commander
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Chris Pearson, city commander for Nottinghamshire Police, said the arrests were made "very quickly" after officers were called to the scene.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
In May 2021, Nigeria's top-ranking army commander, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 other officers were killed when their plane crashed in bad weather while trying to land at northern Kaduna state airport.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
A pro-government militia commander fighting in Tigray also told the BBC that Eritrean soldiers had been involved on the front lines.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
At Baghdad’s airport, a portrait of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a militia commander killed in the same 2020 strike, awaits visitors outside the arrivals hall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
But what caught Khrushchev’s eye was the sight of Marshal Sergei Biryuzov, commander of Soviet air defense, pushing his way through the VIP seats on the mausoleum.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
These tools can help commanders by automatically identifying enemy vehicles from drone feeds or tracking ammunition expenditure to predict resupply needs, Matthaidess said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
By then, fire had ravaged the community; the report suggests that incident commanders were unaware of the devastation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
About 30 checkpoints along the route marked stretches of road controlled by different commanders – a clear sign of the fractured make-up of the forces fighting on the government side.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
In his most draconian move yet, the Pentagon polygraphed some 50 high-ranking military officers and civilian officials on the Joint Staff, which coordinates operations, policy and war plans with combatant commanders worldwide.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Near midnight on the night of September 30, 1962, four Soviet submarine commanders walked through thick fog along a wooden pier on Sayda Bay, an inlet of the Barents Sea.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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