At best, they allowed commanders to talk to troopers only one at a time or in small numbers.

He said Washington has learned to set a realistic policy governing the use of force that allows commanders on the scene freedom to act.

And they would allow American commanders to protect ships from friendly countries that do not now qualify for protection, they said.

"We can't allow commanders and soldiers, whether from the right or the left, to decide which missions to implement."

Montgomery said that the Americans' most important problem was that they had no clear-cut objective, and allowed local commanders to set military policy.

Its use in Iraq allowed commanders far from the action to see what their troops and special forces in the field were seeing.

This allowed commanders the ability to send any order they wanted as they needed to, but still relied on line-of-sight.

The provision would allow military commanders to repeal the ban.

The system will allow Chinese commanders to collect intelligence and direct aircraft from a distance of 250 miles.

Why not make do with fewer and allow precinct commanders to deal with the media themselves?