How to Use commanding officer in a Sentence

commanding officer

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  • His commanding officer said no, that the dog was too valuable to let go.
    — Katy Read, Star Tribune, 16 Jan. 2021
  • Brett Crozier, the ship’s commanding officer, put the situation in more dire terms.
    — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Eric Anduze, commanding officer of the Theodore Roosevelt, in a news release.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2020
  • Chris Wolff, the ship’s commanding officer, also spoke at a press conference about commissioning plans on Thursday.
    — al, 10 Dec. 2020
  • The squadron's commanding officer had stridently objected.
    — Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 23 Feb. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Christopher Chase, the Coast Guard’s commanding officer in the Guam region.
    — Ben Kesling, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2021
  • More than 77 years ago, James asked a white commanding officer a question.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 12 Feb. 2022
  • The commanding officer of the region, Lt. Gen. Oleksandr Pavliuk, toured the front with a group of journalists.
    — Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2022
  • McGee, the commanding officer for the area, said two female victims and six male victims were among those injured.
    — Kurt Chirbas, NBC News, 20 June 2022
  • Inside the office, the commanding officer of the school hospital and a public nurse were waiting for him.
    — Jordan Gonsalves, Time, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Urbina, who has been with the department since 2005, was the commanding officer of the group that pursued the mother and son, authorities said.
    — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022
  • His commanding officer sent us a photograph of the grave.
    — Sigrid MacRae, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Shawn Koch the commanding officer of Air Station Miami, said in a tweet.
    — Caroline Kucera, CNN, 6 Feb. 2022
  • Brock Eckel, commanding officer of the Coast Guard's Steadfast said in a statement.
    — Teddy Grant, ABC News, 17 July 2023
  • Her visits were soon approved by Dr. Charles Mayo, then the commanding officer of the hospital.
    — Brenda Cain, cleveland, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Brock Eckel, commanding officer of the Steadfast, said in a news release.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2023
  • David Lausman, commanding officer of the Blue Ridge command ship; and Cmdr.
    — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Relative to its orbit around the sun, the planet spins perfectly upright, like a soldier at attention facing a commanding officer.
    — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Marshall had hoped to command troops in battle, but his organizational skills, focus, and discipline meant that his commanding officers preferred to have him on their staffs.
    — Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2024

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