Who is our commanding officer during residency? the program director?
Your opening question, that you have only 8 posts, and your username . . .all make for a potentially very-entertaining thread.Who is our commanding officer during residency? the program director?
That's who signs your annual military evaluation for you? (FitRep for Navy)My commanding officer is some captain who I never see except at pee tests and 100% accountability
That's who signs your annual military evaluation for you? (FitRep for Navy)
Mine was signed by a 2 star throughout residency.,,
I always understood the dual chains in the Army, but always assumed there was someone above that company commander person, like an O6 or so that oversaw them and was officially the CO.No. It's weird that this topic has come up twice in a week, but, as discussed on the other thread, the Army medical corps has parallel chains of command. I think part of the confusion arises because one's 'commander' in the Army carries a very specific set of implications, responsibilities, and authorizations. It's not just the first officer who is above you. As an example, Private Snuffy's platoon leader is the first officer in his COC, but his 'commander' is his company commander.
I always understood the dual chains in the Army, but always assumed there was someone above that company commander person, like an O6 or so that oversaw them and was officially the CO.
I find it weird that a an O3 would be the official commanding officer for senior physicians.
It's largely an administrative role. General officers fall under the same organizational hierarchy whereas they belong to a company but there is no way an O-3 is going to tell an O-7 what to do. I guess it might be easier to think of company commanders in the medical field as the HR department making sure all the boxes are checked while your direct supervisor has more of a legal authority over you
I always understood the dual chains in the Army, but always assumed there was someone above that company commander person, like an O6 or so that oversaw them and was officially the CO.
I find it weird that a an O3 would be the official commanding officer for senior physicians.
So who is the person that is ultimately the Commanding Officer? The one who holds court martial authority, etc
The company commander holds non-judicial punishment authority. In theory, the troop commander is the first CO in the chain to hold convening authority, albeit only for a summary court-martial.
Interesting. And yeah, I meant NJP and couldn't think of the dang term for some reason so thanks for reminding me!
Very interesting overall as there is obviously significant difference in the Navy medical world. Our CO is the ultimate for everything. They sign my FitRep, sign my bonus paperwork, etc, etc. In larger commands some authority, but not the responsibility, is delegated to lower levels, such as the dept head bottom lining leave requests but there is only one chain of command and only one ultimate responsible party for all.
I always knew about the dual chain thing in the Army, but always assumed it was essentially delegated authority from the Hospital CO.
I saw a FITREP signed by the president once. It was handwritten and yet they didn't reject it.