<p>Peskemom has a good start on the chain of command with the officer chain and the corresponding midshipman chain. navy 2010’s link shows the real chain, where the officer and midshipman chains come together. Company Commanders pretty much report to their company officers, Battalion Commanders to Battalion Officers, etc. etc. up to Brigade Commander reporting to the Commandant. In my day the ‘real’ chain of command was from Commandant to the Company Officer via the officer chain of command and then to the Company Commander. If I am not mistaken, special request chits went up via the midshipman COC to the Company Officer and then from there via the officer COC. Probably not that much has changed. Out of company ‘strippers’ were largely ceremonial and actually many positions were filled by those who had ‘grease’ but were not really team players and did not fit inside the company.</p>