Sentence examples for command general from inspiring English sources

The first occurred in August 1940 when the British Commander in Chief Middle East Command, General Sir Archibald Wavell, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill, ordered the 16th Infantry Brigade to move to Egypt.

Conceived by the commander-in-chief of the British Middle East Command, General Archibald Wavell, Brevity was intended to be a rapid blow against weak Axis front-line forces in the Sollum Capuzzo Bardia area of the border between Egypt and Libya.

Barely a month after taking command, General Dunlavey flew to Afghanistan and Kuwait to complain directly to military commanders there.

"Ideally, it's better for military advice to come up through the chain of command," General Jones said.

It also will be the first Defense Department military canine unit under National Guard command, General Cugno said.

As a general relieved of his command, General McChrystal will not return to Afghanistan, according to his staff.

the NATO commanding general, after personnel burned Korans.

General Freakley is commanding general of both the Army Accessions Command, which oversees recruitment, and Fort Knox, Ky.

General Natonski, then commanding general of the First Marine Division, was evidently unconvinced by the pathologist's interpretation.

The goal, said Lt. Gen. Joseph M. Cosumano Jr., commanding general of the Army Space and Missile Defense Command here, is quite practical.

Gen. David E. Quantock, commanding general for Task Force 134, which oversees the detention system in Iraq.