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New commander at U.S. Kadena base

Brig. Gen. John Gallemore (L) is pictured during a change of command ceremony at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on July 14, 2025, as he assumes command of the 18th Wing.

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New commander at U.S. Kadena base

Brig. Gen. John Gallemore delivers a speech at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on July 14, 2025, as he assumes command of the 18th Wing.

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Funeral Of Commanders And Scientists Killed By Israeli Strikes - Tehran

Brig. General. Esmail Qaani, Commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attend the funeral procession of Iranian military commanders and scientists killed during Israeli strikes at Enghelab (Revolution) Square in the capital Tehran. Iran began a state funeral service on June 28 for around 60 people, including its military commanders, killed in its war with Israel, after Tehran's top diplomat condemned Donald Trump's comments on supreme leader Ali Khamenei as "unacceptable”, in Tehran, Iran, on June 28, 2025. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Commander of U.S. Space Force unit in Japan

Brig. Gen. Anthony J. Mastalir, the commander of United States Space Forces Indo-Pacific, meets the press on Dec. 3, 2024 at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo, where the new component field command will be set up, ahead of its launch on Dec. 4.

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Zelensky Visits Frontlines - Ukraine

Handout photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, is briefed on the frontline situation by Donetsk Operational and Tactical Group, Brig. Gen. Oleksandr Lutsenko, left, during a visit with the 25th separate airborne Sicheslav brigade, November 18, 2024, in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Photo by Ukrainian Presidency via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Zelensky Visits Frontlines - Ukraine

Handout photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, is briefed on the frontline situation by Donetsk Operational and Tactical Group, Brig. Gen. Oleksandr Lutsenko, left, during a visit with the 25th separate airborne Sicheslav brigade, November 18, 2024, in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Photo by Ukrainian Presidency via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Zelensky Visits Frontlines - Ukraine

Handout photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, is briefed on the frontline situation by Donetsk Operational and Tactical Group, Brig. Gen. Oleksandr Lutsenko, left, during a visit with the 25th separate airborne Sicheslav brigade, November 18, 2024, in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Photo by Ukrainian Presidency via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Zelensky Visits Frontlines - Ukraine

Handout photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, is briefed on the frontline situation by Donetsk Operational and Tactical Group, Brig. Gen. Oleksandr Lutsenko, left, during a visit with the 25th separate airborne Sicheslav brigade, November 18, 2024, in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Photo by Ukrainian Presidency via ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. serviceman indicted over sexual assault of minor

Brig. Gen. Nicholas Evans, commander of the U.S. Air Force's 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, speaks during a meeting with Okinawa Vice Gov. Takekuni Ikeda in Naha on June 27, 2024, about a U.S. Air Force member who was indicted in March for allegedly sexually assaulting and kidnapping a local girl under the age of 16 in December 2023.

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U.S. serviceman indicted over sexual assault of minor

Okinawa Vice Gov. Takekuni Ikeda (R) reads a protest statement in Naha, in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 27, 2024, during a meeting with Brig. Gen. Nicholas Evans (C), commander of the U.S. Air Force's 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, against the alleged sexual assault and kidnapping of a local girl under the age of 16 by a U.S. Air Force member in December 2023. The U.S. serviceman was indicted in March.

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President Karis promotes Andrus Merilo to Brigadier General

23.02.2024. Tallinn. Incoming Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) commander Andrus Merilo was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General (Brigaadikindral) by President Alar Karis. Brig. Gen. Merilo is the EDF's 1st Infantry Brigade commander and between now and becoming commander in chief, he will serve as second-in-command to current incumbent Gen. Martin Herem, who also took part in the ceremony at Kadriorg. Photo Eero Vabamägi, Postimees

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President Karis promotes Andrus Merilo to Brigadier General

23.02.2024. Tallinn. Incoming Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) commander Andrus Merilo was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General (Brigaadikindral) by President Alar Karis. Brig. Gen. Merilo is the EDF's 1st Infantry Brigade commander and between now and becoming commander in chief, he will serve as second-in-command to current incumbent Gen. Martin Herem, who also took part in the ceremony at Kadriorg. Photo Eero Vabamägi, Postimees

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President Karis promotes Andrus Merilo to Brigadier General

23.02.2024. Tallinn. Incoming Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) commander Andrus Merilo was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General (Brigaadikindral) by President Alar Karis. Brig. Gen. Merilo is the EDF's 1st Infantry Brigade commander and between now and becoming commander in chief, he will serve as second-in-command to current incumbent Gen. Martin Herem, who also took part in the ceremony at Kadriorg. Photo Eero Vabamägi, Postimees

