He found himself having to arrest officers in the French army far senior to himself.

Other leading candidates are well-known senior army and police officers, so regardless of who is chosen, the next Shin Bet chief is unlikely to be anonymous.

Many became eminent as administrators in the British empire and as senior army and naval officers.

They said senior army and government officials were scapegoating scientists to increase their own credibility with Western leaders.

However, after a Tu-104 crash in February 1981 killed 52 people (17 of whom were senior army and naval staff), the type was permanently removed from service.

In 1872, General Meade died, leaving Hancock the army's senior major general.

It was a magnificent wedding attended by senators and congressmen, senior army and air force personnel.

I hardly think General Bled is the only senior army, navy, or air force commander who is a member of this cult.

Along with many senior army and ex-army officers, he was a leading member of the clandestine far-right-wing League of National Security.

There were rumors that a review of senior army and police assignments could be underway.