1.   It represented the first deployment of German armed forces outside German territory since the Second World War.

2.   But in April, two of the bat-winged aircraft flew to Guam on a training exercise, the first long-term overseas deployment of the warplane.

3.   But this is the first major deployment of agents to investigate war crimes.

4.   Haiti is her first deployment.

5.   It is the first deployment of German combat-ready ground troops outside NATO borders since World War II.

6.   Teams from Riverside and Sacramento are also part of the first deployment.

7.   A Navy submarine that rammed and sank a Japanese fishing vessel off Oahu six months ago is on its first major deployment since the accident.

8.   And on its first major deployment after that accident, the sub grounded while trying to enter the Saipan seaport in rough seas in August.

9.   And on its first major deployment after that incident, the sub grounded while trying to enter the Saipan seaport last August in rough seas.

10.   An undisclosed number of Jordanian troops left for Afghanistan on Sunday in the first such deployment by an Arab country, the army said.