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President Karis promotes Andrus Merilo to Brigadier General

23.02.2024. Tallinn. Incoming Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) commander Andrus Merilo was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General (Brigaadikindral) by President Alar Karis. Brig. Gen. Merilo is the EDF's 1st Infantry Brigade commander and between now and becoming commander in chief, he will serve as second-in-command to current incumbent Gen. Martin Herem, who also took part in the ceremony at Kadriorg. Photo Eero Vabamägi, Postimees

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President Karis promotes Andrus Merilo to Brigadier General

23.02.2024. Tallinn. Incoming Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) commander Andrus Merilo was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General (Brigaadikindral) by President Alar Karis. Brig. Gen. Merilo is the EDF's 1st Infantry Brigade commander and between now and becoming commander in chief, he will serve as second-in-command to current incumbent Gen. Martin Herem, who also took part in the ceremony at Kadriorg. Photo Eero Vabamägi, Postimees

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President Karis promotes Andrus Merilo to Brigadier General

23.02.2024. Tallinn. Incoming Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) commander Andrus Merilo was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General (Brigaadikindral) by President Alar Karis. Brig. Gen. Merilo is the EDF's 1st Infantry Brigade commander and between now and becoming commander in chief, he will serve as second-in-command to current incumbent Gen. Martin Herem, who also took part in the ceremony at Kadriorg. Photo Eero Vabamägi, Postimees

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President Karis promotes Andrus Merilo to Brigadier General

23.02.2024. Tallinn. Incoming Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) commander Andrus Merilo was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General (Brigaadikindral) by President Alar Karis. Brig. Gen. Merilo is the EDF's 1st Infantry Brigade commander and between now and becoming commander in chief, he will serve as second-in-command to current incumbent Gen. Martin Herem, who also took part in the ceremony at Kadriorg. Photo Eero Vabamägi, Postimees

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President Karis promotes Andrus Merilo to Brigadier General

23.02.2024. Tallinn. Incoming Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) commander Andrus Merilo was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General (Brigaadikindral) by President Alar Karis. Brig. Gen. Merilo is the EDF's 1st Infantry Brigade commander and between now and becoming commander in chief, he will serve as second-in-command to current incumbent Gen. Martin Herem, who also took part in the ceremony at Kadriorg. Photo Eero Vabamägi, Postimees

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President Karis promotes Andrus Merilo to Brigadier General

23.02.2024. Tallinn. Incoming Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) commander Andrus Merilo was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General (Brigaadikindral) by President Alar Karis. Brig. Gen. Merilo is the EDF's 1st Infantry Brigade commander and between now and becoming commander in chief, he will serve as second-in-command to current incumbent Gen. Martin Herem, who also took part in the ceremony at Kadriorg. Photo Eero Vabamägi, Postimees

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President Karis promotes Andrus Merilo to Brigadier General

23.02.2024. Tallinn. Incoming Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) commander Andrus Merilo was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General (Brigaadikindral) by President Alar Karis. Brig. Gen. Merilo is the EDF's 1st Infantry Brigade commander and between now and becoming commander in chief, he will serve as second-in-command to current incumbent Gen. Martin Herem, who also took part in the ceremony at Kadriorg. Photo Eero Vabamägi, Postimees

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1 more body, black boxes found at plane crash site in Nepal

STORY: 1 more body, black boxes found at plane crash site in Nepal DATELINE: Jan. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:47 LOCATION: Kathmandu CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1 various of the rescue efforts STORYLINE: The rescue operation was halted on Monday evening as one more body and the black boxes were recovered earlier in the day at the crash site of a passenger plane in central Nepal, officials said. "We have wrapped up the rescue operation for today," said Brig. Gen. Krishna Prasad Bhandari, spokesperson of the Nepal Army. "The recovery of one additional body, the flight data recorder and the flight voice recorder is our achievement today," Bhandari told Xinhua. The plane, operated by Nepal's Yeti Airlines, crashed on Sunday into the Seti River gorge near the city of Pokhara when it was flying from Kathmandu to Pokhara with 68 passengers and four crew members aboard. A total of 69 bodies had been recovered by Monday evening and 41 victims had been identified, said a statement issued by the Civil Aviati

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New commander at Kadena

KADENA, Japan - Brig. Gen. Matthew Molloy (R), commander of the 18th Wing, receives the guidon during a change-of-command ceremony at U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on June 3, 2011.

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New commander at Kadena

KADENA, Japan - Brig. Gen. Matthew Molloy (C) takes over command of the 18th Wing during a change-of-command ceremony at U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on June 3, 2011.

