Here’s a shocker: The largest concentration of human commanders isn’t in the Pentagon. It’s in airline operations centers. Every flight has a “commander” (the pilot), but the real boss is the “system operations commander” sitting in a windowless room in Dallas. They watch little blips on a screen and say things like, “Hold that plane for a screaming toddler.”
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Even ants have commanders. Ant colonies have “queen commanders” located deep underground. But here’s the funny part: they don’t give order commands—ants just smell their way to work. So technically, your boss might have the decision-making power of an ant. Don’t say that out loud, though.
But Where Are They Right Now?
Right this second, commanders are in: a submarine under the North Pole, a cubicle in Omaha, Nebraska (yes, the U.S. Strategic Command is there), and incredibly, Vatican City. The Pope is technically a commander of a tiny country. That guy is giving orders about altar boys while simultaneously blessing pigeons. It’s a weird job.
And don’t forget the most surprising commander location: your phone. Every time you use Siri or Alexa, you’re issuing commands to a digital “commander” that lives on a server farm in the desert. That virtual commander is located in a building that sounds like a giant vacuum cleaner and feels like an oven. So yes, your to-do list is being managed by a sweating server.
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