Msilikali uyu ndi wachitatu wa asilikali
Udindo woyamba unakhazikitsidwa ndi ankhondo mu 1775 pamene adayambitsidwa, koma adafafanizidwa mu 1802. Udindo wa mkulu wamkulu unabwezeretsedwa pasanapite nthawi yaitali, isanayambe nkhondo ya 1812.
Ankhondo a General General anafotokoza
Udindo wa wamkulu wamkulu ndi umodzi wokhazikika, ndipo udindo wapamwamba kwambiri msilikali angathe kukwaniritsa pa nthawi yamtendere. Zina zilizonse pamwamba pa akuluakulu onse zimaonedwa kuti ndi zazing'ono komanso zogwirizana ndi gawo lomwe lapatsidwa, monga kulamula kugawa pakati pa nthawi ya nkhondo.
Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa asilikali ndi ofanana ndi kumbuyo kumbuyo ku Navy kapena Coast Guard.
Udindo wa ankhondo a General General
Akuluakulu a boma amatumikira monga atsogoleri a magulu, omwe ali ndi asilikali pakati pa 10,000 ndi 16,000. Iwo amachita ntchito zazikulu zamatsenga ndi machitidwe olimbitsa nkhondo ndi zokambirana. Pali magawo khumi mu Army ndi asanu ndi atatu mu Reserves / National Guard. Olamulira awiri a nyenyezi amagwiranso ntchito monga apamwamba apamwamba pa malamulo akulu ndi Pentagon.
Mmene Mungakhalire Nkhondo General General
Ocheperapo ndi theka la magawo limodzi pa aperesenti a apolisi omwe amapatsidwa maudindo amapanga malo atatu pamwamba. Uwu ndi ntchito ya ankhondo kwa oyang'anira odziwa bwino omwe asonyeza kulimba mtima ndi kulimba mtima ndipo akuonedwa ngati atsogoleri abwino.
Kupititsa patsogolo kumachitika monga mwayi wotsegulidwa m'magulu akuluakulu. Mabungwe omwe ali ndi akuluakulu apolisi amadziŵa omwe apolisi amalimbikitsidwa malinga ndi kupindula, zaka za utumiki ndi chiwerengero cha malo otseguka. Mlembi wa chitetezo amavomereza mabungwe osankhidwa chaka chilichonse kuti apange zisankho zapamwamba kuposa O-2 (Luteni woyamba).
Purezidenti amasankha atsogoleri kuti akhale akuluakulu akuluakulu, ndipo Senate ya ku United States iyenera kutsimikiziranso udindo wawo usanayambe kugwira ntchito. Pamene wamkulu wapuma pantchito, amafa panthawi ya ntchito kapena ataya udindo pazifukwa zina, purezidenti amasonyeza kuti achotsedwe kuchokera ku mndandanda wa osankhidwa omwe aperekedwa mogwirizana ndi Mlembi wa Defense ndi Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Kuthamangitsidwa ngati Asilikali General General
Zolinga zoyenera kuchoka pantchito kwa wamkulu wamkulu ndi 62, koma zimatha kukankhidwa 64 nthawi zina. Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa ankhondo ayenera kuchoka pa malo asanu patatha zaka zisanu akulimbikitsidwa, kapena atatha zaka 35 zothandizira, chilichonse chimene chimabwera poyamba.
Ngati wamkulu wamkulu akulimbikitsidwa kuti apite ku maudindo apamwamba, iye amaloledwa kusiya ntchitoyo, ngakhale atabwerera kwa akuluakulu akuluakulu asanachoke.
Kuchotsa Nkhondo Gulu la General General
Kukhumudwa kungabwere chifukwa cha khalidwe losagonjera wapolisi, monga chigololo, kapena zolakwa monga kuchotsa ntchito. Sikoyenera kuti akuluakulu a boma azichotsedwa nyenyezi zawo; Chilango choterocho chimangotengedwa kwa okhawo omwe akukumana ndi milandu yaikulu.
Mwachitsanzo, Maj. Gen. Samuel W. Koster, yemwe anali mkulu wa akuluakulu a boma, anaphatikizidwa kuphedwa kwa My Lai panthawi ya nkhondo ya Vietnam.