This works as long as there is synchrony between "our" national objectives and the Commander in Chief. "The people actually there", of which I have sometimes been, are just executing the directives if the Commander in Chief.
President Trump puts America first, again-——he streamlined the process
for the US military to carry out airstrikes and raids against terrorist targets.
Trump thankfully removed cockamamie policies implemented by Joe Biden
that limited what commanders could order without executive approval.