Most commanders do not issue this award to qualified soldiers unless they are directly engaged in combat.

The commander issued a final order to bring out alive the last of Enlil's priests, and turned to face them.

And on the other hand, the top commander of the Druufs issued certain specific orders.

When their army had come under attack, the commanders had issued no orders.

At the same time the Russian commander did not issue any orders and his column simply stopped under fire.

The cymek understood, though, that the robotic commander had issued no idle threat.

So powerful were they that a commander could not issue an order unless it was countersigned by the ranking commissar.

After the downing, commanders issued stern verbal warnings to F-117 pilots to keep alert.

Though the commander of the faithful had issued similar decrees before, this one seemed accompanied by the Taliban's enforcement.

In that case the commander will then issue orders to position forces to execute an attack with minimal planning and preparation.