Sentence examples for command of a unit from inspiring English sources

In 1079 he was in command of a unit of his father's army.

He was caught in the siege of the island and placed in command of a unit of light tanks.

The rebel, Edgar Gustavo Navarro, second in command of a unit of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, was killed in a gunfight near San Vicente del Caguán, 175 miles southwest of Bogotá.

Nagl — the author of an acclaimed book about counterinsurgency ("Learning to Eat Soup With a Knife"), a former operations officer in Iraq and the subject of a New York Times Magazine article a few years ago — has since taken command of a unit at Fort Riley, Kan., that trains United States soldiers to be advisers to Iraqi security forces.

He was given his first command of a unit in 1942, and in November 1943 received his most prestigious command as the commander of the 1st Baltic Front.

In light of his service to the fighter arm, he promised no further action would be taken against him and offered command of a unit of Me 262 jets.

After retiring at the rank of lieutenant, he took command of a military unit guarding the prison camp at Guantánamo Bay.

Martin's Press, 1992), a history of the highway, known as the Alcan, said in an interview that his father, Col. Heath Twichell Sr., was assigned to the roadwork and was "heartsick" when he was given command of a black unit.

Lilly enlisted in the Union Army during the American Civil War; he recruited a company of men to serve with him in an artillery battery, was later promoted to colonel, and was given command of a cavalry unit.

Although Curtis was personally opposed to British possession of Gibraltar, he took command of a marine unit during the siege, and in the attack by Spanish gunboats and floating batteries in September 1782, Curtis took his men into the harbour in small boats to engage the enemy.

Instead, he was given command of an engineering unit which then built a complete base in Havana.