Sentence examples for to be a commander of from inspiring English sources

Colin Powell He was the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sure, but is he ready to be a commander of ten thousand garbage trucks?

The second time he called the police offering to surrender, Mr. Breivik could be heard claiming to be "a commander of the Norwegian Resistance Movement" and asking, "Could you give me the head of Delta?" apparently referring to an elite police unit.

Included are Roald Dahl, who did not want to receive the Order of the British Empire, or O.B.E., in 1986; Graham Greene, who did not want to be a Commander of the British Empire, or C.B.E., in 1956; and Aldous Huxley, who turned down a knighthood in 1959.

Traditionally, the Army has dominated the special-operations community, but in recent years the SEALs have become a more prominent presence; McRaven's boss at the time of the raid, Eric Olson — the head of Special Operations Command, or SOCOM — is a Navy admiral who used to be a commander of DEVGRU.

An official announcement in the London Gazette states: "The Queen has directed that the appointment of Rolf Harris to be a Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, dated 17 June 2006, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order".

He is said to be a commander of in al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.

Ali joined up at 15, relatives said, and by 23 had risen to be a commander in this neighborhood in the midsection of this coastal Palestinian territory.

The very picture of a Hussein-era officer, complete with thick mustache and old green uniform with swords and eagles on his shoulders, General Saleh was found to have been a commander of the feared Republican Guard and was quickly replaced.

A nomination to be a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath followed on 2 January 1815.

His two successful descents on Turtukai, his brilliant defense of Hirsov, and, above all, his successful direction of the Battle of Kozludji (1774) showed him to be an incomparable commander of the field, but after he helped to suppress the Russian peasant revolt led by Yemelyan Pugachov in the same year and subsequently served in Crimea, his career seemed to founder.

He was a commander of the Royal Swedish Order of the North Star.