On 15 January, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, like Aaltonen a former officer in the Russian army, was appointed supreme commander of the White Guards, and on 25 January the Senate renamed the White Guards the Finnish White Army.

During the Russian civil war, in October 1919 White Army commander Nikolai Nikolayevich Yudenich advanced on Petrograd from the side of Detskoye Selo, apparently intending to capture the radio station to announce a victory over the Bolsheviks.

Rolling Stone caused a controversy in the White House by publishing in the July issue an article by journalist Michael Hastings, entitled, " The Runaway General ", quoting criticism of General Stanley A. McChrystal, commander of the International Security Assistance Force and U. S. Forces-Afghanistan commander, about Vice President Joe Biden and other Administration members of the White House.

By 1920, the Red Army, under its commander Trotsky, had largely defeated the royalist White Armies.

* August 10 – Russian Revolution: The British commander in Archangel is told to help the White Russians.

The Ranger commander, recognizing the situation at Dog Green on the run-in, ordered the assault craft to divert into Dog White.

Boromir's great stamina and physical strength, together with a forceful and commanding personality, made him a widely-admired commander in Gondor's army: he was made Captain of the White Tower, and quickly became Captain-General, also bearing the title High Warden of the White Tower.

Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak (, – 7 February 1920 ) was a Russian naval commander, polar explorer and later-the Supreme ruler of the counter-revolutionary anti-communist White forces during the Russian Civil War.

As a military commander he was unable to make successful strategic plans or to coordinate with other White Army generals such as Yudenich or Denikin.

For a time, it appeared that the White Army would succeed in its drive ; Leon Trotsky, as commander of Red Army forces hastily concluded an agreement with Nestor Makhno's anarchist Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine or ' Black Army ' for mutual support.

* Roman von Ungern-Sternberg ( 1885-1921 ), White military commander in the Russian Civil War.

Under pressure from the White House and his commander, Brigadier General Hershberg ( Michael Moriarty ), to wrap things up quickly, Serling leaks the story to newspaper reporter Tony Gartner ( Scott Glenn ) to prevent another cover up.

In 2011, several former senior US officials, including Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, three former chairmen of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, two former directors of the CIA, former commander of NATO Wesley Clark, two former US Ambassadors to the United Nations, the former U. S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, a former White House Chief of Staff, a former commander of the United States Marine Corps, former U. S. National Security Advisor Frances Townsend, and US President Barack Obama's retired National Security Adviser General James L. Jones called for the MEK to be removed from its official listing on the U. S. State Department list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations, on the grounds that they constituted a viable opposition to the Iranian regime.

Four different types of soldiers were present at the rape camps including the local Serbian militia, the Yugoslav army ( JNA ), police forces based in the Serbian-occupied town of Knin ( or " Marticevci " as their commander was Milan Martić ) and members of the " White Eagles " ( Beli Orlovi ) paramilitary group who wore an insignia bearing three eagles and a " kokarda " on their hats.

In February 1918 general Mannerheim, the commander of the anti-communist White Guards, wrote his famous " sword scabbard order of the day ", in which he said that he would not put his sword into the scabbard until East Karelia was free of Russian control.

The assignment of Ed White, the Gemini 7 backup commander, to Apollo created an opening for Young as commander of Gemini 10 in 1966.

** John C. Waldron, United States Naval aviator and commander of Torpedo Squadron 8, killed at the Battle of Midway ( b. 1900 )

When Burton joined the Port Talbot Squadron of the Air Training Corps as a cadet, he re-encountered Philip Burton, his former teacher, who was the commander.

On 9 August, Admiral Wilgelm Vitgeft, commander of the 1st Pacific Squadron, was ordered to sortie his fleet to Vladivostok, link up with the Squadron stationed there, and then engage the IJN in decisive battle.

Squadron commander James Stockdale was one of the U. S. pilots flying overhead during the second alleged attack.

* Cicero Price ( 1805-1888 ) was a United States Navy commodore who fought in the American Civil War and was commander of the East India Squadron.

This squadron performed many important bombing and photographic missions during the war, but is perhaps best known as the " Zodiac Squadron ", as its bombers were decorated with colourful images of the twelve signs of the zodiac painted by a professional artist named Phil Brinkman, who was taken into the squadron by its commander, Capt.

On April 7, 1863, Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, commander of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, led an ironclad attack against Fort Sumter that was repulsed by highly accurate artillery fire from Beauregard's forces.

The commander of the 818th Aero Squadron detachment, Captain William Carruthers, took over as the field's first commander and for a time operated out of an office in the Mission Inn.

Lieutenant Tyndall was a World War I pilot, Silver Star recipient, and commander of the 22d Aero Squadron.

* Joseph D. Helton Jr Monroe, Georgia, 1st Lieutenant, Officer, Killed in action, Iraq, ( b. September 30, 1984, d. September 8, 2009 ), 732d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Detachment 2 flight commander ( police officer ) Police Transition Mission, 6th Security Forces Squadron, MacDill Air Force Base Florida ( Tampa ) action: ( IED detonation ; near FOB FALCON, Mahmudiyah District of Baghdad, on September 8th )

* World War II flying ace Colonel Gregory " Pappy " Boyington was born in Coeur d ' Alene on December 4, 1912, and was a member of the AVG ( Flying Tigers ) and later the commander of the famous Black Sheep Squadron.

