Sentence examples for commandant major from inspiring English sources

He continued on to Deraa on the morning of 21 September, which he found to be "fairly secure" and placed its commandant, Major Willmer in temporary command of the whole front from Deraa to Samakh.

The British commandant, Major General John Shrimpton, was appointed by Charles as Gibraltar's governor in 1705 on the advice of Queen Anne.

These views found support in the influential New South Wales Commandant, Major General Edward Hutton, however suspicions held by the smaller colonies towards New South Wales and Victoria stifled the proposal.

On 3 August 1914 he became attached to the staff of the 1st Moroccan Infantry Division, being promoted to commandant (major) six days later, and served in the defence of France in the First World War.

As commandant, Sergeant Major King recruited high-performing drill sergeants from training bases like Fort Benning, Ga., and Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., to be teachers at Fort Jackson, then oversaw the rigorous 10-week course that produces new drill sergeants.

The post commander, Commandant Peter Marron -- the rank is equivalent to major -- ushered his visitors into the shelter of the outpost, where soldiers served coffee.

The commandant of Fort Snelling, Major Joseph Plympton, found their presence problematic because they were using timber and allowing their cattle and horses to graze around the fort.

A retired command sergeant major has come forward to say that she was the victim of gender discrimination by her superiors while she was commandant of the 3rd Infantry Division's academy for noncommissioned officers at Fort Stewart, Ga., in 2006.

In a sign of protest, the fortress's Commandant Michał Wołodyjowski and Major Hejking blew up the castle's remaining gunpowder, killing themselves along with 800 defenders.

The letter's signatories included Gen Charles Krulak, a retired 4-Star commandant of the Marine Corps, and Major General Michael R Lehnert, the first commanding general of the joint detention task force at Guantanamo.

Although Pentagon officials were of the view that the younger rank and file did not care much about serving with openly gay service members, Gen. James T. Conway, the commandant of the Marine Corps, had major reservations.