Commanding officer
OFFICER IN COMMAND OF A MILITARY UNIT
Commanding Officer; Commanding Officers; Commanding General; Military commander; Military Commander; Station Commander; Prospective commanding officer; Commanding general; General commanding; Prospective Commanding Officer; Regimental colonel
The commanding officer (CO) or sometimes, if the incumbent is a general officer, commanding general (CG), is the officer in command of a military unit. The commanding officer has ultimate authority over the unit, and is usually given wide latitude to run the unit as they see fit, within the bounds of military law.