On 20 August 1827, the British naval commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean ( i. e .. commander of " Blue " Squadron ), Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Codrington ( 1770 – 1851 ), veteran of 44 years at sea and a popular hero for his role in the Battle of Trafalgar, received his government's instructions regarding enforcement of the treaty.

: The Wing commander ’ s staff consists of a vice commander, an executive officer, a secretary, a director of staff, a wing inspector general, a command chief-master sergeant, a historian, information management, protocol, public affairs, legal, chapel, military equal opportunity, wing plans, treaty compliance, safety, honor guard, the 28th Comptroller Contracting Squadron and a Sexual Assault Response Coordinator.

From January 1991 to September 1992 he served as an aircraft commander and instructor pilot in the 920th Air Refueling Squadron, Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Michigan.

His grandson Colonel Paul W. Tibbets IV, USAF, ( a 1989 graduate of the US Air Force Academy ) was also commander of the 393rd Bomb Squadron at Whiteman AFB, Missouri, from 2005 – 2007 and flew the B-2 Spirit.

* Major George E. Preddy, commander of the 328th Fighter Squadron, was the highest-scoring US ace still in combat in the European Theater at the time when he died on Christmas Day in Belgium.

On 18 August 1964, Lieutenant Colonel Viripong, commander of the Royal Thai Air Force's 223rd Squadron, went down in an RLAF T-28 on the Plaine des Jarres while on an unauthorized mission, while another T-28 was lost in North Vietnam.

During World War I he served with the 103rd and the 13th Aero Squadrons before being promoted to captain and named commander of the 141st Squadron.

During the summer, Baker was transferred to the 13th Bomb Squadron after its commander, Charles Biddle, requested that he join the squadron as a flight commander.

Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis ( 10 December 189116 June 1969 ) was a British military commander and field marshal who served with distinction in both world wars and, afterwards, as Governor General of Canada, the 17th since Canadian Confederation.

* 1682 – Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Royalist commander in the English Civil War ( b. 1619 )

* December 17 – Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Royalist commander in the English Civil War ( d. 1682 )

From 24 April to 5 May, he held a council of war attended by his nephew and most renowned field commander, Prince Rupert.

As a result, the Republic was in 1672 at the apex of its naval power ; in the English navy however, Admiral Edward Spragge had grown jealous of supreme commander Prince Rupert of the Rhine.

On perceiving the danger, its commander, Spragge, abandoned the remainder of the rear with his flotilla to seek out Tromp, who was rather hesitantly attacked by Rupert in the van, fearing the shoals.

Following the Restoration, Rupert returned to England, becoming a senior British naval commander during the Second and Third Anglo-Dutch wars, engaging in scientific invention, art, and serving as the first Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company.

Rupert is probably best remembered today for his role as a Royalist commander during the English Civil War.

After a three week siege, Rupert took the powerful fortress of La Bassée through quiet negotiations with the enemy commander — an impressive accomplishment, and one that won him favour in French court circles.

The following year, Rupert was made joint commander of the fleet with Monk and given the opportunity to put this plan into practice.

The King appointed the Duke as supreme commander, with Rupert as his deputy, combining the rank of General and Vice Admiral of England.

During the winter of 1672, however, Charles — still childless — decided that the risk to the Duke, his heir, was too great and made Rupert supreme Allied commander in his place.

The rocker seems to have been invented by Prince Rupert of the Rhine, a famous cavalry commander in the English Civil War, who was the next to use the process, and took it to England.

As a retaliation for these actions, the UN commander, Lt. General Rupert Smith, requested NATO air strikes.

* Rupert Lonsdale ( 1905 – 1999 )-WWII submarine commander / POW, Anglican clergyman

* Rupert Lonsdale ( 1905 – 1999 ), British submarine commander, prisoner of war and Anglican clergyman

Prince Rupert, commander of much of Charles I's cavalry, is often considered an archetypical Cavalier.

Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander of the Royalist cavalry, lived in Longbridge House and used it as his headquarters throughout the siege of Hawkesley House.

* The next Kendal creation was for Prince Rupert of the Rhine, nephew of King Charles I and a Royalist commander in the Civil War, who is sometimes ( perhaps erroneously ) said to have been created Baron Kendal along with the other titles of Earl of Holdernesse and Duke of Cumberland in 1644.

After 1650 he was employed as commander in chief of the southern fleet in the Atlantic and in the Mediterranean in pursuit of the Royalists under Prince Rupert.

It was agreed that while the King remained on the defensive in Oxford, protected by several outlying fortified towns, his nephew Prince Rupert of the Rhine ( the foremost Royalist field commander ) would proceed to retrieve the situation in the north.

However, as late as the 1640s, Prince Rupert — a Royalist general and cavalry commander during the English Civil War — is pictured carrying a battle axe, and this was not merely a decorative symbol of authority: the " short pole-axe " was adopted by Royalist cavalry officers to penetrate Roundhead troopers ' helmets and cuirasses in close-quarters fighting, and it was also used by their opponents: Sir Bevil Grenville was slain by a Parliamentarian pole-axe at the Battle of Lansdowne, and Sir Richard Bulstrode was wounded by one at the Battle of Edgehill.

Wilmot was a cavalry commander with Prince Rupert of the Rhine, and both men kept troops at Adderbury House.

The Royalist commander, Prince Rupert, stationed himself at Didsbury Ees, to the south of Barlow Moor.