Sentence examples for hand over command of from inspiring English sources

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.

By April, the situation had calmed and Chauvel was able to hand over command of the AIF in the Middle East to Ryrie.

At a ceremony Thursday to hand over command of United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) from Marine General John Kelly to Navy Admiral Kurt Tidd, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said closing Guantanamo "would benefit our national security".

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.

"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.

A1 The United States handed over command of an area of south-central Iraq to Poland's military.

He added that efforts were under way to ensure that Kamoli handed over command of the army to him.

After six years as America's staunchest ally in the Iraq war, Britain handed over command of Basra Province to the American military, marking the first step in the withdrawal of most of Britain's 4,100 remaining troops.