Sentence examples for command divisions from inspiring English sources

' Structures' have several dimensions, including rules and lines of command, divisions of labour, resources, responsibility and channels of communication.

Back in World War II, the Army had no qualms about letting officers go; at least 16 of the 155 generals who commanded divisions in combat during the war were relieved while in combat.

In addition, Archduke Charles personally commanded divisions under Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze and von Lindt.

During World War II, three Army division commanders — Orlando Ward, Terry de la Mesa Allen and Leroy Watson — were relieved of command of divisions in combat but went on to lead different divisions later in the war.

"Things were much better than we anticipated," said Inspector James Hegarty, who commands the traffic control division of the New York Police Department.

Both Odierno and Petraeus commanded US divisions in 2003, one in Tikrit, the other Mosul.

Carl Schurz would go on to command a division, fighting at the Second Battle of Bull Run, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and elsewhere.

He distinguished himself at the Battle of Bunker Hill in June 1775, but at the Battle of Long Island he commanded the divisions in Brooklyn that were defeated.

In 1915 he rose to command a division and then the III Corps, which helped stem the German offensive at the Battle of Verdun early in 1916.

When President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally named Mr. Bicks the antitrust chief in 1960 he was the youngest assistant attorney general to command the division.

As the veteran military correspondent Thomas E. Ricks notes in his new book, "The Generals," "Sixteen Army division commanders were relieved for cause, out of a total of 155 officers who commanded Army divisions in combat during the war.