command post
noun
: 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
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On Friday, Ukraine's forces conducted a strike that reportedly hit a command post in the Kursk city of Rylsk.
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Jon Jackson, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Say, raids targeting Russian command posts and supply lines in Kursk Oblast in western Russia—where 60,000 Russian and North Korean troops are counterattacking 20,000 Ukrainian troops holding a 250-square-mile salient.
—David Axe, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
The field offices will then triage the reports and send them to the command post at FBI headquarters, where the information will be cross-referenced with classified intelligence and information coming in from other field offices.
—Mike Levine, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
They are supposed to be able to fly and protect its occupants from missile attack or even the shock waves of nuclear blast, while still giving the president a flying command post in the case of such an emergency.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
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Jon Jackson, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Say, raids targeting Russian command posts and supply lines in Kursk Oblast in western Russia—where 60,000 Russian and North Korean troops are counterattacking 20,000 Ukrainian troops holding a 250-square-mile salient.
—David Axe, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
The field offices will then triage the reports and send them to the command post at FBI headquarters, where the information will be cross-referenced with classified intelligence and information coming in from other field offices.
—Mike Levine, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
They are supposed to be able to fly and protect its occupants from missile attack or even the shock waves of nuclear blast, while still giving the president a flying command post in the case of such an emergency.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for command post
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“Command post.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/command%20post. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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