In 1988 Colonel Koffi Botty was the high commander of the National Gendarmerie, having replaced Brigadier General N ' daw in 1983.

* Chief of the General Staff Office: Colonel Milan Šeiner

Among notable recipients below flag rank are: X-1 test pilot Chuck Yeager and X-15 test pilot Robert M. White, who both received the DSM as U. S. Air Force majors ; Air Force Major Rudolf Anderson, the U-2 pilot shot down during the Cuban Missile Crisis ; director Frank Capra, decorated in 1945 as an Army colonel ; actor James Stewart, decorated in 1945 as an Army Air Forces colonel ( later Air Force Brigadier General ); Col. Wendell Fertig, who led Filipino guerrillas behind Japanese lines ; Col. ( later Major General ) John K. Singlaub, who led partisan forces in the Korean War ; and Maj. Maude C. Davison, who led the " Angels of Bataan and Corregidor " during their imprisonment by the Japanese, and Colonel William S. Taylor, Program Manager Multiple Launch Rocket System.

On the third day Allen was exchanged for Colonel Archibald Campbell, who was conducted to the exchange by Colonel Elias Boudinot, the American commissary general of prisoners appointed by General George Washington.

During the War of 1812, Key, accompanied by the American Prisoner Exchange Agent Colonel John Stuart Skinner, dined aboard the British ship HMS Tonnant, as the guests of three British officers: Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane, Rear Admiral George Cockburn, and Major General Robert Ross.

After the first completed film was viewed by General Marshall along with Army staff, Marshall approached Capra: " Colonel Capra, how did you do it?

As a result, on February 24, 1966, a small number of army officers and senior police officials, led by Colonel Emmanuel Kotoka, commander of the Second Army Brigade at Kumasi, Major Akwasi Afrifa, staff officer in charge of army training and operations, Lieutenant General ( retired ) Joseph Ankrah, and J. W. K.

Its composition consisted of Colonel Acheampong, the chairman, who was also promoted straight from Colonel to General.

: The successful resistance in the Great Siege is attributed to several factors: the improvement in fortifications by Colonel ( later Mayor General Sir ) William Green in 1769 ; the British naval supremacy, which translated into support of the Navy ; the competent command by General George Augustus Elliot ; and an appropriately sized garrison.

Union Colonel Streight and his men were captured by Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest.

Thus in March 1979 Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who kept absolute power ( until his overthrow in 2011 referred to as " Guide of the Revolution "), after ten years as combined Head of State and Head of government of the Libyan Jamahiriya (" state of the masses "), styled Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, formally transferred both qualities to the General secretaries of the General People's Congress ( comparable to a Speaker ) respectively to a Prime Minister, in political reality both were his creatures.

Colonel ( later General ) Kallergis took a half-trained force of Greek Army regulars and a force of irregulars in support.

* 1781 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens – Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.

* 1789 – Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris.

Lieutenant Colonel Manning, an officer in the Indian Corps was appointed Inspector General for all the troops and promoted to the rank of general.

On 23 September 2009, Colonel Gaddafi addressed the 64th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, his first visit to the United States.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal on 24 September 2009, the day after his address to the UN General Assembly in New York, Colonel Gaddafi said: " As a case, the Lockerbie question: I would say it's come to an end, legally, politically, financially, it is all over.

Proposed designs prepared by Bailey, Banks, and Biddle and the Office of the Quartermaster General were provided to Assistant Chief of Staff ( G1 ) ( Colonel Heard ) by the QMG on January 5, 1942.

His grandfather and father, both named Edward Francis Vereka Ventris, reached the ranks of Major General and Lieutenant Colonel, respectively.

In the Ile Saint-Jean Campaign ( 1758 ) General Jeffery Amherst ordered Colonel Andrew Rollo to capture the island.

* Military Aviation Authority: Director Colonel Josef Otta

The corps was split into six brigade-size columns under Generals-major Johann Loudon, Joseph Ocskay von Ocsko, Spork, and Josef Philipp Vukassovich and Colonel Seulen.

