Sentence examples for Assuming command from inspiring English sources

Assuming command of the U.S. Eighth Army in the Korean War during the Chinese communist offensive in late 1950, Ridgway rallied the United Nations forces and initiated a counteroffensive that drove the Chinese out of South Korea.

Assuming command, he moved through the rice paddies, without cover.

Assuming command of a ship already earmarked for the "mothball fleet", Captain Peniston and his crew prepared for their task.

Assuming command in Afghanistan in 2010, General David Petraeus was careful to set American expectations low: "We're not trying to turn Afghanistan into Switzerland in five years or less," he said.

Assuming command of United States Central Command in 1988, Schwarzkopf was called on to respond to the Invasion of Kuwait in 1990 by the forces of Iraq under Saddam Hussein.

Prior to assuming command, he served from June 2006 to March 2008 as commander, Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR).

Col Frost was slated to be the next Northeast Region commander after he relinquished command of the Wing, but he died before assuming command.

After assuming command, Gibbon refashioned his brigade – literally.

He took part in war patrols on the submarine Gar before assuming command of the Tirante.

We began our work as Petraeus was assuming command of a faltering war effort.

Peter Mandelson, the Northern Ireland secretary, was assuming command of a desperate salvage operation, instigating crisis talks with Ulster Unionists.