Sentence examples for the first commanders from inspiring English sources

They are not the first commanders purged under Mr. Xi.

He was one of the first commanders to handle infantry, cavalry, and artillery as one tactical body.

Allon was one of the first commanders of the Palmach, an elite branch of the Haganah, a Zionist military organization representing the majority of the Jews in Palestine after World War I.

Assigned initially to the Tenth Air Force, he was the first commander of the Assam-Burma-China Ferry Command, the airlift operation flying supplies over the Hump to China.

The first commander was Major General William Bridges, who also assumed command of the 1st Division.

So was Gen. Rufus Saxton, and now-Colonel Higginson, the first commander of a black regiment, as well as the Kansas jayhawker James Montgomery, who commanded the Combahee raid.

He previously was the first commander of the Multinational Security Transition Command in Iraq and the NATO Training Mission in Iraq.

Rhode Islander Esek Hopkins was the first commander in chief of the Continental Navy.

Retired Army Gen. James J. Lindsay was the first commander of U.S. Special Operations Command.

A video report produced by the Rio governor's office last year showed the first commander of the Rocinha U.P.P., Maj.

"Shep" is William Shepherd, the first commander of the International Space Station, who set the place up with private donations.