I only met him a few times before he became deputy commander.

The deputy commander turned his attention to the street below them.

Then, for nine months in 1979, he was its deputy commander.

The deputy commander got himself and his troops out of there.

He served as the deputy commander of the American military force sent there.

He could not leave the ship, if there was no deputy commander to take over from him.

In 1991, he became deputy commander of all airborne forces for training and education.

"Go down there and look for yourself," said the deputy commander.

In 1956 he was appointed deputy commander of the District.

He had risen to deputy commander of the military's political education department.