Sentence examples for professional commanders from inspiring English sources

The organization, training, and command of the infantry required experts of a special type, and professional commanders emerged who conducted battles involving several thousand men along lines extending hundreds of miles.

Bayard was one of the most skillful and professional commanders of the 16th century in Europe.

Maliki's successor, Haider al-Abadi, is a Shiite who belongs to Maliki's political party, but he has reinstated many professional commanders whom Maliki had replaced with Shiite hard-liners, and has tolerated recruitment efforts that aim at diversifying the Army.

Back in Britain, Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), effectively the professional commander of the British Army, was General James Murray, who retained that post during the early years of the war.

President Bush has described Iran as part of an "axis of evil," but the relationship between the allied and Iranian navies has been entirely professional, allied commanders say.

The office of a hetman appeared in the late 15th century as a consequence of the introduction of the wojsko zaciężne, and a need for a more professional army commanders than the king could usually provide.

Mr. Talabani and Mr. Hashemi have refused to ratify the death sentence of Mr. Hashem, who they have said was a professional military commander.

The new amendment, part of the defense authorization bill for 2013 that has been passed by the House of Representatives but not by the Senate, would allow mental health professionals and commanders to ask service members about their personal firearms if they have "reasonable grounds" to believe the person is at "high risk" of committing suicide or harming others.

It distinguishes a military leader from other professionals; it instills professionalism in commanders, on whom lives depend.

But Iraqi commanders' professional advancement is based partly on the number of violent episodes in their areas of operation, so there is an incentive to underreport those events, said Lt. Col. Jim Maxwell, of the First Brigade, Third Infantry Division.

On the other hand, the medical professionals and some commanders were more interested in monitoring physiological metrics in order to understand chronic long-term health issues facing divers and optimize short-term performance.