The phrase "as commanding general" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to someone in a position of authority, particularly in a military context.
Example: "As commanding general, he was responsible for overseeing the entire operation and ensuring its success."
Alternatives: "in the role of commanding general" or "serving as commanding general".
The three-star general, then fifty-five years old, had spent more than two years as a troop commander in Vietnam during the late nineteen-sixties, serving as commanding general of the 4th Infantry Division and later as commander of the I Field Force.
Koster's assignment in the fall of 1967 as commanding general of the Americal Division could be underestimated at first by outsiders: the Americal, a hastily assembled conglomeration of independent infantry units, was far from an élite outfit.
While serving as commanding general of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and the US combined arms training center there, Petraeus masterminded an update the army's field manual on counterinsurgency strategy – usually shortened to COIN.
Returning to the United States, Jones was promoted to major general in July 1994 and was assigned as commanding general of the 2nd Marine Division, Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune.
His tenure as commanding general was marred by political difficulties, many of which stemmed from disagreements with Secretaries of War Rawlins and William W. Belknap, who Sherman felt had usurped too much of the Commanding General's powers, reducing him to a sinecure office.
Lieutenant General Raymond T. Odierno, who executed the surge so well, backfills Petraeus as Commanding General, (MNF-I).
Subordinates based in Kabul delivered those talks to American journalists who dutifully took notes and submitted soon-familiar stories about new strategies and tactics, each guaranteed to bring success to Washington's Afghan War, even as commanding generals came and went year after year.
On September 12th Mr O'Rourke said that he had called the FBI special agent in charge of the El Paso area, as well as the commanding general of Fort Bliss, asking them for all and any information they had on possible terror threats.
Colonel Oaks said General Clark was being reassigned as deputy commanding general of the Fifth Army at San Antonio, effective Aug. 4.
He retired from the Army in 1997, having last served at Fort Knox, Ky., as the commanding general of the Army Worldwide Recruiting Command.
In the rearrangement, Petraeus was to leave Iraq to take command from Centcom and Odierno was asked to return to replace him as the commanding general of all coalition forces in Iraq.