* The German Luftwaffes chief of intelligence, Colonel Josef " Beppo " Schmid, reports that the British Royal Air Force and French Air Force are " clearly inferior in strength and armament in comparison to the Luftwaffe ," that even an entry into World War II by the United States would not alone improve the status of Allied air power during 1940, and that British fighters stood little chance in combat with the German Messerschmitt Bf 110 twin-engine fighter.

Czech units led by Colonel Josef Šnejdárek and Polish units commanded by General Franciszek Latinik clashed after the swift Czech advance near Skoczów where a battle took place on 28 – 30 January.

The Kammhuber Line was the name given to the German night air defense system established in July 1940 by Colonel Josef Kammhuber.

Lieutenant Colonel James P. Brownlow, who commanded the First Brigade of Thomas' First Cavalry Division, was ordered across one of these fords.

Of all the thousands of men who have served in the 7th Cav, perhaps no one knows its spirit better than Lieutenant Colonel Melbourne C. Chandler.

Carnegie's education and passion for reading was given a great boost by Colonel James Anderson, who opened his personal library of 400 volumes to working boys each Saturday night.

The Bronze Star Medal was conceived by Colonel Russell P. " Red " Reeder in 1943, who believed it would aid morale if there was a medal which could be awarded by captains of companies or batteries to deserving people serving under them.

Colonel Azali Assoumani seized power in a bloodless coup in April 1999, overthrowing Interim President Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde, who himself had held the office since the death of democratically elected President Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim in November, 1998.

But he was recaptured by Colonel Richard Ingoldsby, a regicide who hoped to win a pardon by handing Lambert over to the new regime.

Guest's paternal grandfather, Leslie, Baron Haden-Guest, was a Labour Party politician who was a convert to Judaism, and Guest's paternal grandmother's father was Colonel Albert Goldsmid, a British officer who founded the Jewish Lads ' and Girls ' Brigade and the Maccabaeans.

The first Commandant was Samuel Nicholas, who took office as a captain, though there was no office titled " Commandant " at the time, and the Second Continental Congress had authorized that the senior-most Marine could take a rank up to Colonel.

Gérald-Libois writes that '.. the special meeting of the council of ministers took steps for the immediate Africanisation of the officer corps and .. named Victor Lundula, who was born in Kasai and was burgomaster of Jadotville, as Commander-in-Chief of the Armée Nationale Congolaise ( ANC ); Colonel Joseph-Désiré Mobutu as chief of staff ; and the Belgian, Colonel Henniquiau, as chief advisor to the ANC.

Davenport was established on May 14, 1836 by Antoine LeClaire, and named after his good friend Colonel George Davenport who was stationed at Fort Armstrong during the war.

At first, Thomas, who was the head cook at the restaurant, and the Clausses declined Sanders ' offer, but the Colonel persisted and the Clauss family franchised their restaurant with KFC and later also owned many other KFC franchises in the Midwest.

Nevertheless, he appreciated the Indo-Fijian contribution to the Military, and noted the success of Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Aziz, the head of the Military's legal unit who was a pivotal figure in the court martial of soldiers who mutinied in 2000.

Douglass first tried to escape from Freeland, who had hired him out from his owner Colonel Lloyd, but was unsuccessful.

Arbenz together with Arévalo further promoted the progressive social change that characterized the latter's presidency, clearing much of the old restrictions on political parties and labour unions, while also purging the army brass of its remaining pro-Arana officers — one of whom was Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas ; a man who would play a major role in Guatemalan politics in the coming years.

In 1951 it publicly played the " Colonel Bogey March " of which no known recordings exist.

The battalion played an important role in Colonel Jacques Duchesne's offensive in March 1885 that captured the key Chinese positions of La Table and Fort Bamboo and disengaged Keelung.

Based on Haliburton's writings, there have been claims that modern hockey originated in Windsor, Nova Scotia, by King's College students and was named after an individual, as in “ Colonel Hockey's game .” Others claim that the origins of hockey come from games played in the area of Dartmouth and Halifax in Nova Scotia.

