He was a company commander overseeing the Marines who allegedly took part in the attack.

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He served as a company commander in the paratroopers, and then went on to make a fortune in the hi-tech sector.

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The column would not stop for a lance corporal, sergeant, lieutenant, or even a company commander to go to the restroom.

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In February, senior military officials said 17 troops -- including a battalion commander, a company commander and 12 military police assigned to guard prisoners -- had been relieved of duty until an investigation could be completed.

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Martin made a beeline for the company commander, Capt.

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Lt Chesterman, a Platoon Commander in C Company, was commanding a patrol convoy in the Nad-e Ali district when the lead vehicle struck an improvised explosive device.

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And as a commander of a headquarters' company over there, when we thought about doing a surge in Ramadi, it concerned me greatly when they talk about putting the Iraqi army at the tip of any spear, because that really means American support units are at the tip of the spear.

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Wes Wilhite, the company commander, says he knows a lot of his soldiers have "some form of pent-up anger in them, but at the same time they are trained" to deal with the loss of comrades.

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Capt Tiernan said his company was implementing the strategy of "embedded partnering" with Afghan forces as proposed in a directive by US commander Gen Stanley McChrystal.

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