"hand over command" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is typically used in military or organizational contexts to describe the act of transferring authority or leadership from one person to another. Example: After serving as battalion commander for three years, General Smith will hand over command to Colonel Jones next month.
The system's limitations contributed to a number of issues during the August 2011 riots, the report found, including the inability to monitor key incidents; slow communication with commanders on the ground; the lack of capability to hand over command to the oncoming team; and the inability to log key decisions and rationales for future review.
They have been beating retreat at Basra airfield today as the British hand over command to the Americans for the next two years.
On Wednesday, Thurman is scheduled to hand over command of U.S. forces in Korea to Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, a former high-ranking commander in Afghanistan who most recently served as director of the Joint Staff at the Pentagon.
On September 16th, at the palace at Victory Base, Petraeus will hand over command of the Iraqi theatre to General Raymond Odierno, who will also be undertaking his third Iraq tour; he served as Petraeus's deputy during the first period of the surge.
Strachwitz had to hand over command of his I./Panzer-Regiment 2 to Hauptmann Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven.
In January 1917, Michael returned to the front to hand over command of his corps; from 29 January he was Inspector-General of Cavalry stationed at Gatchina.
Expedition 43 Commander Terry Virts handed over command of the station to Russian cosmonaut Gennedy Padalka on Wednesday.
Appointed senior air staff officer (SASO) at No. 9 Group, McLachlan handed over command of No. 73 Wing to Wing Commander Gordon Steege in October 1943.
On 5 January 1942, Schumacher handed over command to Major Erich von Selle to become commander of the fighter forces for Luftflotte 5 (Jagdfliegerführer Norwegen).
"Like all commanders, and I did this myself when I handed over command of my division, what Richard has done is produce what we call a haul down report," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
