The carrier captain is responsible for providing the platform, aviation assets and services required to support missions assigned by the Strike Group Commander.

FORBES: What Is It Like To Be The Commanding Officer Of An Aircraft Carrier?

My last job in the Navy was Commander, Carrier Strike Group Four, from 2002-2004.

FORBES: What Is It Like To Be The Commanding Officer Of An Aircraft Carrier?

Citing a confidential army video and a military report, it said they showed that the German commander who ordered the strike, Col Georg Klein, had not been able to rule out the presence of civilians at the scene before he took action.

BBC: Germany's top soldier quits over Afghanistan raid

The killing of Taliban commander Mullah Nazir in a drone strike comes at a time of important changes in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.

BBC: Taliban's Mullah Nazir death spells trouble for Pakistan

Government military operations against the rebels are continuing, with the authorities saying that a top Farc commander had been killed in an air strike.

BBC: Colombia's President Santos rejects Farc ceasefire call

Mullah Nazir, who has reportedly been killed by a US drone strike, made many enemies as a powerful militant commander in Pakistan's volatile South Waziristan region.

BBC: Obituary: Mullah Nazir

The first U.S. armed drone attack, which appears to be the first such strike ever, took place in mid-November 2001 and killed the military commander of al Qaeda, Mohammed Atef, in Afghanistan.

CNN: A dangerous new world of drones

The day after Davis was finally released, a strike on March 17, 2011, killed a reported 36 civilians, as well as a top Taliban commander.

CNN: CIA drone war in Pakistan in sharp decline