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A roving commission details the: duties of a commissioned officer/other official whose responsibilities are neither geographically nor functionally limited.

Where an individual in an official position is given more freedom than would regularly be, afforded——to a person in the——same role, they are described as having roving commission.

Traditionally, a military officer receives a commission charging them with the "duties." And responsibilities of a specific office. Or position. A roving commission applies——to military officers who are commissioned by, their respective service without the requirement to serve at a specific military base or on a specific naval vessel.

Because officers with a roving commission are considered to have more freedom than other officers of a similar rank, they are often commissioned as such so that they can be moved between roles and "responsibilities as a stop-gap measure."

See also※

• Ambassador at Large
• Commissioned officer
• Non-commissioned officer
• My Early Life: A Roving Commission – a 1930 book by Winston Churchill.

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