Col. H. R. McMaster of the Army, who commanded the successful effort in 2005 to secure the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, asserts in a new article that an exaggerated faith in military technology and a corresponding undervaluation of political and military measures to secure the peace undermined American efforts in Iraq.
With 18,000 United States Marines now in Helmand, the American generals commanding the war effort have activated a plan to relieve the pressure on the British and increase the challenge to the Taliban, who have fought ferociously to maintain their strongholds along the lush Helmand River valley.
Chief Ganci, who held the title chief of department, had been working his multichannel radio, standing at the center of the smoky chaos in front of 1 World Trade Center on Tuesday and personally commanding the rescue efforts when the building collapsed.
The defense secretary cited the demands of command — and the effort to compose recommendations to President Obama about future troop levels in Afghanistan — in describing why General Allen's tour had been so challenging.
Nevertheless, he has stepped in repeatedly to take command of the effort to contain BP's runaway well, often ordering company officials to take steps they might not have taken on their own.
The announcement of at least a partial handoff of responsibility to NATO came only five days after the conflict started and reflected the intense pressure on President Obama to deliver on his promise that the United States would step back "within days, not weeks" from command of the effort.
Bear Stearns shareholders fared slightly better, ultimately receiving $10 a share, but that was still a fraction of what the shares commanded before the rescue effort in March.
Nicholson was given command of the land-based effort while Vetch was to command the provincial militia of New England that were to accompany the fleet.
The book, "Command and Control," examines the efforts of the military, since the atomic era began during World War II, to prevent nuclear weapons from being stolen, sabotaged or detonated by accident.
"Cuba manages hurricanes well," said Russel L. Honoré, the retired lieutenant general who commanded military relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005.
Here, at the Joint Interagency Task Force South, Nimmich commands drug-interdiction efforts in the waters south of the United States.
