Sentence examples for and the commandant of from inspiring English sources
The rank of a commandant depends upon the size and importance of his command: in the British Army a colonel commandant is the senior officer of a regiment; in the French Army a commandant is the commanding officer of a battalion, a rank equivalent to major; and the commandant of the United States Marine Corps is a four-star general.
"I'm a young captain, and the commandant of the Marine Corps says, 'How's your wife?
The chiefs of the Army, Navy and Air Force and the commandant of the Marines have until Nov. 1 to report their findings.
Troops do hear what their officers say, and the commandant of the Marine corps has been telling everyone who will listen that he likes D.A.D.T., as he thinks Marines do.
The two appeared to be heading off some of the arguments expected to be advanced in testimony before the panel on Friday by the chiefs of the Army, Air Force and Navy, and the commandant of the Marine Corps.
The chiefs of the Army and Air Force and the commandant of the Marine Corps have been more cautious, saying that the law should -- or could be repealed but that now is not the right time.
Gen. Alfred M. Gray Jr., commander of the Second Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, and later the commandant of the Marine Corps, resisted the idea.
He told the men he didn't have that information and that if they wanted it, they should go and ask the commandant of the base.
Successes included locating and bringing to trial Erich Rajakowitsch, responsible for the deportation of Jews from the Netherlands, and Franz Murer, the commandant of the Vilna Ghetto.
Mr. Gates, Admiral Mullen, Mr. Johnson and General Ham are scheduled to testify on the report to the Senate on Thursday, but a more important session will come on Friday, when the Senate Armed Services Committee is to hear testimony from the chiefs of the Army, Navy and Air Force and the commandants of the Marines and the Coast Guard.
"I hope that when we pass this legislation that we will understand that we are doing great damage, and we could possibly and probably -- as the commandant of the Marine Corps said and I've been told by literally thousands of members of the military -- harm the battle effectiveness, which is so vital to the support, to the survival of our young men and women in the military".
