as in headquarters
the place from which a commander runs operations
a historic home that for a time served as Washington's command post during the American Revolution
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Recent Examples of command post
After freeing the mother and son’s vehicle, the search team brought the pair back to the command post, where family members were waiting for them.
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Abigail Adams, People.com, 16 July 2025
Storm Shadow missiles released by Ukraine’s Soviet Su-24M bombers killed a Russian Major General at his command post, ruptured several key bridges, devastated the Black Sea Fleet HQ, and knocked out two large landing ships and the first Russian submarine lost to enemy fire since World War II.
—Sebastien Roblin, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
The will man two command posts to assess potential threats.
—Monica Sager, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
To do that, the Secret Service introduced a new fleet of military grade drones and mobile command posts that allows agents to communicate over radio directly with local law enforcement – interoperability that didn't exist last year.
—Laura Geller, CBS News, 9 July 2025
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Abigail Adams, People.com, 16 July 2025
Storm Shadow missiles released by Ukraine’s Soviet Su-24M bombers killed a Russian Major General at his command post, ruptured several key bridges, devastated the Black Sea Fleet HQ, and knocked out two large landing ships and the first Russian submarine lost to enemy fire since World War II.
—Sebastien Roblin, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
The will man two command posts to assess potential threats.
—Monica Sager, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
To do that, the Secret Service introduced a new fleet of military grade drones and mobile command posts that allows agents to communicate over radio directly with local law enforcement – interoperability that didn't exist last year.
—Laura Geller, CBS News, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for command post
base
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The closure of Lime’s London base and a restructure of operations amounted to around £8M of the write-down.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
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Your transparency strategy should evolve with your user base's AI literacy.—
Anna Turos,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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