Jul 16, 2007 | 1:32 PM
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ON MAY 13, 2007 ( I KNOW I AM LATE TO POST THIS ) , COMMANDER MUHAMMAD MUZAFFAR FEROZE KHAN BECAME THE FIRST MUSLIM IN U.S. NAVAL HISTORY TO BE GIVEN COMMAND OF AN OPERATIONAL AVIATION SQUADRON : SEA CONTROL SQUADRON VS - 31 , KNOWN AS THE " TOPCATS " . SINCE MAY OF 2006 , CDR. KHAN HAD BEEN SERVING AS THE SQUADRON'S SECOND IN COMMAND ( XO ) . IN HIS NEW POST , CDR. KHAN CONTROLLS A SQUADRON OF 6 CARRIER BASED S -B VIKING ANTI - SUBMARINE AIRCRAFT . CDR. KHAN WAS BORN AND RAISED IN PAKISTAN . HE IS MARRIED WITH 2 CHILDREN . HIS YOUNGER BROTHER JALAL , ALSO SERVING IN THE U.S. NAVY , IS A PILOT . CDR. KHAN HAS LONG BEEN ON RECORD FOR ENCOURAGING MUSLIM U.S. CITIZENS IN JOINING THE ARMED FORCES OF THE U.S. MABROOK YA ' AAQI ! ( CONGRATULATIONS BROTHER ! )