noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
commander in chief
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The Queen is Commander in Chief of the British armed forces.
wing commander
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
base
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When he opened the canopy the base commander approached with a civilian.
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But, as the Navy leaves Miramar, not enough sailors were available this year, said base commander Jacobson.
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The real challenge, said incoming base commander Col.
deputy
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Liu Huaqing, a former deputy army commander .
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Scott Slocum, deputy commander of the Navy Recruiting Command.
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The deputy commander reportedly has twice refused to obey the commander's direct orders on troop deployment.
divisional
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The local divisional commander called me direct.
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Patrick Sweeney, 42, has been appointed divisional commander at Harrogate.
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He has also served as deputy sub-divisional commander in Newton Aycliffe, and deputy divisional commander in Bishop Auckland.
local
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The local divisional commander called me direct.
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Furthermore, can we be sure of the actions of local commanders ?
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Gen Morillon was also negotiating with local commanders yesterday to try to get aid convoys moving again in eastern Bosnia.
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According to an Amal statement two people died in this attack, including the group's local deputy commander , Mahmud Haydar.
military
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Much more than a military commander , Pompey appointed kings and created new Roman provinces.
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He remembers him as one Britain's great military commanders and a master of the under statement.
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Moreover his domestic position was seriously weakened by his obvious lack of success as a diplomat and a military commander .
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A military commander may overstep the bounds of constitutionality, and it is an incident.
naval
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Finally the naval commander realized that the Shah was not going to approve his plan.
new
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As part of a restructuring of the armed forces announced on Feb. 10 he appointed new commanders to rebel garrisons.
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The new commander of uniform operations will be Chief Supt Tom Whitton.
senior
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Both sides also agreed to exchange information on a weekly basis between senior military commanders on troop deployments and movements.
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He is now one of the most senior battlefield commanders .
supreme
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Admiral Yamamoto, as supreme commander of the Fleet, was particularly conscious of this naval responsibility.
top
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But in recent months top military commanders have dispatched a message of their own to the president.
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army
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The army commander in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Col.-Gen.
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Those army commanders who had still been hoping for a coup realized that all such hope was now lost.
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But swift action by army commanders brought an end to Mr Sharif's Government.
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He was succeeded as army commander by Brig.
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Armed forces appointments Army commander Maj.-Gen.
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Liu Huaqing, a former deputy army commander .
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General Ricardo Izurieta, the moderate army commander , is now being criticised for political naivety by diehard Pinochetistas.
battalion
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Afterwards Macker moved forward to congratulate one of his battalion commanders .
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His battalion commander was becoming a nuisance.
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On the way in, the battalion commander called in Puff the Magic Dragon.
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The battalion commander had been having a conflict with Division over how he ran the battalion.
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The day was too much, and the battalion commander requested to be relieved of his duty.
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Of course, the battalion commander with his artillery liaison officer was usually flying overhead.
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We want to look up and see the battalion commander is a women.
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Goldhagen found ample evidence that battalion commanders excused anyone who did not want to participate.
brigade
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The senior military advisor to the film was Colonel Joseph Conmy, brigade commander at the actual battle.
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I had the brigade commander over-head offering me encouragement over the radio.
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The brigade commander was able to assess the situation and take proper courses of action.
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Lee had anticipated this attack, and had told the brigade commanders that the center must stand firm at all costs.
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He blames the brigade commander , Col.
company
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My training company commander was a Regular Army officer of thirty or so.
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My opinion of our company commander was deteriorating.
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One of the company commanders there had died of pneumonia, and it was his place Montague had to take.
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The company commander was still flying overhead and told us we had to go in one more time.
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Like all the tunnelling company commanders , he was a regular engineer who had been transferred.
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More testimony on the state of affairs described by Conner comes from company commander Henry Bergson.
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He was sent for officer training, and a year later he was a company commander .
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He had expected to become a captain, a company commander , because of his wisdom and age.
corps
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All decisions had to be made by his two corps commanders .
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He was one of their best corps commanders .
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Khalid al Zayn Ali, the artillery corps commander , Maj.-Gen.
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The correspondents of the press knew it long before the corps commanders were informed of the fact.
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No army corps commander can ever be sure he has enough authority over his units to contemplate a coup.
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On the Union side, General Meade assembled his corps commanders for a council of war.
division
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He was shortly joined by the division commander , who offered me more encouragement.
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He had heard about our battle, and the Division commander had sent him to my aid.
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I was continuously engaged in passing from one part of the field to another, giving directions to division commanders .
field
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Recognising his own inadequacy as a general, he appointed a succession of brilliant field commanders to lead the High Elf armies.
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Reno, though, remained the field commander .
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Morvael, having learned some lessons from earlier defeats, appointed Mentheus of Caledor as field commander .
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Schwarzkopf strongly defended his field commanders from allegations that they were careless about chemical and biological weapons.
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Back at field headquarters, Hartzog said, field commanders will view symbols that identify different forces on computer screens.
flight
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The flight commander , without having the chance to say one word, retreated in haste.
force
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It is for the security force commanders to ensure that all the resources available to them are used with the maximum effectiveness.
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Eventually, the field force commander joined in, all of them offering encouragement.
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Sergeyev, a general and former rocket force commander , opposed a campaign by Gen.
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Vladimir Semenov as conventional forces commander .
platoon
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The platoon commanders went back to their soldiers and covered the facts and details that affected their men.
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The platoon commanders barked their orders to dismount and the vehicles came to an abrupt standstill amongst the enemy.
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The platoon commanders shout their commands and the recruits manoeuvre into the required formations.
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They are currently locked in animated detailed discussion with their platoon commander , an experienced infantry captain.
squadron
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Travis, his former squadron commander , because of an order restricting his movements on the 314-acre base on Point Loma.
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His previous squadron commander , Capt.
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And he let squadron commanders plan their own sortie schedules.
station
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Today their station commander paid tribute to the men.
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People like the station commander kept on about vigilance.
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The station commander at Beda Fomm was an old friend of Hoffmann's.
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It was a very simple matter to reverse this procedure, generally after some unpleasantness with the appropriate squadron and station commander .
wing
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This time it was an inspector I who had come looking for the wing commander , his sergeant and his constable.
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Two wing commanders in a row had been fired, and things were getting progressively worse.
■ VERB
appoint
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As part of a restructuring of the armed forces announced on Feb. 10 he appointed new commanders to rebel garrisons.
kill
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Two of the sons of Judas of Galilee were killed as Zealot commanders in their own right.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Commander , here are the reports you asked for.
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Mission Control told the shuttle commander that his first landing opportunity would be at 1 p.m.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Army commanders in the outer islands proclaimed a state of emergency and replaced civilian governors by military men.
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He is the first to leap ashore, to the delight and relief of the garrison commander .
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Once a month his commander , Nam, would visit and update his orders.
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Submarines have become a favorite of Pentagon commanders who have given the boats new missions.