command post

American  

noun

1. Army. the headquarters of the commander of a military unit.

2. a headquarters of a civilian group or organization dealing with an emergency situation, special event, or the like.

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command post British  

noun

1. military the position from which a unit commander and his staff exercise command

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Etymology

Origin of command post

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20

Example Sentences

Jan. 1, less than 20 minutes after the first state parks official arrived at the command post.

From Los Angeles Times

They also struck an eight-storey building next to a casino, which the Thais say was being used as a military command post.

From BBC

Soldiers navigating Hawaiian terrain took great pains to blend into it, shrinking command posts to a handful of trucks, draping vehicles with camouflage nets and vegetation, and painting their faces with thick stripes of green.

From The Wall Street Journal

At a Ukrainian command post, well behind the front line, orders are relayed by radio in rapid and quick succession.

From BBC

That put me in America’s nuclear command post during the last few years of the Cold War.

From Salon