The meaning of GOC
March 5, 2007 4:08 PM Subscribe
What is a GOC?
I am reading Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, which concerns the Nigerian revolution in the late 60s and early 70s. I am half way through the novel and am a little confused by one of the political terms. The quote is by Major Madu, one of the leaders of pre-revolution army.
"I was part of the comission that told our GOC that we should scrap it, that it was polarizing the army, that they should stop promoting Northerners who were not qualified. But our GOC said no, our British GOC."
I googled and found mentions of the term, but I didn't find an explanation of it. Anybody?
I am reading Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, which concerns the Nigerian revolution in the late 60s and early 70s. I am half way through the novel and am a little confused by one of the political terms. The quote is by Major Madu, one of the leaders of pre-revolution army.
"I was part of the comission that told our GOC that we should scrap it, that it was polarizing the army, that they should stop promoting Northerners who were not qualified. But our GOC said no, our British GOC."
I googled and found mentions of the term, but I didn't find an explanation of it. Anybody?
Best answer: I'm guessing this is it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Officer_Commanding
posted by blaneyphoto at 4:14 PM on March 5, 2007
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