assume command
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In many cases, it fell to African American sergeants and corporals to assume command and rally the Black troops to victory.
From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2021
Major Gen. Douglas A. Sims will assume command of Fort Riley, Kansas, and its 1st Infantry Division, which is known as the “Big Red One,” on Aug. 14, officials said Sunday.
From Washington Times • Aug. 2, 2020
That includes a bronze statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee positioned in the same spot where he stood to assume command of the state’s armed forces in the Civil War nearly 160 years ago.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2020
The next afternoon, Nixon announced that the Missouri Highway Patrol would assume command of police operations in Ferguson.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 28, 2014
He ordered White to set out for Oklahoma City and assume command of the field office there.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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