This template creates a header to be used with succession boxes for people holding offices in the military.

The template was designed to default to

Military offices

if no parameter is given. In the following table, the first column contains the header and the second column shows the template call used to create it.

Military offices {{s-mil}}

There are no parameters in this template.

From the William Tecumseh Sherman article:

{{s-start}}
{{s-mil}}
{{s-bef | before = [[Ulysses S. Grant]]}}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Commanding General of the United States Army]] | years = 1869–1883}}
{{s-aft | after = [[Philip H. Sheridan]]}}
{{s-end}}
Military offices
Preceded by Commanding General of the United States Army
1869–1883
Succeeded by