Watching this thing I had just wirelessly commanded take off and perform a mission while streaming realtime telemetry to my laptop was really a 21st century moment, like seeing a self-driving car on the freeway".
General McChrystal had just assumed command of the International Security Assistance Force, the combined NATO and American presence in Afghanistan.
According to a story told in Mr Carson's book, the then-17 year old was introduced in 1969 to Gen William Westmoreland, who had just ended his command of US forces in Vietnam, and the two dined together.
That's not true, though: We had just said the command wrong.
So although he and his wife had just a bare-bones command of Latin, he ordered full immersion, hiring a tutor to speak to Michel only in Latin, and forbidding anyone else in the household from speaking to him in any other language, including his native French, until age 6.
Inside 1 World Trade Center, the tower that had just been hit, a command station had already been set up and was staffed by the FDNY, the New York Police Department, and the Port Authority Police Department of New York and New Jersey.
The battalion's commander, Lieutenant-Colonel Murray-Lyon, had just 60 men at his command when they arrived at Beaulencourt later in the day.
She had just enough grit and attitude to command the stage, but reverted to being sweet and unassuming as soon as the song had ended.
The 2nd Regiment of the brigade, commanded by Major Geoffrey Lockett, had just left Jerusalem and arrived at Latrun during the battle.
Some shot wide and forgot what few commands they had just learned as a screaming Bin Laden fired blanks at them from a modified Glock 17 handgun before he collapsed on the ground.
It was an illusion that reflected only the media's yearning for exciting visuals, and brings to mind a famous study carried out more than half a century ago, when General Douglas MacArthur, who had just been relieved of his command by President Truman, visited Chicago for a parade and a speech that were expected to attract enormous public support.
