Sentence examples for a new commandant from inspiring English sources

The Senate, however, did confirm 54 of Mr. Obama's nominees, including a new ambassador to Pakistan, Cameron Munter, and a new commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James F. Amos.

(The Marines got a new commandant, Gen. James F. Amos, last month, and the Air Force chief, Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, retires in 2012 unless he is rotated into another senior position, which is possible).

With both Lt. Col. Dowty and Chaplain Hernandez being so unabashedly misogynistic and homophobic, you can imagine their response to the appointment of a new commandant at the Air Force Academy who is both a woman and gay!

Gen. William A. Cugno, adjutant general of the state Military Department, placed the insignia of rank on the new commandant at a ceremony at the horse guard headquarters.

So many buildings were destroyed in the bombardment that the Russian military has found it difficult to find an adequate office for the city's new commandant.

Gen.-select Johnny A. Weida, a 1978 graduate of the academy, to become the new commandant of cadets and acting superintendent.

Gen. James F. Amos, the new commandant, in 2002 described Gayl as "a superstar for our Marine Corps for your entire career" when he retired as a major to work as a senior civilian scientific adviser.

The new commandant of the Marine Corps does care, and he was swiftly rebuked after making unusual comments about troops' sleeping arrangements over the weekend.

Possibly they were made to show Richard Baer, the new commandant, how the camp operated; or to be sent to Berlin to show officials how efficiently the camp was run.

The besieged government led by President Vytautas Landsbergis drew moral support from a crowd outside the legislature that swelled this morning to more than 20,000 people, in defiance of the new commandant's ban and despite appeals from their leaders to go home to safety.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — With American troops in the thick of the fighting in Afghanistan, the new commandant of the Marines Corps says now is not the time to overturn the "don't ask, don't tell" policy prohibiting gay men and women from openly serving in the military.