First Minister of the Military Council

=First Minister of the Military Council= The First Minister of the Military Council (FMMC) is by law the highest ranking military officer in the Drakon Imperium Armed Forces, and is the principal military adviser to the Imperator of the Drakon Imperium, the Imperial Security Council, and the Minister of War. While the First Minister of the Military Council outranks all other officers, he does not have operational command authority over the Armed Forces, however the First Minister does assist the Imperator and the Minister of War in exercising their command functions.

The First Minister convenes the meetings and coordinates the efforts of the Military Council (MC), an advisory body comprising the First Minister, the Second Minister of the Military Council, the service chiefs of the Imperial Army, the Imperial Fighter Force, the Imperial Guard, the Imperial Marines, the Imperial Navy, the Imperial Planetary Guard, the Imperial Police, and the Imperial Space Guard. The Council Staff is under the exclusive direction of the First Minister.

Assistants
The First Minister of the Military Council is assisted by the Director of the Council Staff, an officer who assists the First Minister with the management of the Council Staff, an organization composed of approximately equal numbers of officers contributed by each of the eight branches, who have been assigned to assist the First Minister with the unified strategic direction, operation, and integration of the combatant land, naval, and aerospace forces.

The First Minister of the Military Council has been advised on enlisted personnel matters by the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the First Minister who served as a communication conduit between the First Minister and the senior enlisted advisors of the combatant commands.