commandant
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Among them were the first female commandant of the Coast Guard, the head of the Army’s Chaplain Corps, and a four-star general overseeing the Army’s Transformation and Training Command.
From Salon • May 1, 2026
In 2024 I helped the nonprofit Counter Extremism Project buy the house next door to Auschwitz, where camp commandant Rudolf Höss lived with his family.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
The Nazi officer made commandant of the concentration camp, Rudolf Höss, brought the motto Arbeit Macht Frei - works sets you free - from another camp where he had worked, at Dachau in Germany.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2025
“We continue to make mission without ever diminishing our standards,” Gen. Eric Smith, commandant of the Marine Corps, flatly told Congress earlier this month.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024
The zoo, I learned, was the idea of the camp’s commandant, Karl Koch, and his wife, Ilse.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
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