A friend is telling me the generals are all behind Biden now and shared this link with me. True or false?
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“ After the 1986 reorganization of the Armed Forces undertaken by the Goldwater–Nichols Act, the Joint Chiefs of Staff does not possess operational authority over troops or other units. Responsibility for conducting military operations goes from the president to the secretary of defense directly to the commanders of the unified combatant commands and thus bypasses the Joint Chiefs of Staff completely.”
Straight out of JCOS wiki.
They are powerless advisors.
Perfect!