Sentence examples for combat commands from inspiring English sources

A partial prototype of this concept may be tested with the Defense Department's new Africa Command, which is going to have a larger civilian component than the other combat commands.

It was one of the premier combat commands in the Marines; he flew in and out of Iraq, helping to oversee what became the decisive phase of the war.

Mr. Gates also called for a 10 percent annual reduction in spending on contractors who provide support services to the military, including money for intelligence-related contracts, and he placed a freeze on the number of workers in the office of the secretary of defense, other Pentagon supervisory agencies and the headquarters of the military's combat commands.

Meanwhile, Bradley had sent two armoured combat commands against the German southern (left) flank.

Hansell also held combat commands during the war, carrying out the very plans and doctrines he helped draft.

In November 1943, Carpender was replaced by Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, who ordered the final deactivation of the Mark VI in all combat commands.

Hal M. Hornburg Langley, Va., Oct. 28, 2004 The writer is commander, Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base.

After spending several months (June October 1942) in Washington, D.C., as the Royal Navy's representative to the Anglo-American Combined Chiefs of Staff Committee, Cunningham returned to combat command as naval commander of the Allied expeditionary force in the Mediterranean.

What's more, the State Department will have a greater role in AFRICOM than it has in any other combat command, with a deputy commander position staffed by a State Department official rather than the usual military officer.

The women of combat command our attention once again.

General Odierno had three combat command tours in Iraq before being named top officer of the military's Joint Forces Command.