He took command of the entire unit after its previous commander was killed.

I believe that my previous commanders used to refer to me as 'Dirk.'

The next mission has Dimarkurato commanding a tank after his captain shoots the previous commander.

Telerep had never talked that way about Votal when the previous commander was alive.

"What have previous commander in chiefs done?"

He is intrigued when the professor reveals the previous commander had suppressed her findings.

The previous commander always had some aircraft in the air.

Besides, unlike previous commanders, I intend to be ready to move with the thaw.

They'd been trained in by my previous commander and for the first month or so I just let them keep doing what they were doing.

Sanchez had commanded the corps for more than 3 years; longer than any previous commander in the unit's history.