This dimension names the armed force a commander actually served in. Wikipedia notes that military ranks form "a system of hierarchical relationships within armed forces, police, intelligence agencies and other institutions organized along military lines," a hierarchy that ties every commander to one particular force. Browsing this way collects every commander who served in the same force.
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Earliest Era Represented Force Served In
Sources
1. War and Military Atlas Periodization
InteractiveAtlas owner ruling registerWar and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, commander has a live Ancient subcategoryQuote, War and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, commander has a live Ancient subcategory
Ancient below 500 CE, Medieval 500 to 1499, Early Modern 1500 to 1774, Modern 1775 onward (the 1775 cutover, not the round year 1800, matches the American Revolutionary War already being tagged Modern in the live data).
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