The immediate government of the Academy is under the Superintendent, who is also the commanding officer of the Academy and of the military post.

The permanent professors and the director of admissions exercise command only in the academic department of the Academy.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 562, § 9334; Pub. L. 85–600, § 1(21), Aug. 6, 1958, 72 Stat. 524; Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title V, § 515(a)(3), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1441; renumbered § 9434, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(a)(3), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832.)