commanding officer
noun
: an officer in command
especially
: an officer in the armed forces in command of an organization or installation
Examples of commanding officer in a Sentence
He reported the incident to his commanding officer.
reported directly to the fort's commanding officer
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That dynamic forces Adams, as commanding officer of the 6888th, to be all the more strict.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
Over the next two minutes, the commanding officer repeated eight times that whoever was in the room had to leave.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024
Captain Eric Welsh is the commanding officer of the Naval Health Research Center.
—Outside Online, 13 Nov. 2024
Her body was found later in the evening in a dumpster on the base, according to Maj. Gen. Christopher Beck, Fort Leonard Wood’s commanding officer.
—Michelle Watson, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
Over the next two minutes, the commanding officer repeated eight times that whoever was in the room had to leave.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024
Captain Eric Welsh is the commanding officer of the Naval Health Research Center.
—Outside Online, 13 Nov. 2024
Her body was found later in the evening in a dumpster on the base, according to Maj. Gen. Christopher Beck, Fort Leonard Wood’s commanding officer.
—Michelle Watson, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Commanding officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commanding%20officer. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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