command post

noun

|Updated on: 17 Jul 2018

Examples: command post in a Sentence

Definition of command post

: a post at which the commander of a unit in the field receives orders and exercises command

Examples of command post in a Sentence

a historic home that for a time served as Washington's command post during the American Revolution

Recent Examples of command post from the Web

Two Malian soldiers and a civilian were killed in a car-bomb attack on a command post of the G5 Sahel, a multinational counter-terrorism force, in Sevare.

— The Economist, "Politics this week," 5 July 2018
Troops disperse into smaller groups to simulate avoiding sophisticated surveillance drones that could direct rocket or missile attacks against personnel or command posts.

— eric schmitt, New York Times, "In Eastern Europe, U.S. Military Girds Against Russian Might and Manipulation," 27 June 2018
The attack focused on the provincial command posts of the national intelligence service and the police, as well as the governor’s compound and the prison, where Taliban fighters are jailed, local officials said.

— ehsanullah amiri, WSJ, "Taliban Attack Tests Afghan Forces Near Iran Border," 15 May 2018
Just before 8pm on Tuesday, June 5, Joshua Phillip Yabut, a 29-year-old 1st Lieutenant in the Virginia National Guard, drove off the Guard's Fort Pickett training center in Blackstone, Virginia in an M577 command post vehicle.

— sean gallagher, Ars Technica, "Police follow as guardsman takes personnel carrier on unscheduled deployment [Updated]," 6 June 2018
Yesterday, June 6th 2018, First Lieutenant Joshua Phillip Yabut drove the M1068 armored command post vehicle off the grounds of Fort Pickett, an Army National Guard base in Blackstone, Virginia.

— kyle mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Soldier Steals Armored Vehicle, Takes Joyride Through City," 6 June 2018
For Componere events, the silver bullet is a bustling command post.

— leilani marie labong, San Francisco Chronicle, "Start a tradition with a Bodega beach clambake," 11 May 2018
The US Department of Defense says that a chemical weapons storage facility was targeted, in addition to a chemical weapons equipment storage facility and command post.

— paul p. murphy, CNN, "Satellite images show craters at alleged Syrian chemical weapons facilities," 14 Apr. 2018
More than 100 precision missiles targeted a scientific research center near Damascus, a chemical weapons storage facility west of Homs and a storage facility and command post near Homs.

— john bacon, USA TODAY, "Nikki Haley says Russia will face new sanctions over Syria," 15 Apr. 2018

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