This move is the more insidious for it coming just days after the Task Force commander, Maj.

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Benjamin Mixon, commander of Task Force Lightning, also reflected a less lofty American goal for Iraq's future.

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The Commander of Task Force Helmand, Brigadier Bob Bruce, gave one of the readings from the Book of Wisdom.

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Benjamin Mixon, commander of Task Force Lightning and Multinational Division-North.

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Randy George, commander of Task Force Mountain Warrior.

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Early Saturday, the commander of Joint Task Force Guantanamo ordered all inmates in Camp VI moved into individual cells.

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Colonel Jose Joriel Cenabre, commander of Joint Task Force Sulu, said dozens of militants had taken cover near a row of houses.

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Major General Jay W. Hood, then the commander of Joint Task Force-Guantanamo, concurred with the guards that this represented a serious breach of security.

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Lance L. Smith, who played the role of commander of a Blue military task force.

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Ralph Baker, commander of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, was fired March 28, according to a Washington Defense official.

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That's part of the rules of engagement, assuming the commander has the right force there and can carry out the task.

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