Sentence examples for direct commanders from inspiring English sources

Early in 2004, when pictures emerged of Iraqi prisoners being abused by soldiers at Abu Ghraib, General Cullen said he quickly put the cruelty down as the aberrant acts of a few twisted individuals, and a failure of their direct commanders.

Gen. Yvan Blondin, Colonel Williams's direct commander, said in Trenton.

The final straw came when an increasingly paranoid Kony accused his closest adviser, Edward's direct commander, of sleeping with women reserved for him.

The rebel forces include a mélange of armed groups loyal to their direct commander, while volunteers from irregular battalions and recently assembled national guard units make up a large part of the pro-Kiev military operation.

If the convening authority doesn't know the accused, he likely knows the accused's direct commander.

White said he knew that his direct commander and battalion commander recommended him for an honorable discharge and assumes that something changed at the brigade commander and/or general level, although he doesn't know what.

"Watch your black ass, you little n*****!" Captain Lee Abbott, my direct commander at Fort Stewart, GA, issued this inelegant warning to a boy crossing the street as we drove home through the small town of Hinesville in the summer of 1967.

Peng was one of the few senior military leaders who supported Mao's suggestions to involve China directly in the 1950 1953 Korean War, and he served as the direct commander of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army for the first half of the war (though Mao and Zhou Enlai were technically more senior).

The Pentagon's 2009 instruction, updated in February 2012, directs commanders to remain alert for signs of racist activity and to intervene when they see it.

After Mr. Qosi was led out of the courtroom, Judge Paul directed Commander Lachelier to represent him even though he had said he wanted no lawyer.

The MILF committed to direct their commanders in the field accordingly.