But military officers who work with General Allen, 57, say he understands the complex challenges presented by commanding a campaign in Afghanistan that is as much diplomatic and economic as military in a nation with a historic, and understandable, distrust of foreigners.
Charles Taylor, Liberia's former president and once Africa's most notorious warlord, is facing 11 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes for his alleged role in planning, financing and commanding a campaign of terror in Sierra Leone to overthrow its government and seize control of its vast diamond mines.
By 1780 he was a captain, and, with France having taken the side of the United States during the American Revolution, he commanded a successful campaign against British settlements on the shore of Hudson Bay (1782).
Mr. Hodges is not up for re-election this year, but is commanding a major campaign for a November referendum to create a lottery in the state that would provide more money for education.
He commanded a division during the Wagram campaign (1809) and was given command of the Eighth Corps of the army that, under Napoleon, invaded Russia in 1812.
On 1 February 1805, he accepted a promotion to brigadier general and commanded a brigade in the Danube campaign against Austria and Russia at the battles of Ulm and Austerlitz.
In the 1806 campaign against Prussia, Ordener commanded a division of the elite Imperial Guard cavalry.
During the Montenotte Campaign in April 1796, he commanded a brigade in Johann Beaulieu's Austrian army.
The campaign also commanded an unusually large number of shares on social media, he says.
He subsequently took part in the Aitape Wewak campaign, commanding a platoon until the end of the war.
In the months before the election, the military's Cyber Command began a campaign to deter the Russians behind the 2016 influence campaign.
