inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily. 2. occupied with or skilled in criticism. 3. involving skillful judgment as to truth, merit, etc.; judicial: a critical analysis. 4. of or relating to critics or criticism:
The Commander-in-Chief of the United States military is the President of the United States. This is pursuant to Article II, Section 2, Clause I of the Constitution which states that The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States.... the US President.
A 2004 graduate of the U.S. Army War College will be its 50th commandant. Maj. Gen. William E. Rapp, chief of legislative liaison in the Office of the Secretary of the Army at the Pentagon, will become the new commandant, the Army Chief of Staff announced March 19. He succeeds Maj. Gen. Tony Cucolo, who served two years as commandant.