With the recent death of his influential father, however, Butler had lost much of his protection from his civilian superiors.

He shrugged, in acceptance of orders from his civilian superiors, if not in actual agreement with them.

Eventually, Gusahm would yield, however gracelessly, to the direct orders of his civilian superiors.

I did not adequately inform my civilian superiors of the policy that I was putting forth.

Without telling their civilian "superiors," the service chiefs had raised the standards for readiness right along with the Reagan buildup.

Korb believes that this mismatch is the product of dishonesty in the military and inadequate control by "its civilian superiors" (due to Bill Clinton's political vulnerability).

Rationing war news is a familiar problem among American military leaders and their civilian superiors.

His strategy was approved of by civilian superiors such as the later Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

And, I would add, a military that had gotten used to calling the shots and being obeyed by its civilian superiors.

It was the First Space Lord's job to warn his civilian superiors of any worries he might entertain, after all.