Leszek Miller played an important role in concluding the case of Colonel Ryszard Kukliński, for which he was severely criticised within his political circle.

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas E. Mitchell, Colonel James McDonough ( the fifth SAMS director ), and various other members of the SAMS team played a significant part in revising the U. S. Army Doctrinal Manual 100-5 Operations in 1990 – 1993.

Edwardian golfers on both sides of the Atlantic often played matches against " Colonel Bogey ".

Because the film concerned prisoners of war being held under inhumane conditions by the Japanese, there was a minor diplomatic flap in May 1980 when the " Colonel Bogey March " was played during a visit to Canada by Japanese prime minister Masayoshi Ōhira.

When Lean rose to accept his award, the orchestra played " The Colonel Bogey March " ... and a camera cut to show Candy's reaction.

Colonel Picquart was played by American actor Richard Dreyfuss, who " grew up thinking that Alfred Dreyfus and are of the same family.

Morgan had played Colonel Sherman Potter for nearly a decade, on both M * A * S * H, and its sequel, AfterMASH.

He also starred in the short-lived but critically lauded 1976 period detective series City of Angels and the 1979 – 1982 CBS series House Calls, first with Lynn Redgrave, and then later with actress Sharon Gless, who went on to co-star in the CBS-TV crime drama series Cagney and Lacey with actress Tyne Daly ( coincidentally, one of the House Calls co-stars was Roger Bowen who played the original Colonel Henry Blake in the MASH movie ).

Inglis Road is almost certainly named after Colonel John Inglis who played a major part in the relief of Lucknow, as did James Outram and Henry Havelock.

It is named for the U. S. cavalry commander Colonel Alexander W. Doniphan ( 1808 – 1887 ) of Liberty, Missouri, who played an important part in the Mexican-American War.

Colonel Clarke played a leading role the 1779 victory at the Battle of Kettle Creek in Wilkes County.

Colonel Jack O ' Neill ( spelled Jack O ' Neil in the film, and given as John O ' Neill in one case, and John J. O ' Neill in another ) makes his first appearance, played by actor Kurt Russell, in the 1994 military science fiction film Stargate, written by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich.

In the former, the Sergeant complained that the band at the last concert had played, he then hummed the tune of Colonel Bogey, then he said " And we all know what the words to that are !".

The Chelmsford militia played a role in the American Revolution at the Battle of Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775, the latter where Colonel Moses Parker ( namesake of the Parker School ) and Captain Benjamin Walker of this town were killed.

Lieutenant Colonel Earl Woods played baseball for Kansas State before joining the military.

In 1909, voters agreed to incorporate the two separate towns into a single community, which was named Andrews, after Colonel Walter H. Andrews, who played an important role in the incorporation.

The soundtrack features in this scene a funeral march, La Madrugá, composed by Colonel Abel Moreno for the Holy Week of Seville, played by the band of the regiment Soria 9, heir of that which participated in the battle, the oldest unit in the Spanish Army, and since nicknamed " the bloody Tercio ".

When Ngouabi was assassinated in March 1977, Nguesso played a key role in maintaining control, briefly heading the Military Committee of the Party ( CMP, Comité Militaire du Parti ) that controlled the state before the succession of Colonel Joachim Yhombi-Opango.

His son, Colonel George R. Grunert ( 1908 – 1969 ), attended the U. S. Military Academy, graduating with the class of 1930 and played on the Army polo team.

* Colonel Angus Rickman, played by Roger Daltrey (" The Exodus " parts 1 and 2 ( S3e16 – 17 )) and Neil Dickson ( episodes " The Other Slide of Darkness ", " Dinoslide ", " Stoker " and " This Slide of Paradise " ( S3e21, S3e23 – 25 ))

Although originally a sketch in the early parts of Air Farce on TV meant to satirize the Canadian military ( in it, the Canadian military consists of only two people, Colonel " Teresa " Stacy and his assistant, played by Ferguson and Morgan ), but as the popularity of the sketch grew, it became an integral part of Air Farce, spawning its own newsroom sketch titled " Chicken Cannon News ".