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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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.
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Chris Isidore, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
On Friday, Ukraine's forces conducted a strike that reportedly hit a command post in the Kursk city of Rylsk.
—Jon Jackson, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
What To Know On Tuesday, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote in an update posted on that its forces had conducted a high-precision strike on a Russian command post near Novoivanovka, a village in the Kursk Oblast.
—Jon Jackson, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 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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Chris Isidore, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
On Friday, Ukraine's forces conducted a strike that reportedly hit a command post in the Kursk city of Rylsk.
—Jon Jackson, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
What To Know On Tuesday, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote in an update posted on that its forces had conducted a high-precision strike on a Russian command post near Novoivanovka, a village in the Kursk Oblast.
—Jon Jackson, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 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 16 Apr. 2025.
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