The post commander, Commandant Peter Marron -- the rank is equivalent to major -- ushered his visitors into the shelter of the outpost, where soldiers served coffee.
Commandant, commander of a single place or body of men, such as a military school or training unit, or of a larger organization such as a naval district in the United States.
French Air Forces under the command of Commandant des Forces (Commander of Forces) Marcel Têtu Aeriennes de Cooperation du Front Nord-Est Ardennes Cooperation Front North Eastt, or FACNE) rarely supported the British efforts despite substantial reinforcements.
Third, Obama has other very powerful geopolitical counselors, including Vice President Joe Biden (whom a mutual friend told me when he was tapped for the ticket really wanted to be secretary of state), a coterie of special envoys reporting to the White House, and National Security Advisor Jim Jones, the former NATO commander and Marine Corps commandant.
Investigating officer means a person assigned by the Commandant, a District Commander, or an Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, to conduct an investigation of an accident, casualty, or other incident.
Gen. James L. Jones, who is leaving his post as Marine Corps commandant to become commander of all American forces in Europe, said earlier this week that 65,000 to 75,000 marines would be involved in any military action against Iraq.
He'd had all the right assignments--chief aide to the Marine commandant, Marine division commander and then, in 1997, military aide to Secretary of Defense William Cohen. Butthings soured for General Jones when Donald Rumsfeld took over the Pentagon.Rumsfeld's self-importance and arrogance inflected everything, Jones concluded.
The commission, whose chairman was the retired Gen. James L. Jones, the former Marine Corps commandant and NATO commander, noted that the Iraqi army was making strides but added that "for the foreseeable future" Iraqi troops would continue to rely on American help with logistics, equipment, training and support from air and artillery units.
Commander Glass was now our commandant, and he sent for me.
Advisers said he was weighing whether to make retired Gen. James L. Jones, a former Marine commandant and NATO supreme commander, his national security adviser, installing a formidable counterweight to Mrs. Clinton.
Besides formally announcing his nomination of Mrs. Clinton as secretary of state, Mr. Obama was expected to appoint Gen. James L. Jones, a retired Marine commandant and NATO supreme commander, as his national security adviser.
