command post

noun

Updated on: 11 Apr 2018

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

Burns and several other county and community officials spoke at an afternoon press conference at Riverview Baptist Church, which was being used as a command post off Alabama 77.

— william thornton, AL.com, "Etowah County had more than 130 homes damaged by storm," 20 Mar. 2018
From a nearby command post, an Afghan army colonel trained his binoculars and called out enemy positions.

— sharif hassan, Washington Post, "Outgunned in urban centers, Taliban wages fierce fight in remote western Afghanistan," 26 Feb. 2018
And Hyten can rapidly brief the President on what is happening after rushing from his office to his command post.

— jamie crawford and barbara starr, CNN, "Exclusive: Inside the base that would oversee a US nuclear strike," 23 Mar. 2018
According to the Washington Post, McCabe stepped down from his second in command post at the FBI earlier this year, but was still employed and was still fighting to keep his job as recently as Thursday.

— stephen a. crockett jr., The Root, "Mad Petty: Trump Fires FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, Screwing Him Out of His Pension Days Before He Could Retire," 17 Mar. 2018
The command post said in a statement Sunday that five members of Ethiopia's National Defense Forces involved in the killings have been disarmed and are under investigation.

— Fox News, "Ethiopia command post says 9 civilians killed by mistake," 11 Mar. 2018
Community police found a local youth urinating near their command post, then chased and caught him about 50 yards (meters) away at the town council office, where six men were chatting in the wake of a late-night town celebration.

— Washington Post, "Clash of local officials, vigilantes leaves 11 dead," 1 Mar. 2018
This is his command post, this Doug Johnston ottoman.

— steven kurutz, New York Times, "A Tour of a Design Dealer’s Small Apartment in Chelsea," 27 Feb. 2018
In another instance, the radios on the flying command post, the air-force Boeing 707, were intentionally set to the wrong frequencies, blacking out communications long enough to make the whole operation impossible.

— ronen bergman, New York Times, "How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine," 23 Jan. 2018

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