Sentence examples for delegating command from inspiring English sources

The Narada attacks the Enterprise and Pike surrenders, delegating command of the ship to Spock and promoting Kirk to first officer.

Conflict in the theatre was widely dispersed, and so Brisbane delegated command to various commanders of small squadrons and independent cruisers.

General MacArthur and Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, the commander of Allied Naval Forces in the South West Pacific Area, would be on hand to make the decision but otherwise they delegated command to Rear Admiral William Fechteler, the commander of Amphibious Group 8 of Rear Admiral Daniel E. Barbey's VII Amphibious Force.

He temporarily delegated the command of the Army to colonel Francisco Fernández de la Cruz and requested leave to recover.

The battalion was also rebuilt and delegated to commanding the training units.

While AIRSOUTH maintained day to day command, "mission tasking and operational control" were delegated to the commander of the NATO 5th Allied Tactical Air Force (5ATAF), initially Lt Gen Antonio Rosetti and later Lt Gen Andrea Fornaserio, both of the Italian Air Force.

In his absence, Troubridge took over command of the blockade, delegating temporarily to Captain Manley Dixon.

For decades, Hollywood has been portraying machines that humans can converse with, delegate tasks to, and command.

In the most convincing chapter in "Harvard Rules," Bradley recounts how a report on the curriculum was delegated to administrators who commanded little authority and were perceived by some as puppets of Summers.

But financial and operational issues were delegated to second-in-command and current Apple chief executive officer Tim Cook.

They are often compelled to delegate this task to computer biologists working with command line utilities.