Sentence examples for usually commanders from inspiring English sources

Protecting their forces is usually commanders' top priority in peacekeeping, not mission goals.

Commanders usually follow investigators' recommendations.

The identities of the group's highest-ranking military commanders usually become publicly known only after their deaths.

But many American commanders, usually in private, concede that the Iraqi forces are not up to scratch.

Instead, at least during my time in Iraq, American commanders usually counted only people shot dead as victims of sectarian violence.

The Romans even figured out how to deter cowardice that causes the death of others with the technique called decimation: If a legion lost a battle and there was suspicion of cowardice, 10 percent of the soldiers and commanders — usually chosen at random — were put to death.

Contrary to myth, their field commanders usually outdid their Allied counterparts in initiative and tactical innovation.

"This is never going to end," says a usually hopeful rebel commander from the eastern province of Raqqa.The opposition fears that international support may be dwindling.

A Battalion in the Marine Corps is headed by the Battalion Commander, usually a Lieutenant Colonel and sometimes a Colonel, his staff, headquarters, and the Battalion Sergeant Major.

It's a mix of nations and everything else, under a commander; usually one of the ship's captains is responsible.

While even top commanders are usually forgotten in this country once they retire, the leftist General Baduel, 52, attained almost mythical status in Mr. Chávez's political movement for his pivotal role in thwarting the 2002 coup.