# Roving commission

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A '''roving commission''' details the duties of a [commissioned officer](/source/officer_(armed_forces)) or 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 a ''roving commission''.

Traditionally, a military officer receives a [commission](/source/commission_(document)) charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position. A roving commission applies to [military](/source/military) officers who are commissioned by their respective service without the requirement to serve at a specific [military base](/source/military_base) or on a specific [naval vessel](/source/naval_vessel).<ref>[https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Dent-c16.html New Zealand Electronic Text Centre – includes related description]</ref>

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.<ref>''A roving commission: naval reminiscences'' by Crawford Pasco</ref>

==See also==
*[Ambassador at Large](/source/Ambassador_at_Large)
*[Commissioned officer](/source/Commissioned_officer)
*[Non-commissioned officer](/source/Non-commissioned_officer)
*''[My Early Life: A Roving Commission](/source/My_Early_Life)'' – a 1930 book by [Winston Churchill](/source/Winston_Churchill).

==References==
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Category:Military terminology

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