Sentence examples for post as commandant from inspiring English sources

General Miller toured Iraq's prisons last summer but did not take command of them until April, after leaving his post as commandant of the American prison for Qaeda and Afghan war prisoners at Guantánamo.

Bourgmont had in fact been in trouble with the French colonial authorities since 1706, when he deserted his post as commandant of Fort Detroit after poorly handling an attack by the Ottawa that resulted in thirty-one deaths.

Used to work as: Commandant of the Marine Corps, among other commands.

Used to work as: Commandant of the Marine Corps, among other commands during a lifetime of military service.

Gen. James L. Jones, who is leaving his post as Marine Corps commandant to become commander of all American forces in Europe, said earlier this week that 65,000 to 75,000 marines would be involved in any military action against Iraq.

His position as commandant, the most senior post in the Coast Guard, lends Admiral Allen a gravitas that officials say should help streamline the federal response, which has been criticized as too slow.

On 26 June he removed Wäckerle from his post as camp commandant and replaced him with a close associate, Theodor Eicke – who, ironically, he had to release from a mental asylum where he had been placed by a political rival.

Decades later, "trust" and "respect" continue to reverberate in my position as Commandant of the United States Coast Guard.

The post commander, Commandant Peter Marron -- the rank is equivalent to major -- ushered his visitors into the shelter of the outpost, where soldiers served coffee.

He was elevated to general on 1 January 1960, upon assuming the post as the 22nd Commandant of the Marine Corps.

Following World War I, Middleton served at the United States Army Infantry School, the Command and General Staff School, the Army War College, and as Commandant of Cadets at LSU.