And French President Nicholas Sarkozy has decided to return France to NATO's military command for the first time in more than forty years.

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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.

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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.

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In fact, I just spoke with the command sergeant major--that's the senior enlisted person in Afghanistan--the first time a woman has been the command sergeant major in a combat theater and that was her point completely is that it's more than a recruiting issue.

NPR: Women in Combat: Rules and Reality

In 2006, members of the First Command of the Capital gang unleashed a wave of violence and riots in almost all of Sao Paulo's prisons to prevent being transferred.

BBC: Police on patrol in Paraisopolis

In 1981, he became the first black soccer player to command a 1 million pound transfer fee (from Norwich City to Nottingham Forest in the English Premier League).

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