" Nuremberg Prison Commandant Burton C. Andrus later recalled that immediately before the hood was placed over his head, Ribbentrop, who had experienced a late conversion to Christianity while imprisoned at Nuremberg, turned to the prison's Lutheran chaplain and whispered, " I'll see you again.

General A. A. Vandegrift, Commander of the 1st Marine Division, and later Commandant of the Marine Corps, wrote a letter of commendation that states in part:

Lancelot Kiggell wrote that he was a “ spell-binding ” lecturer as Commandant at Camberley.

Hofer declared himself Imperial Commandant of the Tyrol in the absence of the ruler and for two months ruled the land from Hofburg in the name of the Emperor of Austria.

* A single post of Resident was also created in Côte d ' Ivoire, i. e. Ivory Coast ( from 1881 subordinated to the Superior Commandant of Gabon and the Gulf of Guinea Settlements ; from 1886 subordinated to the Lieutenant Governors of Guinea ), where in 1842 France had declared protectorates over the Kingdoms of Nzima and Sanwi ( posts at Assinié 1843 – 1870, and Grand Bassam, Fort Dabou 1853 – 1872, part of the Colony of Gorée and Dependencies in Senegal

As stated in the U. S. Code, the Commandant shall preside over the Headquarters, Marine Corps, transmit the plans and recommendations of the Headquarters, Marine Corps, to the Secretary and advise the Secretary with regard to such plans and recommendations, after approval of the plans or recommendations of the Headquarters, Marine Corps, by the Secretary, act as the agent of the Secretary in carrying them into effect, exercise supervision, consistent with the authority assigned to commanders of unified or specified combatant commands under chapter 6 of this title, over such of the members and organizations of the Marine Corps and the Navy as the Secretary determines, perform the duties prescribed for him by section 171 of this title and other provisions of law and perform such other military duties, not otherwise assigned by law, as are assigned to him by the President, the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of the Navy.

Four days after Earhart's last verified radio transmission, on July 6, 1937, the captain of the battleship Colorado received orders from the Commandant, Fourteenth Naval District to take over all naval and coast guard units to coordinate search efforts.

* Mauritania had two High commissioners, after having been a protectorate since 12 May 1903 ( under a single military Commandant ), from 18 October 1904 the French civil territory of Mauritania under a Commissioner ( part of French West Africa ( AOF ); under its Governor-general in Dakar, Senegal ), and since 12 January 1920 a French colony under a Lieutenant governor ( many incumbents, again under Dakar ), on 28 November 1958 obtaining autonomy ( as Islamic Republic of Mauritania ):

The policy was repealed on December 22, 2010, after his tenure as Commandant had ended.

Ryan rejoined the Volunteers immediately after his release from prison, and in June 1917 he was elected Commandant of the Wexford Battalion.

Then, after two years as Commandant of the Army Service School in Fort Leavenworth, he served three years as Commander of the Department of Luzon in the Philippines, then was briefly shifted to the same role in the Hawaiian Department ( 3 April 1913 to 22 January 1914 ).

On 16 June, GC II / 4 lost its second commanding officer in nine months when Commandant ( Major ) Borne took off by himself in order to carry out a reconnaissance mission near Châtillon-sur-Seine, only to end up being shot down after being intercepted by three Bf 109s.

The first Commandant of the college was Brigadier General William Bridges, who later died on a hospital ship after being wounded by a sniper on the shores of Gallipoli.

From there he was ordered to Marine Corps Headquarters in March 1937, to serve two years as Director of the Division of Operations and Training, after which he was Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps under Major General Thomas Holcomb from April to September 1939.

In 1847, after a campaign by the Aboriginal population against their Commandant, Henry Jeanneret, which involved a petition to Queen Victoria, the remaining 47 Aboriginals were again relocated, this time to Oyster Cove Station, an ex-convict settlement 56 kilometres south of Tasmania's capital, Hobart, where the last full-blood Aborigine died in 1876.

In 1984, he played Commandant Lassard, the titular leader, in the first of seven Police Academy movies, and audiences of the 1980s may remember him as Frank Smith, the Mafia boss who was after Luke and Laura on the soap opera General Hospital.

On 19 February 1921, Commandant Crozier resigned after a dispute over discipline with the Police Adviser.

In 1921 Commandant John A. Lejeune requested that a Marine Corps Brevet Medal be authorized ; after it was approved and created, the decoration was given to the last 21 living Marine Corps officers who received brevet promotions.

