the VP is not part of the military chain of command...so who made\gave him the position, A/CIC, that doesn’t exist ?
The Constitution knows of NO “interim” C-in-C. Chief of Staff assumes C-in-C.
Al Haig under R Reagan.
Even when the POTUS gives authority to VP for being sedated, the VPOTUS does not have C-in-C.
The VP, until sworn in as POTUS, is not C-in-C.
Likewise anyone else in the Chain.
It’s in the Constitution that way for a reason.
An unconscience POTUS would not give VPOTUS, as interim, the ability to wage war.
My understanding is that it’s automatic when the President is “unavailable” to perform his duties. Whether or not PDJT was really unavailable is irrelevant to these people. They create the fake emergency and make whatever designations they need to to make it look correct and necessary. We all know here that that’s insufficient cause to designate Pence CIC, but laws and truth do not matter to them, only their end goal. On J6, Pelosi’s goal was to stage a coup.