He dismissed his cousin Khalid from his command and appointed Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah the new commander in chief of Islamic forces in Syria.
However, after the Mechelen Incident, in which an aircraft made a forced landing in Belgium with copies of the German invasion plan, Göring relieved the commander of Luftflotte 2, General der Flieger Hellmuth Felmy, of his command, and appointed Kesselring in his place.
An officer outside Recruiting Command was appointed to investigate.
Believing that Vukassovich held the riverbank with too few troops, archduke dismissed him from command and appointed Prince Franz Seraph of Rosenberg-Orsini as his replacement.
After the fall of Toulon and the British evacuation he was advanced to commander and appointed to command the sloop, succeeding Commander George Cockburn, who had been appointed to command.
Several months after Cape St Vincent, on 20 July, Downman was promoted to the rank of commander and appointed to command the 14-gun brig.
After a time with no command, Brett was appointed commander of the US Caribbean Defense Command and the US Army's Panama Canal Department in succession to Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews in November 1942.
As many noted, Raines was especially concerned about diversity: he had written a book about the civil-rights movement, had won a Pulitzer Prize for an essay on his debt to his black nanny, and, in choosing Gerald Boyd as his second-in-command, had appointed the Times' first African-American managing editor.
Kenney reorganized his command in August, appointed Whitehead as commander of the V Fighter Command and Walker as commander of the V Bomber Command.
In Blamey's subsequent shake-up of higher command arrangements, Rowell was appointed to command I Corps.
