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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Earlier in the war, Ukraine deployed a shorter-range precision weapon to destroy Russian command posts and supply depots.
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
Ukrainian forces also reportedly used a HIMARS to strike a different 810th Naval Infantry Brigade command post near Lgov, Kursk Oblast, on December 25, killing the brigade's deputy commander and other staff officers.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
At Zuma Beach, in Malibu, emergency workers had set up a command post to coördinate the response to the Palisades Fire.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
Addressing radio interoperability by requiring, and ensuring through appropriate supervision, the co-location of Secret Service personnel with state and local public safety counterparts at unified command posts.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 5 Dec. 2024
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
Ukrainian forces also reportedly used a HIMARS to strike a different 810th Naval Infantry Brigade command post near Lgov, Kursk Oblast, on December 25, killing the brigade's deputy commander and other staff officers.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
At Zuma Beach, in Malibu, emergency workers had set up a command post to coördinate the response to the Palisades Fire.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
Addressing radio interoperability by requiring, and ensuring through appropriate supervision, the co-location of Secret Service personnel with state and local public safety counterparts at unified command posts.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 5 Dec. 2024
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