Sentence examples for division commands from inspiring English sources

In the announcement, McHugh noted the base is home to I Corps, which until then had directly overseen 10 subordinate brigades on the base, while other bases with similar corps headquarters had active division commands for intermediate oversight.

Verity is sent to join up with a Marine division commanded by Gen. Oliver P. Smith.

He had served in an army division commanded by one of Gaddafi's sons.

Gen. George Armstrong Custer's Michigan cavalry brigade pursued the rear guard of a Confederate division commanded by Maj.

A front-page article yesterday about the increase in American troops and equipment in the fighting in Afghanistan misidentified the Army division commanded by Maj.

Correction: March 8 , 2002 Friday A front-page article yesterday about the increase in American troops and equipment in the fighting in Afghanistan misidentified the Army division commanded by Maj.

His next-door neighbor was the assistant division commanding general, whose daughter Nancy became my wife less than a year later.

In March, troops from the 49th Armored Division of the Texas Guard took over the American peacekeeping mission in Bosnia, the first time since the Korean War that a guard division commanded an overseas operation.

Dubbed the "Boy General," Custer distinguished himself in numerous encounters, including the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1 3 , 1863, the Battle of Yellow Tavern (May 11 , 1864, and the Third Battle of Winchester (September 19 , 1864, which led to his rise to division command and promotion to major general before he turned age 25.

Imagine several divisions of an army are camped outside an enemy city, each division commanded by its own general.

In late March, the army's fourth armoured division - commanded by the president's brother, Maher - was sent in to crush the emboldened protesters.