To accurately provide examples of US presidents fulfilling their role as commander in chief, you must first lay the groundwork. According to Dictionary.com a commander in chief is defined as: "The supreme commander of the armed forces of a nation or sometimes of several allied nations: the president is the commander in chief of the Army, Navy, and Air Force." (Dictionary.com). The President of the United States is responsible for approximately 1.46 million people considered active in the military. (Find the data). So, it is no exaggeration to say that he does intense and important work in this department and is in charge of many people who wield guns as their weapon of choice. Ronald Reagan provides a prime example of a president who took the initiative and acted as commander in chief when he ordered American troops to occupy Grenada, a rather small island in the Caribbean, out of fear of the advance of communism. (Civic Education Center). Grenada was overthrown in 1979 by a “pro-Soviet communist government” that had ties to already communist Cuba. This group was carrying out its own plans to build a major airport on the island. Reagan believed it “would be used by the Soviets and Cuba to supply communist groups in Central America.” (Civic Education Center). Once the small island government was overthrown in 1983 and the military was in command, Reagan gave the command to send troops to Grenada. Some Caribbean islands also contributed to the effort. Together, they emptied the Americans of the premises, established a more stable government, and defeated the communist forces in that region. “President Reagan's position was that, as commander in chief, he had an obligation to secure the nation... halfway through the document... Carter sought to establish peace between Israel and the other Arab nations. He gathered Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at the Camp David retreat center where an agreement was made between the men and U.S. troops were to be stationed in the Sinai Peninsula to keep watch. Network. January 2014. http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/ushisgov/themes/presidentialactions/diplomat.cfmDeLorenzo, Joshua. Preparation of regents. Oswego City School District. 1999. Network. January 2014 http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/ushisgov/themes/presidentialactions/diplomat.cfm Dictionary.com. Random House Inc. website January 2014. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/commander+in+chief Find the data. Network. January 2014.http://us-military-branches.findthedata.org/app-question/443/How-many-people-are-there-in-the-US-military