Based on the TAM chassis, the Vehículo de Combate Puesto de Mando (command combat vehicle), or VCPC, is another variant designed in 1982.
Under the Bush Administration's interpretation of the law, clandestine military activities, unlike covert C.I.A. operations, do not need to be depicted in a Finding, because the President has a constitutional right to command combat forces in the field without congressional interference.
It should be noted that the successful rise to command combat units has been, for many men, a case of making the best out of a bad situation.
But this war has already involved more women in combat, and commanding combat missions, than ever before.
He was the very few officers to be promoted to that rank during the war who had not commanded combat forces overseas.
Soriano was then sent to Korea where he commanded Combat Support Company, 1st Battalion, 23d Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division, before he was transferred to command Company A, 3d Battalion, 47th Infantry, 3d Brigade, 9th Infantry Division at Fort Lewis, Washington.
About 6,500 cadets a year come through here, Colonel Haliva said, divided into those who will command offices, combat support units and combat units.
Hal M. Hornburg Langley, Va., Oct. 28, 2004 The writer is commander, Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base.
He was also an outspoken military leader who enjoyed the support of Mr. Uribe, dating from his command of combat forces earlier this decade in Antioquia, the president's home department, or province, at a time of conflict there with guerrillas.
General Dempsey said he would be putting the new assessment procedures in effect for all generals and admirals serving on the Pentagon's Joint Staff and in other military headquarters around the world in command of combat operations; the other chiefs will do so within their individual armed services.
The path to the highest positions has historically involved command of combat units; the ban was standing in the way not only of what a young woman entering the military could do in the present but of the officer she could potentially become.