In a statement released after Gates ' press conference, USMC Commandant Amos said that he supports the cancellation of the EFV:

According to Hou Hanshu, General Ban Chao went on a punitive campaign against Yanqi in 94 AD after they attacked and killed the Protector General Chen Mu and Vice Commandant Guo Xun in 75 AD.

The Commandant General Royal Marines Lieutenant-General Sir Martin Garrod appeared on television soon after the bombing condemning the bombers as " thugs, extortionists, torturers, murderers and cowards – the scum of the earth ".

A tour of duty as Assistant to the Commandant at Annapolis after the war was followed by promotion to commander on 25 July 1866 and appointment to command of with the Pacific Squadron, where Greer was commended for " defending American interests " in Mexico.

He retired from the post of Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps on March 31, 1972, after more than 33 years with the Marines.

He served as Assistant Commandant until he retired from active duty on March 31, 1972, after more than 33 years with the Marine Corps.

Today he is most often remembered in Malta, where Napoleon appointed him Commandant en chef des Isles de Malte et du Goze ) on June 19, 1798, just seven days after the Knights Hospitaller, rulers of this archipelago from 1530, signed a surrender on board L ’ Orient, Napoleon's flagship.

In early 2002, extensive fighting took place on the high plateau of South Kivu after Commandant Patrick Masunzu, an ethnic Munyamulenge in the Rwandan-backed Rally for Congolese Democracy-Goma ( RCD-Goma ) rebel movement, gathered Banyamulenge support in an uprising against the RCD-Goma leadership.

Promoted to Master Commandant on 27 April 1816 for his services during the war, Wadsworth commanded the brig Prometheus in the Mediterranean Squadron after the Second Barbary War in 1816 and 1817 and later commanded the sloop John Adams.

Named after Commandant Cornelis J Wessels who was in command of the Siege of Kimberley from 13 October 1899

In October 2002, Commandant James L. Jones, after consultation with USSOCOM leaders, directed the establishment of a Marine unit for permanent USSOCOM employment.

The Officers ' Mess was also notable for the number of Royal Portraits hanging in the building ; there were two of HM The Queen, one in the Dining Room as a young woman and a second that that hung in the Ladies ' Room that was commissioned and paid for by the Royal Observer Corps to mark their 50th Jubilee Year, painted at Bentley Priory depicting Her Majesty in her ROC Commandant in Chief regalia and with a background of the Italian Gardens.

* Walter E. Boomer ( born 1938 ), retired former four-star General and Assistant Commandant of the United States Marine Corps and business executive

He became the Commandant of the Kuomintang's Whampoa Military Academy, and took Sun's place as leader of the KMT when Sun died in 1925.

Chiang Kai-shek returned to Guangzhou, and in 1924 was appointed Commandant of the Whampoa Military Academy by Sun.

The Commandant of the Marine Corps ( CMC ) is normally the highest-ranking officer in the United States Marine Corps and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

As with the other joint chiefs, the Commandant is an administrative position and has no operational command authority over United States Marine Corps forces.

The Commandant is nominated by the President for a four-year term of office and must be confirmed by the Senate.

By statute, the Commandant is appointed as a four-star general while serving in office.

" The Commandant is directly responsible to the Secretary of the Navy for the total performance of the Marine Corps.

The Commandant is also responsible for the operation of the Marine Corps material support system.

" Since 1801, the home of the Commandant has been located in the Marine Barracks in Washington, D. C. and his main offices are in Arlington, Virginia.

Thirty-five men have served as the Commandant of the Marine Corps, including the current Commandant James F. Amos.

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.

In the 236-year history of the United States Marine Corps, only one Commandant has ever been fired from the job: Anthony Gale, as a result of a court-martial in 1820.

General Charles Chandler Krulak ( born March 4, 1942 ) served as the 31st Commandant of the Marine Corps from July 1, 1995 to June 30, 1999.

Amongst those arrested were Générals Daniel KATSUVA wa Katsuvira, Land Forces Chief of Staff, UTSHUDI Wembolenga, Commandant of the 2nd Military Region at Kalemie ; FALLU Sumbu, Military Attaché of Zaïre in Washington, Colonel MUDIAYI wa Mudiayi, the military attaché of Zaïre in Paris, the military attache in Brussels, a paracommando battalion commander, and several others.

* 1944 – Michael W. Hagee, 33rd Commandant of the United States Marine Corps