Title: Describe the U.S. military chain of command (i.e., organizational structure).
Course: Marine Corps JROTC II (09202) > Section: Developing Knowledge of General Military Subjects

Description should include (in order of level of authority)

- commander in chief
- secretary of defense
- National Security Council
- Department of Defense
- United States military branch departments: Navy, Army, and Air Force
- commandant of the USMC
- sergeant major of the USMC
- unit command (USMC JROTC).

Process/Skill Questions:

- Who is commander in chief of the U.S. Armed Forces?
- Why does a civilian occupy the highest position of leadership in the military?
- Who is the commandant of the USMC? To whom does he/she report?
- Why is there a chain of command in the U.S. military?