This is actually one of those gray areas in the Constitution - the President as the COC can basically command the military to do whatever he wants unilaterally from Congress, even though Congress is the sole entity with the power to “declare war.” The entire Korean War was waged without any declaration of war, for example.
Has Biden declared war? Doesn't Congress have to be apprised, first?
Not that I know of....
And yes, that's how it's supposed to work, but yanno 🤡🌎
Remember Libya?
Obama had some 60 days of military action, with a 30-day extension (if memory serves), before needing to go to Congress.
Which time?
Paul Newman 1983: https://media.128ducks.com/file_store/d53ced140baf39c29bacf5da934b1fef62645afb1eddab4d399620099adccc6d.mp4
This is actually one of those gray areas in the Constitution - the President as the COC can basically command the military to do whatever he wants unilaterally from Congress, even though Congress is the sole entity with the power to “declare war.” The entire Korean War was waged without any declaration of war, for example.