Major General Robert Ford, then Commander of Land Forces in Northern Ireland, ordered that 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment ( 1 PARA ) should travel to Derry to be used to arrest possible rioters during the march.

He is assisted by the Deputy Commander and the Chief of Staff, who are responsible for Strategic Command and Land Force Command.

*** HQ Land Force Command ( Commander Brigadier General Pita Driti 2011 )

The Land Element is directly commanded by the Commander PNGDF, Brigadier General ( Commodore ) Peter Ilau, and has been significantly reduced in size due to restructuring ( from 3, 500 to 1, 800 as of late 2007 ) and currently comprises the following:

The 3 ASOG provides Tactical Command and Control of air power assets to the Joint Forces Air Component Commander and Joint Forces Land Component Commander for combat operations.

** 15 April 1958 – 31 March 1962 — at the same time, NATO Commander of Land Forces in Schleswig-Holstein ( COMLAND-SCHLESWIG )

Commanders of Land Force Western Area also act as the Commander of Joint Task Force West, which coincides with Canada Command ( CANADACOM ).

Reporting to the Chief of the General Staff are: the Commander Land Forces, the Adjutant-General and the Commander Force Development and Training.

The Commander Land Forces is responsible for generating and preparing forces for current and contingency operations, the Adjutant-General is responsible for developing the Army's personnel policies and supporting its people and the Commander Force Development and Training is responsible for recruiting and training the Army, and developing its capability, sustainability and doctrine.

The Commander Land Forces commands 1st ( Armoured ) Division, 3rd ( Mechanized ) Division and Theatre Troops.

Lt Gen Michael Walker, Commander Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps ( ARRC ) acted as the Land Component Commander for the Operation, commanding from HQ ARRC ( Forward ) based initially in Kiseljak and from late January 1996 from HQ ARRC ( Main ) Ilidža.

* Waldemar Skrzypczak ( born 1956 ), Polish general, from 2006 to 2009 was Commander of Polish Land Forces.

* Tadeusz Buk ( 1960 – 2010 ), Polish general, from 2009 to 2010 was Commander of Polish Land Forces.

In 1945, Christison assumed temporary command of the Fourteenth Army and also deputised for Slim as Commander of Allied Land Forces, South-East Asia when Slim was on leave, reverting to XV Corps on Slim's return.

As a brigadier-general, he was successively Commandant of the Royal Military College of Canada, Commander of 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in Lahr, Germany, and Director General Land Doctrine and Operations at National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa.

After launching a brief tour to support the album, a follow-up album was recorded with Cassidy, entitled The Adventures Of Kaptain Kopter And Commander Cassidy In Potato Land.

* The Adventures of Kaptain Kopter & Commander Cassidy in Potato Land ( Rhino, 1981 )

It is based at Picton Barracks, Bulford Camp, in Wiltshire and reports to the Commander Land Forces at Andover.

The exhibition contains some photographs of a number of world famous people including the aviator Amy Johnson, World War 1 flying Ace Wing Commander Ira Jones, Motor Racer Sir Malcolm Campbell and Parry Thomas, both of whom attempted World Land Speed Records at the famous Pendine sands.

Having been advanced to KCB in the Queen's Birthday Honours 1966, he was made General Officer Commanding Far East Land Forces with the rank of lieutenant general on 28 July 1966, tri-service Commander in Chief of Far East Command in 1967 and, having been promoted to full general on 29 March 1968, General Officer Commanding Southern Command on 12 May 1969.

* 1945 – The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.

The President is also Commander in Chief of the United States Armed Forces, and as such has broad authority over the armed forces ; however only Congress has authority to declare war, and the civilian and military budget is written by the Congress.

In 2005 over 50 reforms were approved, which eliminated some of the remaining undemocratic areas of the text, such as the existence of non-elected Senators ( appointed senators, or senators for life ) and the inability of the President to remove the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces.

He had previously been a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II, and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe ; he had responsibility for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942 – 43 and the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944 – 45, from the Western Front.

* Leon A. Edney, former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO Atlantic Forces

Roughly after two weeks, President Mirza's relations with Pakistan Armed Forces deteriorated leading Army Commander General Ayub Khan relieving the president from his presidency and forcefully exiling President Mirza to United Kingdom.

Colonel MOG Osmani was appointed the Commander in Chief of Liberation Forces and whole East Pakistan was divided into eleven sectors headed by eleven sector commanders.

The following have served as Commander British Forces Falkland Islands / South Atlantic Islands:

It was funded by and was a branch of the Hong Kong Government, under command of the Commander British Forces.

On 1 January 1942 he was knighted and appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, and in February, after the Japanese invasion of Burma, was sent to India to become GOC-in-C of British Forces in Burma as a full general.

Alexander presided over Montgomery's victory at the Second Battle of El Alamein and the advance of the Eighth Army to Tripoli, for which Alexander was elevated to a knight grand cross of the Order of the Bath, and, after the Anglo-American forces from Operation Torch and the Eighth Army converged in Tunisia in February 1943, they were brought under the unified command of a newly-formed 18th Army Group headquarters, commanded by Alexander and reporting to Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander in the Mediterranean at the Allied Forces Headquarters.

Alexander remained in command of 15th Army Group, as well as its successor, the Allied Armies in Italy, for most of the Italian Campaign, until December 1944, when he relinquished his command to Clark and took over as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces Headquarters, responsible for all military operations in the Mediterranean Theatre.

# Al-Saadi Gaddafi: Commander Special Forces.

The YDPA shall also be the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces ( i. e. Police, Army ) in the Federation of Malaysia ( Article 41 ).

From the President of the United States, the Commander in Chief of the United States Armed Forces, he was presented with the Distinguished Service Cross and an Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a second Distinguished Service Cross.

Hillery, as Supreme Commander of the Defence Forces, recorded the threat in Barber's file and recorded that Barber had been acting on his instructions in refusing the call ).

* Commander in chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces.

Prior to assuming that position, he was Commander, Pacific Air Forces, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, from July 1997 to July 1998.

From July 1996 to July 1997 he served as Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon ; and from November 1993 to June 1996 General Myers was Commander of U. S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force at Yokota Air Base, Japan.

The commander is General Abdoulaye Fall ( a different person from the current Armed Forces Chief of Staff of the same name ), whose rank is Divisional General, and whose full job title is " High Commander of the Gendarmerie and Director of Military Justice ".

He is also the Commander in Chief of the Spanish Armed Forces.

Beneath the President and Minister of Defense is the Commander of the Armed Forces ( Bevelhebber van de Strijdkrachten ), Colonel Hedwig Gilaard, whose headquarters is in Parimaribo.

The Chief of the General Staff is the Commander of the Armed Forces.

His last Army post was as the Commander of the United States Central Command, overseeing United States Armed Forces operations in a 25-country region, including the Middle East.