You know," said the captain, "I believed I had no chance of keeping my command.

"On the fact that Captain Styles was planning to retire- until you talked him into keeping his command."

Keep your command if you will.

And that's another reason why the comandante kept his command so long.

He wasn't wild and he kept his good command.

If he kept his command that long.

He kept his British command until his retirement on 15 July 1918.

Jack realizes that he is unlikely to keep his command with Steve in charge.

Left alone on the ship, the cadets decide to keep their command and fight on.

He's tearing himself apart trying to keep his command from going sour.