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Definition of Command post
1. Noun. Military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces.
Generic synonyms: Headquarters, Hq, Military Headquarters
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Command Post
Literary usage of Command post
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Black Soldier, White Army: The 24th Infantry Regiment in Korea by William T. Bowers, William M. Hammond, George L. MacGarrigle (1997)
"A grenade exploded near him, knocking him unconscious and killing the battalion's
sergeant major.117 From that moment, chaos reigned in the command post. ..."
2. Airlift Doctrine by Charles Edward Miller (1988)
"MAC's Far East Airlift command post (FEACP) located in Tachikawa AB, Japan, ...
"Operational control of the Airlift command post system will be a clear-cut ..."
3. Tactics: The Practical Art of Leading Troops in War ; Numerous Illustrations by Paul Stanley Bond, Edwin Hunter Crouch (1922)
"Platoon command post. The platoon leader carefully selects his own command post
This should be within his area, and should fulfill the same requirements as ..."
4. Magnificent Fight: Marines in the Battle for Wake Island by Robert J. Cressman (1992)
"The latter reported being hard- pressed at his command post. He did not believe,
he said, that the battalion could hold out much longer. ..."
5. American Army Doctrine for the Post-Cold War by John L. Romjue (1998)
"With the oncoming electronic aids for the more interdependent battlefield, did
the commander even need the traditional command post? ..."
6. Seven Firefights in Vietnam by John A. Cash (1985)
"Suddenly two North Vietnamese soldiers appeared forty meters to the front of the
command post. Captain Edwards stood up and tossed a fragmentation grenade ..."
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