How to Use commanding officer in a Sentence

commanding officer

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  • He reported the incident to his commanding officer.
  • Some were made for families back home, others to be sold and a few by orderlies as gifts for their commanding officers.
    — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Ballew begins repeatedly asking for their commanding officer as one of his wrists is placed in handcuffs.
    — Makeda Easter, latimes.com, 20 Dec. 2017
  • His commanding officer is a shady jerk who made a mysterious, questionable decision with his last platoon.
    — Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2017
  • John Billings, who was Bergdahl’s commanding officer, testified.
    — Shauna Williams, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Jill Hume contends the department and commanding officers knew or should have known of his misconduct and failed to take prompt and appropriate action.
    — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 8 Jan. 2018
  • The Ashland, which happened to be in the area to avoid a storm, traveled 100 miles and found them the next day, said the ship's commanding officer, Cmdr.
    — CBS News, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Bobby Wayland, commanding officer of William P. Lawrence., said in a statement.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024
  • Amiott was reprimanded for pistol-whipping a driver with a handgun, mishandling evidence and losing his temper in front of his commanding officer.
    — Anne Branigin, The Root, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Firefighters' gear is built for heat exposure, not chilly weather; in extremely low temperatures, their command officers need to rotate them out sooner, Cade said.
    — Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 29 Dec. 2017
  • Jonathan Cermeli, the commanding officer of the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst, cannot believe the abrupt change in events.
    — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
  • So, who will be the next commanding officer of Truck 81?
    — Mónica Marie Zorrilla, Variety, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Funston serves as the commanding officer of the Presidio military fort in the north of the city.
    — WIRED, 15 June 2023
  • The Navy announced Friday the commanding officer of the ship, Capt.
    — Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 15 July 2022
  • His plane was at about 3,000 feet and two back from the leader, flown by his commanding officer.
    — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2022
  • The commanding officer brought his wife along to watch.
    — TIME, 26 Jan. 2024
  • This sailor added that many of the crew thought Mr. Modly had called them stupid for putting so much faith in their commanding officer.
    — New York Times, 6 Apr. 2020
  • That changes when Ray Holt, a man with a lot to prove, becomes the new commanding officer of Brooklyn's 99th precinct.
    — Travis Bean, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
  • His commanding officer said no, that the dog was too valuable to let go.
    — Katy Read, Star Tribune, 16 Jan. 2021
  • The commanding officer of the fort is an inept dilettante played by Ken Berry.
    — Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 9 July 2022
  • Poulin, who spent the end of his career as a commanding officer of three lifeboat stations, moved into the home in March 2020.
    — Shelley Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Making no headway, the commanding officer ordered the tow-lines to be cut; the more than 150 men and one woman on the raft were set adrift.
    — The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Matthew Maher, commanding officer of the training squadron, said in the video.
    — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 30 July 2020
  • Jonathan Carter, commanding officer of the Legare, said.
    — Doug Phillips, Sun-Sentinel.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Gibbs, who is in the Navy, sat in full uniform on Nov. 7 in the New London courtroom with his commanding officer.
    — Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Marcinko was selected as the first commanding officer of the new unit.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 27 Dec. 2021
  • A couple of days later, Hale’s commanding officer told him the woman was the suspect’s wife, and in the back of the car were their two daughters, ages 5 and 3.
    — Washington Post, 26 July 2021
  • He and two command officers running the detective bureau check and post on the app.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 29 Oct. 2019
  • In 1976, my dad was appointed commanding officer at a base in a town called Nea Makri, on the eastern coast.
    — Marc Myers, WSJ, 1 May 2018
  • The measure also would have reworked the composition of the LAPD’s three-member disciplinary panels, known as boards of rights, ensuring that one member is a commanding officer.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024

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