commander
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Army Europe and Africa, and commander of NATO’s Allied Land Command — will step down in July after only 18 months in the job.
From Salon • Jun. 27, 2026
Mr. Hargreaves’s account of the North African fighting does much to dispel the myths that surround Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, the German tank commander and so-called Desert Fox.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
“I had firefighters work Wednesday afternoon, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. I talked to my incident commander, and he goes, ‘Chief, these guys are getting their butts kicked.’
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
"Every moment of commander Ramiro's life was characterized by his absolute loyalty to the governments of Fidel and Raul and to his struggle companions," Diaz-Canel eulogized.
From Barron's • Jun. 21, 2026
The commander of the United States Navy Yard had ordered the buildings and warships there to be destroyed to prevent their capture.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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