Definition of "commanding officer" []

• A military officer in charge of a unit, post, camp, base, or station. (noun)

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• "Possibly the recommendation for both Armstrong and Herb Graham came from their commanding officer in FASRON 7, Luke H."
• "See also written statement submitted to the Joint Congressional Committee on the Pearl Harbor attack by Captain Laurance Safford, commanding officer of Station US in 1941: “The 5–Num system yielded no information which would arouse even a suspicion of the Pearl Harbor raid either before or afterward.”"
• "The commanding officer of the Kyokuto Maru placed aboard the aircraft carrier HIMJS Kaga, see Communication Summary for October 27, 1941, loc. cit."