Commander Battle Force (COMBATFOR)
| Date | Incumbent |
|---|---|
| 1 April 1931 - 15 September 1931 | Admiral Frank H. Schofield |
| 15 September 1931 - 11 August 1932 | Admiral Richard H. Leigh |
| 11 August 1932 - 20 May 1933 | Admiral Luke McNamee |
| 20 May 1933 - 1 July 1933 | Admiral William H. Standley |
| 1 July 1933 - 15 June 1934 | Admiral Joseph M. Reeves |
| 15 June 1934 - 1 April 1935 | Admiral Frank H. Brumby |
| 1 April 1935 - 30 March 1936 | Admiral Harris Laning |
| 30 March 1936 - 31 December 1936 | Admiral William D. Leahy |
| 2 January 1937 - 29 January 1938 | Admiral Claude C. Bloch |
| 29 January 1938 - 24 June 1939 | Admiral Edward C. Kalbfus |
| 24 June 1939 - 6 January 1940 | Admiral James O. Richardson |
| 6 January 1940 - 31 January 1941 | Admiral Charles P. Snyder |
| 31 January 1941 - 20 September 1942 | Vice Admiral William S. Pye |
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Famous quotes containing the words commander, battle and/or force:
“A commander in the field must sometimes go against the king’s orders.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Forty years after a battle it is easy for a noncombatant to reason about how it ought to have been fought. It is another thing personally and under fire to have to direct the fighting while involved in the obscuring smoke of it.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.”
—Denis Diderot (1713–1784)