The phrase "alternate command" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a different or substitute command in a specific context, such as programming or instructions.
Example: "If the primary command fails, you can use the alternate command to achieve the desired result."
Alternatives: "substitute command" or "alternative command".
We have activated alternate command posts for ourselves.
A permanent alternate command needs to be established as soon as practical and the broadest possible coalition must be engaged.
There is an alternate command, script, which saves every command typed in a Sherpa session; see "ahelp script" for information.
For this department, for instance, we have put teams, alternate command teams that will go to various locations in the event of another emergency.... Q.
General Franks has set up an alternate command post in Qatar, and other countries, from Kuwait to Oman, could pick up the slack if the Saudis restrict their bases.
Senior Air Force officials have expressed mounting frustration with restrictions the Saudis have placed on American operations, and the Central Command is developing an alternate command center at the sprawling Udeid base in Qatar, should that be needed.
Finally, Jane supports an alternate command-line interface that allows for convenient implementation of large experiments under the control of scripting programs.
Actually, there are two C.O.C.'s, as they are known, a main and a forward, which leapfrog each other, alternating command, as the marines move.
He held this position for 21 months, during which time he alternated command of four vessels of the active and reserve units in his division.
But because senior Serbian military and government officials were opposed to a fourth war -- after those in Slovenia and Croatia in 1991 and and in Bosnia in 1992-95 -- Mr. Tanic said, Mr. Milosevic set up an alternate chain of command to carry out his plans.
While Simon & Garfunkel record values top out at $200, a rare album by their contemporary Bob Dylan — like The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan with four accidental alternate tracks — can command $20,000.
