> Chain-of-command portraits serve a practical, if minor, function And that function is that (for example) on a big Navy ship with thousands of sailors, the "l

> Chain-of-command portraits serve a practical, if minor, function And that function is that (for example) on a big Navy ship with thousands of sailors, the "lower ranks" might never have laid eyes on the commanding officer ("CO") or executive officer ("XO") but need to recognize him/her if s/he shows up unannounced and alone in a workspace — following the old nuclear-Navy rule that "you get what you INspect, not what you EXpect."