Sentence examples for not under command from inspiring English sources

The command relationship between the Australians and their armoured support was also complicated, as the Americans were not under command as they might normally have been, rather Koch was free to conduct his own battle.

Something like "free" is one way to phrase it, but the idea is that the dog can do what it wants and is not under command until you give it one.

As the independent inquiry into the attack on the American mission in Benghazi observed, the Qaeda affiliate in North Africa and other militant factions in the region increasingly represent the new face of terrorism — groups that are violently anti-American but not under the command and control of Qaeda leaders in Pakistan.

I said I'm not under your command," Kiir said.

France has been investigating allegations against the Sangaris force, which is not under UN command, since last year.

Winkenwerder told me that bsct members are not under his command; rather, they fall under military intelligence.

Col. Dana J. H. Pittard, commander of the First Infantry's Third Brigade, gave voice to worries about the lackadaisical approach to security shown by some reservists not under his command.

For instance, they said the military police bore the main responsibility for the attack on Ahmici, and were not under his command.

The Pentagon has historically opposed any arrangement in which American troops are not under American command, and Mr. Rumsfeld has expressed opposition to putting the current American force in Iraq under United Nations oversight.

The alleged perpetrators were mainly French soldiers from a unit known as the Sangaris force which was operating under authorisation of the security council but not under UN command.

It will not, however, apply to American special forces in Afghanistan, who are not under his command, nor to the 145,000-strong Afghan Army and police force, whose operations have drawn their own harsh criticism from human rights groups.