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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The Rubio Cañon Land & Water Assn.’s tiny Altadena office building had turned into a command post by early morning Jan. 8.
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Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Earlier this week, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote in an update posted on Facebook that its forces had conducted a high-precision strike on a Russian command post near Novoivanovka, a village in the Kursk Oblast.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Police and firefighters created a rescue command post at the bridge across from the girl’s home, officials said, and firefighters put on their cold water suits and went into the pond to look for her.
—Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
For that, Harris credited the LAFD, which had a command post in the expansive parking lot just beyond his patio.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
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Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Earlier this week, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote in an update posted on Facebook that its forces had conducted a high-precision strike on a Russian command post near Novoivanovka, a village in the Kursk Oblast.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Police and firefighters created a rescue command post at the bridge across from the girl’s home, officials said, and firefighters put on their cold water suits and went into the pond to look for her.
—Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
For that, Harris credited the LAFD, which had a command post in the expansive parking lot just beyond his patio.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Command post.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/command%20post. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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