After fifteen minutes of very basic emergency medicine, the commander moaned and shifted to a less uncomfortable position.

Seeing the risks, the commanders have been shifting tactics to reduce the marines' vulnerability while still trying to keep them out on the streets, interacting with Iraqis and searching for insurgents and arms caches.

American commanders in Iraq are already shifting thousands of combat troops into advisory positions with Iraqi Army and police units, especially in the capital, in their latest attempt to bring sectarian violence under control.

After their defeat, Russian commanders shifted the bulk of their resources to "first to fight" divisions, according to an American defense official who closely monitors the Russian military.

But American commanders in Iraq have shifted thousands of soldiers from outlying provinces to Baghdad to combat increased violence in the Iraqi capital.

She served as flagship for the Coast Squadron until 1905, and remained assigned to it after its commander shifted his flag.

After the recapture of Schenkenschans in April 1636, the Spanish commander, the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Spain, shifted his focus to France.

Gaylon shook himself from his surprise--he hadn't understood that his commander had shifted from hopeful reverie to an address of the bridge crew.

The commander shifted in his saddle.

The commander shifted his girth in the saddle and turned to Huma.