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DIVISION COMMANDER

Specialty Definition: DIVISION COMMANDER

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Occupations

Inspects police stations and examines personnel and case records to ensure that police personnel conform to prescribed standards of appearance, conduct, and efficiency: Inspects premises and police records and observes activities in assigned division for evidence of inefficiency and misconduct. Prepares reports concerning discipline, efficiency, and condition of force within division. Submits reports to superiors and recommends disciplinary action or changes in rules governing activities of force. Transmits orders from POLICE CHIEF (government ser.) 375.117-010 to commanding officers within division. Takes command of members of force during emergencies, such as fires and riots. May formulate procedures and human resource requirements, and direct personnel assigned to crowd control at such events as parades, demonstrations, and labor disputes. May serve as police liaison on public and civic boards engaged in planning and developing programs, and prepare procedures to identify police function in assisting board to improve community living. May be designated Police Chief, Deputy (government ser.) and report directly to POLICE CHIEF (government ser.). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: DIVISION COMMANDER

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Brigadier General William H. Rupertus, USMC, (center) on board USS Neville (AP-16) during the landings on Tulagi, circa 7-8 August 1942. BGen. Rupertus, Assistant Division Commander of the First Marine Division, was in charge of combat operations on Tulagi and the other nearby Japanese-held islands. Note landing craft moving past in the background. The destroyer in the center distance is probably USS Buchanan (DD-484). Credit: NAVY.

Photographed when first completed in mid-1938. The original print has been autographed by Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN, who served with Maury while he was a Destroyer Division commander in 1943. Credit: NAVY.

Division commander, 84th Division, Maj. General Hale, with division staff and attached French officers, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., November 21, 1917. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: DIVISION COMMANDER

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Economic History

Cambodia

In December 1978, Vietnam announced formation of the Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation (KUFNS) under Heng Samrin, a former DK division commander. (references)

Human Rights

Bolivia

Armed Forces Commander Admiral Jorge Zabala told the Congressional Human Rights Committee that, during the state of siege, soldiers only were authorized to fire live ammunition by order of their commander; the 7th Division Commander, Brigadier General Jose Antonio Gil, testified that he gave no such order. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: DIVISION COMMANDER

Language Translations for "DIVISION COMMANDER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Japanese Kanji 

  

師団長 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

し "ちょう. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ivisionday ommandercay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: DIVISION COMMANDER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-e-i-i-i-m-m-n-n-o-o-r-s-v"

-5 letters: incendiarism.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Images: Photo Album
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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