General Stanley McChrystal resigned after a year in command of United States and NATO forces.

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marine general James Mattis. The French general is the first non-US commander assuming a top NATO command in the alliance's history.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

U.S.Major General James Terry will take command of southern Afghanistan forces in the fall.

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

Former French leader, General Charles de Gaulle, had withdrawn from the military command in the 1960s, concerned that France would lose its military independence to rising superpower, the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

This is the first incident in which NATO forces have been blamed for the deaths of large numbers of civilians since General McChrystal took command of foreign forces in Afghanistan two months ago.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07