Sentence examples for commanders were selected from inspiring English sources

All of the commanders were selected personally by Pećanac and consisted of former officers, peasants, Orthodox priests, teachers, and merchants.

The New York Police Department employs 465 captains, the group of senior officers from which its most prominent and powerful commanders are selected.

"The cases we cannot follow up are where the government has no power, and the governors and commanders are selected by themselves," Mr. Mirdad said.

Their equipment is first class and their commanders are selected on the basis of ability.

"Commander" was selected as the album's first single.

The commanders, who are selected by the commissioner, do not earn extra pay.

Robert Dougherty, who is from Collegeville, Pennsylvania, is the Princeton Army ROTC Tiger Battalion commander and was selected three times by his instructors and peers as the top cadet in his class.

It remains unclear what exactly changed his mind, and two major issues remain to be worked out: the number of troops and how the commander will be selected.

Added a State Department official: "No Hamid Karzai is going to be anointed beforehand," a reference to the militia commander who was selected at an international conference to lead Afghanistan.

In the event of war, the supreme command of the joint forces shall be entrusted to the Contracting State possessing the largest military force taking actual part in field operations, unless, by unanimous agreement, the Commander-in-Chief is selected otherwise.

38 Wing was a new unit still in the process of formation, so No. 51 Squadron RAF under Wing Commander Percy Charles Pickard was selected to provide the aircraft and aircrew needed for the operation, although Group Captain Nigel Norman of 38 Wing would remain in overall command.