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Swiss train shown to media after accident

BRIG, Switzerland - Broken windows on the fifth car of the Glacier Express tourist train are shown to the media in Brig, southern Switzerland, on July 26, 2010, after a fatal derailment.

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Swiss train shown to media after accident

BRIG, Switzerland - Wheels on the sixth car of the Glacier Express tourist train are shown to the media in Brig, southern Switzerland, on July 26, 2010, after a fatal derailment.

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Swiss train shown to media after accident

BRIG, Switzerland - The Glacier Express tourist train is shown to the media in Brig, southern Switzerland, on July 26, 2010, after a fatal derailment.

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U.S. commander talks of Okinawa drills relocation

NAHA, Japan - Brig. Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, the top commander at U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at the base on Dec. 9, 2009. Wilsbach indicated that the United States could consider shifting air training drills for its forces in Japan to Osaka in the future, calling it an ''option.''

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Japan shoots down mock ballistic missile in interceptor test

TOKYO, Japan - Major Gen. Hidetoshi Hirata (L), director of the Air Defense Command of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force, and Brig. Roger Mathews, commander of the U.S. 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, appear at a joint news conference at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico on Sept. 17, after the ASDF successfully shot down a mock ballistic missile. This is Japan's first test of a U.S.-developed land-to-air missile interception system deployed late last year, according to ASDF officials.

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U.S. Marines pay tribute to victims of 1945 Battle of Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Retired Brig. Gen. William McCulloch offers a wreath in a ceremony on June 17 at the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Zukeran in Okinawa Prefecture to pay tribute to those who died in the Battle of Okinawa, which ended in June 1945. Officers of the U.S. Marine Corps in Japan, war veterans and bereaved relatives attended the ceremony.

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E. Timor defense commander calls for more Japan aid

SENDAI, Japan - East Timor's defense forces commander Brig. Gen. Taur Matan Ruak speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Sendai, northeastern Japan, Oct. 18. Ruak thanked Japan for being its biggest aid donor but called for more support as East Timorese are still fighting poverty two years after independence from Indonesia.

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(1)U.S. resumes Futemma drills after copter crash, despite protest

NAHA, Japan - U.S. Brig. Gen. James Flock (L), commander of the Marine Corps Base in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, meets with Ginowan Mayor Yoichi Iha at the latter's office on Aug. 16. U.S. forces resumed flight drills despite a protest by the mayor following the Aug. 13 crash of a U.S. Marine helicopter at Okinawa International University in the city.

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S. Korea probe says North planned sea attack

SEOUL, South Korea - Brig. Gen. Hwang Eui Don, spokesman for the South Korean Defense Ministry, tells a news conference on July 7 the North Korean attack on a South Korean ship on the Yellow Sea in June was ''deliberate and planned in detail in advance.''

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Urasoe, U.S. military sign ambulance accord

NAHA, Japan - Mitsuo Gima (L), mayor of Urasoe, Okinawa Prefecture, and Brig. Gen. Willie Williams, commander of the U.S. Forces in Okinawa, sign an agreement April 17 to allow Urasoe's fire engines and ambulances to pass through a U.S. base in the city in emergencies.

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U.S. diplomats get 3rd meeting with crew detained by China

HAIKOU, China - U.S. Embassy military attache Brig. Gen. Neal Sealock speaks at a press conference at a hotel in Haikou, China, on April 8 after meeting for the third time with crew members of a U.S. Navy spy plane detained in China. The 24 crew members have been detained since April 1, when they made an emergency landing on China's southern Hainan island after their EP-3 Aries II collided with a Chinese fighter plane, leaving the plane lost and the pilot presumed dead.

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U.S. diplomat meets with crew of spy plane

HAIKOU, China - U.S. Embassy military attache Brig. Gen. Neal Sealock speaks at a news conference in Haikou, China, on April 6 after meeting with the 24 crew members of a U.S. Navy spy plane who are being held in Hainan following a collision with a Chinese fighter jet over the South China Sea. Sealock said the crew members were in good spirits, adding he conveyed ''best wishes'' from President George W. Bush to the air crew.

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U.S. diplomats meet crew members of U.S. spy plane

HAIKOU, China, April 4 Kyodo - U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Neal Sealock, the U.S. embassy defense attache, is surrounded by reporters in Haikou on April 4 after his meeting with the 24 crew members of the U.S. spy plane on the southern Chinese island Hainan, nearly three days after their aircraft collided with a Chinese fighter over South China Sea and landed on Hainan. ''Our goal is to get them home as soon as possible,'' Shealock said.

