command post
noun
: a post at which the commander of a unit in the field receives orders and exercises command
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a historic home that for a time served as Washington's command post during the American Revolution
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Possession of Nancy Guthrie's home was recently returned to her family, and the FBI moved its command post from Tucson to Phoenix.
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
From the agency’s command post five stories beneath a high-rise in Kyiv, the general and several of his comrades, including Fedorov, monitored the launch of the naval drones on a bank of screens.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026
At the agency’s Tucson, Arizona, field office, the command post remains fully active, the official said.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 21 Feb. 2026
There is also a 24-hour command post where dozens of agents parse through the 13,000 tips that have flooded in from the public, among other responsibilities, according to a post the agency made.
—ABC News, 14 Feb. 2026
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
From the agency’s command post five stories beneath a high-rise in Kyiv, the general and several of his comrades, including Fedorov, monitored the launch of the naval drones on a bank of screens.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026
At the agency’s Tucson, Arizona, field office, the command post remains fully active, the official said.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 21 Feb. 2026
There is also a 24-hour command post where dozens of agents parse through the 13,000 tips that have flooded in from the public, among other responsibilities, according to a post the agency made.
—ABC News, 14 Feb. 2026
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“Command post.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/command%20post. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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