In 1907, Günther Lütjens served aboard the ship as a cadet; Lütjens went on to command the task force composed of and in World War II.
Commanding the task force was Colonel John G. Hill, the Commanding Officer of the 9th Infantry Regiment.
I commanded a task force spread across a third of Baghdad.
Gen. Michael R. Lehnert, the marine who commands the task force overseeing the prison camp, said the privileges were useful tools in maintaining discipline because what was given could be taken away.
Suddenly, a man whose department handled just 19 homicides last year was commanding a task force of more than 1,000 state and federal investigators, under the unforgiving glare of hundreds of reporters, all the while dancing a delicate and dangerous minuet with his quarry.
Before boarding the landing craft, I had been briefed, along with twenty other correspondents, on the flagship of Rear Admiral John L. Hall, Jr., who commanded the task force of which our craft formed a minute part, so I knew where we were going and approximately when.
Davidson commanded the task force, which was composed of the US 19th Infantry, less the 3rd Battalion, the 3rd Battalion of the 9th Infantry, the 13th Field Artillery Battalion, C Battery of the 15th Field Artillery Battalion, A Company of the 3rd Engineer Combat Battalion, the 9th Infantry Regimental Tank Company, two batteries of antiaircraft automatic weapons, and other miscellaneous units.
He also sent the assistant division commander Brigadier General Vennard Wilson to command of the task force, renaming the task force "Task Force Wilson".
Furthermore, the prison was under the control of the Baghdad Operations Command, a security task force answering directly to Mr. Maliki.
Command of the task force was given to Brigadier General Robert T. Frederick, who had previously commanded the 1st Special Service Force.
