Sentence examples for made commanding officer from inspiring English sources

In October 1941, he was made commanding officer of RAAF Station Darwin, Northern Territory.

Later that year, he was made commanding officer of the heavy cruiser, a post he held for the next two years.

Following his success at Eutaw Springs, Sumner was made commanding officer of Continental Army forces in North Carolina by Greene in 1781.

In May 1941, Edwards was made Commanding Officer of No. 105 Squadron replacing their squadron commander who had been killed in an anti-shipping raid on Stavanger.

Her decision was accepted and she was made a commanding officer of the 1st company of the Polish Lithuanian 25th Infantry Regiment.

In November 1948, Sebille was once again promoted to major and made the commanding officer of the 67th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing, a component of the Fifth United States Air Force stationed in Japan for post-World War II occupation duties.

William Swartout, director of technology, recently figured out how to make a commanding officer sound as if he meant it.

The Nigerian Army declined to make its commanding officer in the Maiduguri sector available for an interview, and senior officers in the capital, Abuja, did not respond to phone calls or text messages.

Although Obama made the commanding officers of Afghanistan tip over like dominoes, Generals McKiernan, McChrystal, and Petraeus fell on their swords to convince the administration to assign them more troops.

The Navy, where Captain Kelly got his training, has taken pilots who are going through family crises off flight status, but the decisions are made by the commanding officer with advice from a "human factors board" that involves flight surgeons and officers, said Lt. Aaron Kakiel, a Navy spokesman.

Whenever complaint is made to any commanding officer that willful damage has been done to the property of any person or that his property has been wrongfully taken by members of the armed forces, he may, under such regulations as the Secretary concerned may prescribe, convene a board to investigate the complaint.