How to Use command post in a Sentence

command post

noun
  • Rescuers gave him water and brought him back to the command post.
    Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The lack of staffing has at times also affected the staffing of command posts.
    Sarah Fitzpatrick, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Bob Wood's tiny church was turned into a state police command post.
    Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2024
  • The teen was escorted to the nearest road and then taken to the command post.
    Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 12 July 2022
  • Aniah’s family has been in Auburn where a command post was set up.
    Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Trump toured a high school that had been transformed into a law enforcement command post.
    Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2020
  • The couple drove her to a nearby command post and left her in the care of firefighters and paramedics.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Police, who asked people to avoid the area, established a command post near the area.
    Tony Plohetski, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The wind became intense, knocking down trees and power lines all around the command post.
    Jeffrey E. Stern, The Atlantic, 30 Aug. 2021
  • For Componere events, the silver bullet is a bustling command post.
    Leilani Marie Labong, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2018
  • The Obamas did not use the garage, so the extra traffic to and from the command post caused no problem.
    Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2021
  • Regarding the defeat of the command post in the Kursk region.
    Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Offline, the team of volunteers set up shop at a local theater and are using the space as their command post.
    Ashley Vaughan, CNN, 7 June 2020
  • At the command post, the lieutenant said a begrudging hello to a woman who was leaving her home, a few yards away.
    New York Times, 16 Jan. 2022
  • Khoda left the base and sped north to Chernihiv to establish a forward command post.
    Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Still, Norman asked the command post for the quickest possible way to get the man downhill.
    Lizzie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Sep. 2020
  • At the ad hoc incident command post, Rennick looked up the three-month forecast on his laptop.
    Omar Mouallem, WIRED, 23 Aug. 2023
  • From the ground around the command post protruded the fins of unexploded ordnance.
    New York Times, 16 Jan. 2022
  • That information was shared with authorities set up at the command post in case the details were true.
    Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • In the air, the curvature of the earth limits the distance at which surveillance radar can track airborne command posts.
    Sam Winter-Levy, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Upon landing at home base, Jerry went to thank the command post for getting the vital cartridge to him.
    Mike Masterson, Arkansas Online, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Firefighters had set up a command post outside the Kmart just west of the 101 freeway.
    Ian Lovett, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2017
  • The other issue with the crime scene area was establishing the command post in Hochsprung’s office.
    Dave Altimari, courant.com, 12 Jan. 2018
  • At stake is the command post of one of the nation’s largest law enforcement agencies with a budget of nearly $1 billion.
    Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Aug. 2020
  • The spokesperson said that while the incident remains ongoing, there is no longer an incident command post at the scene.
    Emily Carmela Nelson, Idaho Statesman, 22 June 2026
  • The local sniper team called for backup — alerting the command post that the gunman had a backpack and was walking toward the back of the building.
    Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 16 July 2024
  • That information was shared with authorities set up at a command post in case the details ended up being true.
    Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Crews planned to regroup and establish a command post at the boat ramp on Thursday morning, Pinto said.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Police will also occupy a command post near the beach and use beach quads that the city intends to purchase in light of the events on Monday.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Deputies set up a search and rescue command post at the Lakeside Christian Church, a few miles from where the man went missing.
    Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023

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