[Vic S]

Why does the President get to appoint the anyone to lead the military? He is only Commander is Chief during times of war, we’re not at war.

[John W]

May be easy to lose sight of the presidential duties under the current slacker, but, he is commander in chief of the armed forces 24/7/365.

[nuconvert]

The Secretary of the Army (SA or SECARMY) is a senior civilian official within the Department of Defense of the United States of America with statutory responsibility for all matters relating to the United States Army: manpower, personnel, reserve affairs, installations, environmental issues, weapons systems and equipment acquisition, communications, and financial management.

The Secretary of the Army is nominated by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, the Secretary of the Army is a non-Cabinet position serving under the Secretary of Defense.[2] This position was created on September 18, 1947, replacing the Secretary of War, when the Department of War became the Department of the Army and was made a department within the new Department of Defense.[3]
(Wiki)

[Vision Thing]

Why does the President get to appoint the anyone to lead the military? He is only Commander is Chief during times of war, we’re not at war.

Can the next president simply dismiss all the appointees that homobama has been making?

[semimojo]

Why does the President get to appoint the anyone to lead the military? He is only Commander is Chief during times of war, we’re not at war.

Who else should appoint the leadership of the military?