Yes, the President of the United States is the Commander in Chief of the US Military
Dwight D Eisenhower was a general in the US army and also became president of the United states after WW2.
The bombing was not ordered by a General, but by the US President, Harry Truman.
Chief of Staff is the title of the highest ranking officer of the US Army. He holds the rank of General, which is an 0-10 / 4 star rank. The title of Commander-In-Chief is given to the President of the US and is the commanding authority for all military forces, but the holder of this rank, while often having served in the military, is not a military officer by virtue of title.
Retired US Army General Shinseki is the new US Veterans Affairs Director.
General of the Army Dwight David Eisenhower
The last Commander in Chief was President George W. Bush (prior to President Barack H. Obama). The former Army Chief of Staff was General Peter J. Schoomaker (prior to General George William Casey, jr.).
George Washington
General of the Army Omar Bradley
Yes, the President of the United States is the Commander in Chief of the US Military
Ulysses S. Grant
George Washington
Ulysses S. Grant was a prominent general of the United States Army. In 1868 he was elected US President as a Republican.
General-in-Chief of the US Army.
Senator John James Ingalls and President Dwight Eisenhower, General of the Army, US Army.
President Truman fired General Douglas Macarthur.
General Sherman remained in the army after the US Civil War. In March of 1869, President US Grant promoted Sherman to the US general in chief.