C-in-C
Noun
Meaning
C-in-C (plural C-in-Cs)
Abbreviation of commander in chief.
Alternative names
c in c
Examples
I made a phone call to Aleksandr Alekseyevich, urging him to take radical measures; I needn't have called because even without my urging Mironenko was giving his C-in-C a hard time.
Some better steps taken in the tenure of C-in-C Muhammad Ayub Khan but country also saw dismemberment due to poor and discriminated policies during the about 10 years period in rule of the general.
General Wavell meanwhile having been appointed Viceroy : on this appointment it was announced that responsibility for the prosecution of the war with Japan would move from the C-in-C India to a newly created South East Asia Command.
On 25 June, General Claude Auchinleck —Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) Middle East Command —relieved Ritchie and assumed direct command of the Eighth Army himself.
Persia and Iraq were to be split from Middle East Command as a separate Persia and Iraq Command and Auchinleck was offered the post of C-in-C (which he refused).
The C-in-C of the Air Force and Navy hold the equivalent of Lieutenant General rank, while all three Service Chiefs of Staff were raised to Major General level.