Only the Israelis, and perhaps the Brits, are within hailing distance of our command and control systems.
(Obviously, these are our personal views and should not be seen as official within our chain of command).
My deputy this year was a Chilean and my boss was an American, but within my command, the battle group commander, and the overall ASW commander were American, but after that I had an Australian there.
Now he moved onto an industrial scene which Benn had tried embacing within a command economy.
There has been much mulling within the command about the lessons of that episode, I was told during my visit.
"It is my strong belief that the ultimate authority has to remain within the command structure," he said.
Ponyboy, who's the youngest of the gang, realises he needs to do everything within his command in order to protect his friend.
On the other hand, everybody within the command is operating under the assumption they're being given all the information they need to do their job.
Nevertheless, one indication that Azizabad had been a wake-up call was an acknowledgment at the Kabul briefing that, until June, statistics on civilian deaths kept by the NATO command were not generally viewed as reliable, even within the command.
As a result, the department sent a training message to all officers clarifying the rule change and has communicated to commanders of precincts with the highest number of summonses, informing them of the issues within their command.
