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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a commander for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to someone who holds a command position or is responsible for leading a specific group or operation.
Example: "The general appointed a commander for the upcoming military exercise to ensure proper leadership."
Alternatives: "a leader of" or "a head of".
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He was a commander for 12 years.
He worked as a Commander for the Maritime College in New York.
"They don't know the bush," said Daous, a commander for the Ogaden National Liberation Front.
"Today there has been no fighting," said Lt. Col. Samba Tall, a commander for the United Nations peacekeepers in Congo.
The man believed to have overseen their capture, Abu Zeid, a commander for Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, was killed in an airstrike amid fighting.
In Kobani, a commander for the YPG, the Syrian Kurdish militia defending Kobani, said Isis's renewed attacks were aimed at severing the town's last link with Turkey.
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Doing so, Weirick argued, amounted to unlawful command influence, in which a senior officer seeks to pressure a junior commander for a certain outcome in a case.
Command: A commander is voted for at the beginning of the game.
One of the police officers belongs to the regular police force, the other is a squad commander for a riot-control police unit.
He was a battle commander for Mr. Maranzano in a power struggle with a rival gang in New York City led by Joseph Masseria.
Composite squadrons have two deputy commanders to assist the squadron commander: a Deputy Commander for Seniors and a Deputy Commander for Cadets.
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