Why campaigns are remembered through commanders

Why give named military leaders the credit when ordinary people did the work?

Crews and formations are essential, but a commander's decisions can affect an entire campaign or war, which explains the attention given to individual command responsibility.

Crews are indispensable to what a warship achieves, and collective effort deserves recognition. Command responsibility nevertheless extends across battles, campaigns, and sometimes whole wars. A mistaken decision at that level can have consequences far beyond a single ship. This difference in responsibility helps explain why military leaders are remembered individually while the personnel they direct are often remembered by unit.