We used to call you guys "airheads" -- at least until a good load of iron from those blessed B-52's was needed.

Succession of command was vigorously employed by the Confederate army. Sometimes a fight ended with captains commanding brigades, lieutenants commanding regiments, and sergeants commanding companies. There's never been another war in which officers sustained such high casualty rates. It really illustrates the Fort Benning "Follow Me" ethic.