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A tesserarius (Latin: tesserārius, from tessera, a small tile or block of wood on which watchwords were written) was a watch commander in the Roman army.They organized and had command over the nightly guard assigned to keep watch over the fort when in garrison or on campaign [1] [2] and were responsible for getting the watchwords from the commander and seeing that they were kept safe.
Commander of an Area, such as Area III, encompassing several Troops. Troop Commander, such as Troop B, encompassing several Stations. Station Commander, such as Station 1 (located in Troop B of Area III). Station Commander, Supervisor of a unit, section, or specialty position. Supervisor of Troopers, oversee the patrol's daily calls for service.
A sailor keeps watch aboard USS George H.W. Bush.. Watchkeeping or watchstanding is the assignment of sailors to specific roles on a ship to operate it continuously. These assignments, also known at sea as watches, are constantly active as they are considered essential to the safe operation of the vessel and also allow the ship to respond to emergencies and other situations quickly.
A portion of each roll call (usually 20 minutes or less) is devoting to training. Typical roll call training involves the watch commander lecturing to the officers. Many watch commanders simply read the Department's policy on a given topic without any discussion of the practical application of that policy in the field. [7]
A crew commander or crew manager is a rank within the fire service in the United Kingdom. [1] It is a senior rank to a firefighter, but junior to a watch commander or watch manager . [ 1 ]
Operation Southern Watch was an air-centric military operation conducted by the United States Department of Defense from August 1992 to March 2003.. United States Central Command's Joint Task Force Southwest Asia (JTF-SWA) [5] had the mission of monitoring and controlling the airspace south of the 32nd Parallel (extended to the 33rd Parallel in 1996) in southern and south-central Iraq during ...
The Watch had a brief respite in AM 1688, following the Ankh-Morpork Civil War, when Commander Suffer-Not-Injustice Vimes and his Ironheads became the city's rulers. However, after he was deposed in favour of the Patricianship, the Watch sank even further into obscurity; he was (until recently) the last Watch Commander.
A station commander (three impellers) is a more senior officer with a similar role, usually in charge of one or more fire stations. [ 1 ] In 2019, the London Fire Brigade , the UK's second largest fire and rescue service, announced that it would be reverting to the more traditional rank structure once again. [ 2 ]