11.   Two days later the Navy ordered submarine commanders to keep civilians away from control panels and prohibited practicing rapid climbs to the surface when civilians were on board.

12.   As a precaution, submarine commanders also are not allowed to permit civilians at control stations, the officials said.

13.   Buchanan said the exchange program, probably involving submarine commanders and executive officers, offers the opportunity to avoid confrontation on issues such as international waters.

14.   Dzhavakhishvili, a former Soviet submarine commander, said Georgia cannot now afford a navy, according to the Interfax news agency.

15.   In addition, submarine commanders also are being ordered not to allow civilians at control stations, Navy officials said Friday.

16.   Ketov said military leaders later scolded the submarine commanders for not having fired back at Americans.

17.   Last week, Navy submarine commanders were ordered not to conduct emergency rapid ascents with civilians on board while investigations of the collision proceed.

18.   Submarine commander Rupert Lonsdale, the only British naval captain to surrender his warship during World War II, has died in Bournemouth, England.

19.   Submarine commanders also are not allowed to permit civilians at control stations, the officials said.

20.   The submarine commander usually ensures nothing is overhead, but the Greeneville somehow failed to detect the presence of the fishing vessel.