Sentence examples for commander called for from inspiring English sources

One local commander called for American bombing to end.

NATO's top commander called for troop reinforcements to fight a stronger than expected insurgency in Afghanistan's south.

Their commander called for the expansion of this force to 30,000 40,000 people from across the nation.

It soon became apparent that the platoon was pinned down on the edge of a strongly defended and well-concealed bunker system, with the platoon commander calling for assistance from helicopter gunships, as well as indirect mortar fire rather than risking further casualties by withdrawing.

The Muslim armies, however soon proved to be too small to handle the Byzantine response, and their commanders called for reinforcements.

A number of US commanders called for immediate retaliatory air strikes; however, the Serbs still held the majority of the hostages seized after the bombing of Pale.

It has conducted lengthy investigations into the decisions made by its government and its troops and the refusal to answer the commanders' call for air support.

The Dutch government resigned in 2002 after the National War Documentation Institute blamed the debacle on Dutch authorities and the UN for sending underarmed and underprepared forces into the mission and refusing to answer the commanders' call for air support.

The jittery commanders call for some to stay back, they've heard rumors the separatists are mounting an attack on the police station.

The commander called a meeting for May 21st of all sides of the stand-off that has paralysed Thai politics for months.

The Dutch commander called UN Headquarters in Sarajevo asking for "close air support" after shells and rockets landed close to refugee centres and observation posts manned by peacekeepers.