| Commander-in-Chief (CINC; C-in-C)
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| Secretary of Defense (SECDEF)
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| Department of Defense (DOD)
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| Department of the Army (DA)
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| Department of the Navy (DN)
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| Department of the Air Force (DAF)
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| Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)
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| Chairman of the JCS (CJCS)
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| Unified Combatant Command (UCC)
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| National Command Authorities (NCA)
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| National Security Council (NSC)
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| US Armed Forces
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| armed service
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| arm; syn. branch
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| service
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| US Army (USA)
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| US Navy (USN)
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| US Air Force (USAF)
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| US Marine Corps (USMC)
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| US Coast Guard (USCG)
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| Secretary of the Army (SA)
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| Army Corps of Engineers
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| Secretary of the Navy (SN; SECNAV)
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| Secretary of the Air Force (SAF)
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| Chief of Staff (C-of-S; CofS)
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| Chief of Staff, United States Army (CSUSA)
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| Chief of Naval Operations (CNO)
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| Chief of Staff, United States Air Force (CSUSAF)
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| Commandant of the Marine Corps
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| staff (stf)
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| Continental United States (CONUS)
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| US Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM)
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| US Pacific Command (USPACOM)
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| US European Command (USEUCOM)
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| US Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM)
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| US Central Command (USCENTCOM)
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| US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)
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| US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM)
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| US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)
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| US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)
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