Military order (instruction)

A military command or order is a binding instruction given by a senior rank to a junior rank in a military context.

Not all senior ranks in all military forces have the right to give an order to all lower ranks.

[1] General orders, according to the United States Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, are: An operations order, in a US DOD sense, is a plan format meant which is intended to assist subordinate units with the conduct of military operations.

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An officer of the Presidential Guard of Zimbabwe giving military commands during a parade.