Military Command

Roles: commander, subordinate, order, chain-of-command, delegation, authority, rank, execution

Hierarchical authority structures where orders flow downward and accountability flows upward. Unlike war’s focus on conflict, military command emphasizes the internal organization of authority: who can give orders, who must obey, and how responsibility transfers through ranks. This frame underlies much software architecture thinking — command patterns, delegation chains, and the very idea of “executing” instructions.

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