The situation on the ground had by then already deteriorated; the S.D.F. should have been mobilized much earlier into the "war zone" of the Fukushima nuclear meltdown and been charged with commanding water-injection operations.
His son Edward, Lord Herbert became famous for building a "water commanding machine" in the Great Tower, which used steam to pump a huge spout of water high into the air from the moat.
His family's house was a 1980s modernist palace of dark-stained wood and shimmering glass, with an indoor pool, a man-made stream winding through a Japanese garden, a semi-private dock, and wrap-around floor-to-ceiling windows offering a commanding view of the water and the Manhattan skyline.
He was known as Edward the Inventor, and his 1665 book, The Century of Inventions, includes plans for a "water-commanding engine", a precursor to the steam engine.
Ms. Guzman, a domestic worker from Chester, Pa .was struck twice, knocked to the ground and handcuffed by Mr. Josey, the commanding officer, after it appears someone had tossed water or some other liquid at his back.
During McNicoll's tenure as commanding officer of Warramunga, the ship operated in Australian waters as part of the Australia Station, sailing to New Zealand for a visit during March 1950.
Afterward, while looking for a stream from which to obtain water with a friend, he discovers from the commanding officer that his regiment has a lackluster reputation.
However, the commanding terrain across the sometimes shallow creek made crossing the water a comparatively easy part of a difficult problem.
The cafe at Fairway in Red Hook has one of the finest outdoor eating spaces in the city, a concrete pier with commanding views of the Statue of Liberty and the choppy waters of New York Harbor.
It has a commanding view of Long Island Sound that extends for three miles, and sky meeting water is an ideal background for a sculpture.
