But the tone of command authority was still the same, and would pass for now.

So since this is a patient and we're on my turf, I have command authority, not you.

Pulaski said, making her voice take on the command authority she'd learned over the years.

It would have been the central command authority for all air, land, and sea forces in a combat theater.

But whatever was going on, he refused to concede his command authority without good reason.

She needed to be able to hold command authority over him to keep him in line.

We needed a command authority, even a semicompetent one, to hold onto.

It was by this that the emperor held command authority over most of the Roman army.

He was known for seldom complaining if his complaint would go against command authority.

Gordon Brown is struggling to lay claim to national political leadership, let alone command authority on the world stage.