The phrase "and is now commanding" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone or something that is currently in a position of authority or control over others.
Example: "The general has taken charge of the operation and is now commanding his troops with confidence."
Alternatives: "and is currently in command" or "and is now in control".
Or was it General John Allen, who is now commanding our forces in Afghanistan and seems to have sent Kelley "potentially inappropriate" e-mails and other communications that somehow add up to twenty to thirty thousand pages?
Behold the general Leia Organa, who is now commanding the Resistance from the planet of D'qar.
East 57th Street, which once seemed to be losing its cachet with the arrival of mass retailers like Niketown, is now commanding the world's highest rents, the real estate firm of Cushman & Wakefield reported yesterday.
Waste paper is now commanding about $90 a ton throughout the United States, which makes it possible to turn a profit by loading it onto ships instead of dumping it into landfills.
We also deliberately left out certain big bottles that are only available in restaurants or a few favored retail outlets on a very limited basis, along with certain older releases that a retailer might have hung on to, and that are now commanding a premium.
Chairs that Wright designed early this century nonetheless are now commanding considerable interest and high prices within a recently established, and growing, market for early 20th-century works of decorative art by American architects.
Sony also said they are now commanding 30% of the market in the US and operates its e-book business in a total of 13 countries worldwide.
But small cars are now commanding better prices in the showroom.
For example, the finest automotive pieces are now commanding prices on a par with the most rarefied objects in any other collecting field.
