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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General Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian General Staff, told Putin during a visit to a military command post on Sunday that Russia troops had captured Pokrovsk, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Monday.
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Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 1 Dec. 2025
Militaries in Europe and Asia widely use wooden, metal-frame, or inflatable decoy vehicles to simulate enemy armor, artillery, air defense systems, and command posts during exercises.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2025
During the search, a shooter fired into the Murphy, North Carolina, command post where federal agents were coördinating the hunt for Rudolph.
—John Archibald, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2025
Exercise Resolute Dragon 25 was held on September 11-25, divided into a classified command post drill on September 11-17 and field training events the following days.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
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Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 1 Dec. 2025
Militaries in Europe and Asia widely use wooden, metal-frame, or inflatable decoy vehicles to simulate enemy armor, artillery, air defense systems, and command posts during exercises.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2025
During the search, a shooter fired into the Murphy, North Carolina, command post where federal agents were coördinating the hunt for Rudolph.
—John Archibald, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2025
Exercise Resolute Dragon 25 was held on September 11-25, divided into a classified command post drill on September 11-17 and field training events the following days.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Command post.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/command%20post. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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