With the recent confirmation of Gen. Keith Alexander as the first commander of the newly-formed U.S. Cyber Command, the United States has committed itself to developing the capabilities necessary to conduct offensive cyberwar operations.
Assigned initially to the Tenth Air Force, he was the first commander of the Assam-Burma-China Ferry Command, the airlift operation flying supplies over the Hump to China.
The first commander was Major General William Bridges, who also assumed command of the 1st Division.
So was Gen. Rufus Saxton, and now-Colonel Higginson, the first commander of a black regiment, as well as the Kansas jayhawker James Montgomery, who commanded the Combahee raid.
Rhode Islander Esek Hopkins was the first commander in chief of the Continental Navy.
Retired Army Gen. James J. Lindsay was the first commander of U.S. Special Operations Command.
A video report produced by the Rio governor's office last year showed the first commander of the Rocinha U.P.P., Maj.
Buttigieg is the youngest candidate, at 37, and he'd be the first commander in chief under the age of 40.
The first commander of the ISS was a navy guy, so he brought a ship's bell up to the ISS.
"Shep" is William Shepherd, the first commander of the International Space Station, who set the place up with private donations.
He previously was the first commander of the Multinational Security Transition Command in Iraq and the NATO Training Mission in Iraq.
