Sentence examples for have taken command from inspiring English sources

They interrogate prisoners, gather intelligence, operate rendition flights, protect senior occupation officials - including some commanding US generals - and in some cases have taken command of US and international troops in battle.

Even in elevators, the strollers and nannies have taken command.

This is a team that should have taken command of the N.L.

And he would probably not have taken command of his job so quickly.

In some regions of Libya, various tribes have taken command and do not heed the leadership in Tripoli.

Some are even unaware that the Taliban have taken command of 80to90percentent of the nation.

The commodore says that more than 1,200 African troops have now been trained on board the Fort McHenry since November, while an array of naval officers from Britain, Cameroon, France, Germany, Ghana and Portugal have taken commanding roles on the ship.

Allen himself was also an experienced commander who had taken command of USS Argus during her engagement with HMS Pelican in the War of 1812.

The operation continued under the leadership of Matthews, the company 2IC, who had taken command almost immediately after the company commander was wounded.

Archduke Charles of Austria, arguably among the best commanders of the House of Habsburg, had taken command of the Austrian army in late January.

During this final battle, the battalion's long serving commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Henderson, who had taken command in February 1917 before the battalion's first major battle, was killed in action.