubbed " Plan A-Go ", or " Operation A-Go "— was adopted in early June 1944, then within weeks, quickly adapted to trap the American fleet now detected heading for Saipan.

After the death of Admiral Mineichi Koga, Toyoda was appointed Commander in Chief of the Combined Fleet on 3 May 1944.

Cohen, General John H. Tilelli, Jr., Commander in Chief, United Nations Command / Combined Forces Command / U. S. Forces

Permission for the raid was granted on 13 October 1942, but Admiral Louis Mountbatten Chief of Combined operations increased the number of canoes to be taken to six.

Bernal, and had originally been recommended to Lord Mountbatten, Chief of Combined Operations, by the Cabinet minister Leopold Amery.

Kondō was promoted to rear admiral on 15 November 1933, Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet in 1935, and vice admiral on 15 November 1937.

With the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, Akiyama was promoted to commander, but remained on the planning staff, and was a close and trusted confidant of Japanese Commander in Chief of the Combined Fleet, Togo Heihachiro.

From May 1940 to December 1941 he was the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, and subsequently in Washington, as Chief of the British Joint Staff Mission and then Senior British Representative on the Combined Chiefs of Staff, played a significant role during World War II in the formation of the " special relationship " between the United Kingdom and the United States.

In situations in which an aircraft becomes a threat while taking off – which gives very little reaction time – a decision on shooting it down may be taken by an Indian Air Force officer not below the rank of Assistant Chief of Air Staff ( Operations ).

This foray into government policy making, however, ended in a new currency crisis that December and the failure ( compounded by the company's lackluster business performance ) resulted in Born's 1991 ouster from the board ; he was replaced by Chief Operations Officer Octavio Caraballo.

" Dusty " Rhodes and approved by Chief of Naval Operations in 1949.

On 24 April 1946 Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Chester Nimitz issued a directive ordering the formation of a flight exhibition team to boost Navy morale, demonstrate naval air power, and maintain public interest in naval aviation.

The highest-level executives are usually called " C-level " or part of the " C-suite ," referring to the 3-letter initials starting with " C " and ending with " O " ( for " Chief __________ Officer "); the traditional offices are Chief Executive Officer ( CEO ), Chief Operations Officer ( COO ), and Chief Financial Officer ( CFO ).

* Chief Learning Officer or CLO – the CLO is commonly responsible for all Learning / Training Operations

* Chief Operating Officer or COO / Director of Operations for the nonprofit sector – high-level corporate officer with responsibility for the daily operation of the company ; reports to the CEO.

* Deputy Chief of the General Staff-Director of JOC ( Operations Commander ): Major General Josef Prokš

Admiral Anderson, Chief of Naval Operations wrote a position paper that helped Kennedy to differentiate between what they termed a " quarantine " of offensive weapons and a blockade of all materials, claiming that a classic blockade was not the original intention.

The Chief of Naval Operations ( CNO ) is a statutory office () held by a four-star admiral in the United States Navy, and is the most senior naval officer assigned to serve in the Department of the Navy.

The Chief of Naval Operations is typically the highest-ranking officer on active-duty in the U. S. Navy unless the Chairman and / or the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are naval officers.

The Chief of Naval Operations is an administrative position based in the Pentagon, and while the CNO does not have operational command authority over Naval forces as the title implies ( that is nowadays within the purview of the Combatant Commanders who report to the Secretary of Defense ), the CNO does exercise supervision of Navy organizations as the designee of the Secretary of the Navy.

The current Chief of Naval Operations is Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert.

Seal of the Chief of Naval Operations.

The Chief of Naval Operations presides over the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations ( OpNav ), which is one of three headquarters staffs in Department of the Navy ( the others being the Office of the Secretary of the Navy and Headquarters Marine Corps.

The Chief of Naval Operations is nominated by the President for appointment and must be confirmed via majority vote by the Senate.

A requirement for being Chief of Naval Operations is having significant experience in joint duty assignments, which includes at least one full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment as a flag officer.

The Chief of Naval Operations liked the house so much that in 1923 he took over the house as his own official residence.

* Chief of Naval Operations