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One dead in torrential flood in Greece's Crete island

STORY: One dead in torrential flood in Greece's Crete island DATELINE: Oct. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of floods in Agia Pelagia village in Crete island, Greece 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): GIANNIS ARTOPIOS, Fire Brigade's spokesperson 3. shots of the floods in Crete island, Greece STORYLINE: A man drowned after a torrential flood hit Greece's Crete island on Saturday, authorities announced. The 50-year-old victim was trapped in his vehicle which was swept by the raging waters in a seaside community near Heraklion port city in the northern coasts of the island, the Fire Brigade's spokesperson Giannis Artopios told a televised press briefing. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): GIANNIS ARTOPIOS, Fire Brigade's spokesperson "Fire Brigade's operation center received 453 calls for assistance within an hour." Some 30 people who had been stranded in flooded areas in the regional units of Heraklion and Lasithi were evacuated to safety, the Greek official added. The Fire Brig

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RUSSIA-ST. PETERSBURG-SCARLET SAILS FESTIVAL

(220625) -- ST. PETERSBURG, June 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A brig with scarlet sails floats on the Neva River during the Scarlet Sails festival marking school graduation in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 25, 2022. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)

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RUSSIA-ST. PETERSBURG-SCARLET SAILS FESTIVAL

(220625) -- ST. PETERSBURG, June 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A brig with scarlet sails floats on the Neva River during the Scarlet Sails festival marking school graduation in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 25, 2022. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)

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(1)U.S. resumes Futemma drills after copter crash, despite prote

NAHA, Japan - U.S. Brig. Gen. James Flock (L), commander of the Marine Corps Base in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, meets with Ginowan Mayor Yoichi Iha at the latter's office on Aug. 16. U.S. forces resumed flight drills despite a protest by the mayor following the Aug. 13 crash of a U.S. Marine helicopter at Okinawa International University in the city. (Kyodo)

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Japan shoots down mock ballistic missile in interceptor test

TOKYO, Japan - Major Gen. Hidetoshi Hirata (L), director of the Air Defense Command of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force, and Brig. Roger Mathews, commander of the U.S. 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, appear at a joint news conference at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico on Sept. 17, after the ASDF successfully shot down a mock ballistic missile. This is Japan's first test of a U.S.-developed land-to-air missile interception system deployed late last year, according to ASDF officials. (Kyodo)

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High Crimes (2002)

Bruce Davison & Ashley Judd Characters: Brig. Gen. Bill Marks, Claire Kubik Film: High Crimes (2002) Director: Carl Franklin 20 September 2002 High Crimes - Im Netz der Lｸgen (High Crimes, USA 2002, Regie: Carl Franklin) Bruce Davison, Ashley Judd ; Gardeuniform, Garde-Uniform, Orden, Empfang / / WICHTIG: Nutzung nur bei Filmtitelnennung und/oder in Zusammenhang mit Berichterstattung ｸber diesen Film --- IMPORTANT: To be used solely for coverage of this specific motion picture Date: 20 September 2002

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Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)

Gene Hackman Characters: Brig. Gen. George Crook Film: Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) Director: Walter Hill 10 December 1993 Date: 10 December 1993

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Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)

Robert Duvall & Gene Hackman Characters: Chief of Scouts Al Sieber, Brig. Gen. George Crook Film: Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) Director: Walter Hill 10 December 1993 Date: 10 December 1993

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Outbreak (1995)

Morgan Freeman & Donald Sutherland Characters: Brig. Gen. Billy Ford & Maj. Gen. Donald McClintock Film: Outbreak (USA 1995) Director: Wolfgang Petersen 06 March 1995 Date: 06 March 1995

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Outbreak (1995)

Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo & Morgan Freeman Film Poster Characters: Col. Sam Daniels, Robby Keough, Brig. Gen. Billy Ford Film: Outbreak (USA 1995) Director: Wolfgang Petersen 06 March 1995 Date: 06 March 1995

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Outbreak (1995)

Morgan Freeman Characters: Brig. Gen. Billy Ford Film: Outbreak (USA 1995) Director: Wolfgang Petersen 06 March 1995 Date: 06 March 1995

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Outbreak (1995)

Morgan Freeman & Donald Sutherland Characters: Brig. Gen. Billy Ford & Maj. Gen. Donald McClintock Film: Outbreak (USA 1995) Director: Wolfgang Petersen 06 March 1995 Date: 06 March 1995

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Outbreak (1995)

Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo & Morgan Freeman Characters: Col. Sam Daniels,Robby Keough & Brig. Gen. Billy Ford Film: Outbreak (USA 1995) Director: Wolfgang Petersen 06 March 1995 Date: 06 March 1995

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Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)

Gene Hackman Characters: Brig. Gen. George Crook Film: Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) Director: Walter Hill 10 December 1993 Date: 10 December 1993