[TML] OT Military Question

[Jerry W Barrington]

On 7/13/08 9:13 PM, "Cheng Tseng" <cxt217 at kennett.net> wrote:

> I have been wondering about this for a while, ever since I was reading an
> interview Martin Middlebrook had given around the time he stopped writing.
> To wit:
> 
> What (In layman's terms.) is the difference between a Commanding Officer and
> an Officer in Command?  And comparative speaking, what is the difference
> between a Commanding General and General Officer Commanding (GOC, which
> appears a lot in British military writings, even when referring to other
> countries' militaries.)?

Sounds like primarily an issue of American vs. British dialect...