PO1 Private RallyPoint Member 158597 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>When you make your claim of knowlege provide the specific article that permits this authority. 2014-06-19T12:45:29-04:00 PO1 Private RallyPoint Member 158597

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>When you make your claim of knowlege provide the specific article that permits this authority.

2014-06-19T12:45:29-04:00 2014-06-19T12:45:29-04:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 158612

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I don't have a specific article but my guess would go to the 6 Star general (general of the Armies) General Pershing was the last one that I know of to hold this rank, though he did not wear 6 stars but he wore 4 Gold starts as opposed to the normal silver stars.

2014-06-19T12:59:42-04:00 2014-06-19T12:59:42-04:00 PO1 Private RallyPoint Member 158885

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Well I know that Title 50 concerns National Defense and War, but I'm unsure of what article... I'm gonna keep researching until I have a better answer. Just for fun though I'll say Sub skipper

2014-06-19T20:34:06-04:00 2014-06-19T20:34:06-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 158889

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No military officer may do so. The only person who has the authority, besides the President, is the Secretary of Defense, as defined in 10 U.S. Code § 113, and whose authority vested in the position by The National Security Act of 1947 and amended by the National Security Act of 1949.

2014-06-19T20:42:41-04:00 2014-06-19T20:42:41-04:00 MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca 158922

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>None, but GEN George would have been the first! "You give me 10 days and I'll have at war with those sons-a-bitches and make it look like its their fault" concerning the Russians at the end of WWII

2014-06-19T21:30:37-04:00 2014-06-19T21:30:37-04:00 MAJ Private RallyPoint Member 158975

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