These illiterate boors conscripted from villages all across the Czarina's empire had, Suvorov may have told Lewis, just two things a commander could count on: physical fitness and personal courage.

The convention, for the first time in the history of international aviation law, recognizes certain powers and immunities of the aircraft commander who on international flights may restrain any person ( s ) he has reasonable cause to believe is committing or is about to commit an offense liable to interfere with the safety of persons or property on board or who is jeopardizing good order and discipline.

For example a divisional artillery commander may authorise selected observers to order fire to the entire divisional artillery.

Uriah refuses to do so while his companions are in the field of battle and David sends him back to Joab, the commander, with a message instructing him to abandon Uriah on the battlefield, " that he may be struck down, and die.

This may be a reference to the TNG episode " Preemptive Strike " where Ro Laren reveals that her tactical training instructor, a lieutenant commander, left Starfleet to join the Maquis.

As commander in chief of the armed forces, the president also may declare a state of emergency or of war.

The accused may present evidence and witnesses to the commander.

He may have been accompanied in his chariot by a slave holding a golden wreath above his head and constantly reminding the commander of his mortality by whispering into his ear.

Depending on the circumstance and subject to the orders of their commander, members may wear full dress or less formal uniforms.

Patton's actions at the evacuation hospitals may have been motivated in part by an encounter with Gen. Clarence R. Huebner, the newly appointed commander of the 1st Infantry Division in which Kuhl and Bennett both served.

Suspecting that the castle's supplies may be running low, the siege commander Matsudaira Nobutsuna ordered a raid on the castle's provisions.

The captured German was alleged to be Sturmbannführer Helmut Kämpfe, commander of the 2nd SS Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion ( another unit of the " Das Reich " division ), who may have been captured by the Maquis the day before.

The directive declared, " Every military commander has the responsibility to oppose discriminatory practices affecting his men and their dependents and to foster equal opportunity for them, not only in areas under his immediate control, but also in nearby communities where they may live or gather in off-duty hours.

In some countries, the work of The Salvation Army may be called a command, led by a command commander.

The first of these may be called jurisdiction under MILITARY LAW, and is found in acts of Congress prescribing rules and articles of war, or otherwise providing for the government of the national forces ; the second may be distinguished as MILITARY GOVERNMENT, superseding, as far as may be deemed expedient, the local law, and exercised by the military commander under the direction of the President, with the express or implied sanction of Congress ; while the third may be denominated MARTIAL LAW PROPER, and is called into action by Congress, or temporarily, when the action of Congress cannot be invited, and in the case of justifying or excusing peril, by the President, in times of insurrection or invasion, or of civil or foreign war, within districts or localities where ordinary law no longer adequately secures public safety and private rights.

In either case, the chairman of the junta or the single commander may often personally assume office as head of state.

Conversely, other military dictatorships may gradually restore significant components of civilian government while the senior military commander still maintains executive political power.

In the United States military, the lowest ranked commander who may authorize a reprisal is a general in command of a theater.

This methodology focuses mainly prior to moving forces into or near a specified area ; the military commander may utilize his reconnaissance assets to conduct an area reconnaissance to avoid being surprised by unsuitable terrain conditions, or most importantly, unexpected enemy forces.

In many cases, the commander may act upon a force-oriented route reconnaissance by which the enemy could influence movement along that route.

Terrain-oriented route reconnaissance allows the commander to obtain information and capabilities about the adjacent terrain for maneuvering his forces, to include, any obstacles ( minefields, barriers, steep ravines, marshy areas, or chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear contamination ) that may obstruct vehicle movement — on routes to, and in, his assigned area of operations.

If no ill will is meant, and a strict interpretation of military courtesy is applied, a surrendering commander may be allowed to keep his side arm in order to exercise his right of command over his men.

a land or sea area, and the airspace above it, established to employ one's forces to neutralize a strategic threat to national or alliance / coalition interests in regional or general conflict ; it is part of the theater ( of war ); normally the nation's highest leadership and the respective theater ( of war ) commander would designate a part of the theater as the theater of operations in case of a major regional or national emergency and general war ; the theater of operations can also be established in the case of a major counterinsurgency effort.

The availability of a standing Army, and the President of the United States being authorized as " Commander in Chief ", implies his ability as a military commander to employ forces necessary to fulfill his oath to defend the constitution.

The theatre commander, General Harold Alexander, agreed to the bombing ( which did not employ blockbuster bombs ) and the ruins were occupied by German forces which held the position until 18 May.

The National Guard would probably ( at least according to Mignet ) have obeyed orders from Mandat to employ force against the mixed crowd of provincial national guardsmen and Parisians, but finding themselves side by side with nobles and royalists and lacking their own commander, they now either dispersed or fraternised with the assailants.

