Sentence examples for commanders exercise from inspiring English sources

Mr. Gates told reporters traveling with him in South America on Wednesday that a team of officials he sent to Iraq to examine the use of security contractors had submitted several recommendations, including having field commanders exercise existing military law more aggressively to punish contractors who commit crimes.

Kony was the supreme commander, exercising complete control over all his groups through a combination of martial discipline, spiritual guidance, and brainwashing.

It is a key element of a comprehensive suite of communications systems to provide a robust network that allows commanders to exercise command and control effectively.

During the short, decisive Prussian campaign against Austria in 1866, field telegraph enabled Count Helmuth von Moltke, the Prussian commander, to exercise command over his distant armies.

Still, commanders must exercise military power overseas with due regard for the safety of American troops and civilian populations.

To prevent a repetition of past cycles of violent reprisals, the United States, Russia, India and other countries that have supported the Northern Alliance must exert pressure on its commanders to exercise restraint on the ground in Kabul and other areas it has seized.

"Do we have the mechanisms and the means for our commanders to exercise a kind of strategic oversight and assure accountability in terms of the behavior and the conduct of these security contractors?" Mr. Gates asked at the Pentagon on Sept. 27.

Using his influence in Parliament and the army, Marlborough aroused dissatisfaction concerning William's preferences for foreign commanders, an exercise designed to force the King's hand.

Platoon and company commanders were exercising their initiative to the point of occasional genius.

Mr. Hagel said that the Pentagon would ask lawmakers to scale back the power of the convening authority — a commander who exercises significant control over courts-martial in a system that dates to the British Empire.

"Commanders should have exercised more oversight," said one Pentagon official.