Sentence examples for served as commandant from inspiring English sources

From 1967 to 1971 Olds served as commandant of cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy.

In 1856 60 he served as commandant of cadets at West Point.

But while waiting for a table at the Thayer, I learn in a brief stroll through the adjacent West Point Museum that 223 years ago, after giving plans of the fort at West Point, which he served as commandant, to the British, Benedict Arnold high-tailed it down a footpath on horseback and made his escape to infamy aboard the British sloop Vulture, anchored around the bend downriver.

He subsequently served as commandant of the Armoured School between 1953 and 1956, and filled the position of Director of Armour during the same period.

He served as Commandant of Cadets for three years and sought to restore morale in the wake of a major cheating scandal.

After service in the Crimean War, Colonel Francis Downes served as commandant of the Colonial forces of South Australia and Victoria and retired with the rank of major general in the Australian Army in 1902.

General Jones, who retired last year after serving as commandant of the Marine Corps and the top American commander in Europe, is scheduled to present the findings to Congress on Thursday.

His responsibilities will be handed over to General Weida, who will serve as commandant of cadets and acting superintendent until General Rosa is confirmed by the Senate, Congressional sources said.

In February 1939 Brett moved to Wright Field as assistant to the chief of the United States Army Air Corps, also serving as commandant of the Air Corps Engineering School and the chief of the Materiel Division.

He served as commander of the American Legion and as detachment commander and state commandant of the Marine Corps League.

He served as Colonel Commandant for the Australian Corps of Signals in Southern Command from June 1958 to June 1963, and was Colonel Commandant of the corps from September 1959 to December 1960.