One reason for the success of the offensive in this sector was the failure of German commander von Falkenhausen to employ Ludendorff's new Elastic Defence.

He also obtained authority to employ an acting chaplain to be Professor of Ethics, History, and Geography ; remodeled the functions of the academic staff ; and assumed the duties of the inspector of the institution to bar the assumption of authority claimed by Partridge as local commander.

Gameplay included strategies based on having the right commander aboard his or her ship and following the opponent around.

As field commander, Aurico leads the Rangers in battle, and devises strategies that ensure victory.

Her duties at Nerv include acting as a field commander for the Eva pilots, issuing orders and relaying battle strategies as well as processing input from Ritsuko Akagi and the technicians monitoring the Evas.

However, the master deceiver of this period was Napoleon Bonaparte ; the French military commander and politician whose strategies influenced much of modern warfare.

In September 1822 two companies of infantry arrived at the mouth of the St. Peter's River, the head of navigation on the Mississippi, and began construction of Fort St. Anthony which, upon completion, was renamed in honor of its commander, Colonel Josiah Snelling.

* 1898 – Spanish – American War: Spanish and American forces engaged in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.

Agesilaus II, or Agesilaos II () ( 444 BC – 360 BC ) was a king of Sparta, of the Eurypontid dynasty, ruling from approximately 400 BC to 360 BC, during most of which time he was, in Plutarch's words, " as good as thought commander and king of all Greece ," and was for the whole of it greatly identified with his country's deeds and fortunes.

The army reforms were not yet completed by the war of 1809, in which Charles acted as commander in chief, yet even so it proved a far more formidable opponent than the old and was only defeated after a desperate struggle involving Austrian victories and large loss of life on both sides.

The second Battle of Doiran, with general Vladimir Vazov as commander, inflicted a heavy blow on the numerically superior British army, which suffered 12, 000 casualties against 2, 000 from the opposite side.

In 736, the Aquitanian duke Hunald led a rebellion after his father Eudes's death, at which Charles responded by sending an expedition that captured and plundered Bordeaux again, while the Frankish commander didn't retain it for long, since he left south-east to wage war in Narbonnaise.

The incident was chronicled in the Boston News Letter, which called Teach the commander of a " French ship of 32 Guns, a Briganteen of 10 guns and a Sloop of 12 guns.

Rather than receiving an explicit order, a commander would be told of his superior's intent and the role which his unit was to fill in this concept.

However, as this was also the period during which the power and terror of the commander of the Praetorian Guard, Sejanus, was at its peak, Claudius chose to downplay this possibility.

" The swords and stars refer to the former general's career, as does the crest, which is the badge of the 101st Airborne ( which he served as a brigade commander in the mid-1970s ).

The convoy commodore does not command the convoy escort forces ( if any ), which are commanded by a naval officer who serves as escort commander.

This is commemorated by the custom under which the horse having this number is used only by the commander of the modern regiment.

Achieving career success at an early age, he commanded the British battlecruisers at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, a tactically indecisive engagement after which his aggressive approach was contrasted with the caution of his commander Admiral Jellicoe.

Churchill had met Beatty when Beatty was commander of a gunboat on the Nile supporting the army at the Battle of Omdurman, in which Churchill took part as a cavalry officer.

It is these qualities, coupled with El Cid's legendary martial abilities, which have fueled his reputation as an outstanding battlefield commander.

When war broke out in 1939, Mountbatten became commander of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla aboard his ship Kelly, which was famous for its many daring exploits.

Allied fighters, by gaining air superiority over the European battlefield, played a crucial role in the eventual defeat of the Axis, which Reichmarshal Hermann Göring, commander of the German Luftwaffe summed up when he said: " When I saw Mustangs over Berlin, I knew the jig was up.

In early 1913 Victoriano Huerta, the commander of the armed forces conspired with Félix Díaz ( Porfirio Díaz's nephew ), Bernardo Reyes, and US Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson against Madero, which culminated in a ten-day siege of La Ciudadela known as La decena tragica ( the Tragic Ten Days ).

There he saved the city of Segesta, which had been under siege from the Carthaginian infantry commander Hamilcar.

However, XIII Corps commander — Lieutenant-General William Gott — rejected this and ordered the attack but on a centre line south of the original plan which he incorrectly believed was mine-free.

As part of the deal in which Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, Hermann Göring — future commander of the Luftwaffe and an influential Nazi Party official — was named Interior Minister of Prussia.

The concept of Germany as a distinct region in central Europe can be traced to Roman commander Julius Caesar, who referred to the unconquered area east of the Rhine as Germania, thus distinguishing it from Gaul ( France ), which he had conquered.

* 1893 – The Royal Navy battleship accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.

Abijah then rallied his own troops with a phrase which has since become famous: " Jehovah ( God ) himself is with us for a captain ( commander of the army ).