6 sentences with 'commander'
Example sentences and phrases with the word commander and other words derived from it.
• « In Pakistan, I asked the commander of a guerrilla detachment that was about to carry out a clandestine operation in Kabul to allow me to go with them. »
• « Finally, although the army itself was now larger, Diocletian reduced the individual legions, so that the commander of each legion no longer had enough power to take over with a single attack on the current emperor (this worked well enough for Diocletian himself, but made little difference in the long run). »
• « The four thémas (or themata, administrative divisions of the Byzantine Empire) were divided over the centuries, with the villages watched over by the commander and the people fighting directly alongside their neighbours and families. Ultimately, it was this system, which encouraged morale and loyalty, that preserved the empire for many centuries. »
• « In 1645, a Puritan commander named Oliver Cromwell united various parliamentary forces into the "New Model Army", a well-disciplined fighting force whose soldiers were paid regularly and actually paid for their supplies rather than looting and living off the land (as the king's forces did). »
• « The king accepted the appointment of a liberal nobleman, Lafayette, as commander of a new "National Guard" and reluctantly agreed to work with the National Assembly. »
• « She was a commander in the Navy Reserve, and had just been assigned to a six-month tour of duty at the Pentagon. »