How to Use commanding officer in a Sentence

commanding officer

noun
  • He reported the incident to his commanding officer.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Jon Hamm, who plays the Top Gun commanding officer Cyclone, is only seen watching the dogfight football game from the sidelines.
    Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Brian Kesselring, commanding officer and flight leader of the Blue Angels, said in a Navy statement.
    Luis Martinez, ABC News, 19 July 2022
  • The commander of the Navy's Seventh Fleet relieved the commanding officer of the submarine, Cmdr.
    Luis Martinez, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Still, why the soldier went from killing members of that commanding officer’s family to massacring civilians in a shopping mall is not clear.
    Ryn Jirenuwat, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Jones also said the commanding officer wanted him and his colleagues in uniform.
    Justin Gamble, CNN, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Alexei Vostrikov, the commanding officer with a vaguely Russian accent that leads the crew in the attempt to prevent catastrophe.
    Robert English, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The deputy police chief and commanding officer of the Police Academy, Frederick Grover, jumped in.
    Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021

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