command post

Example Sentences

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He says he did not want to shoot or kill anyone, and ended up at a command post.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

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

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025

Though personnel from both agencies were working out of the same command post, they failed to “collectively establish a unified command structure or identify shared objectives, missions, or strategies,” the report said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025

Cheney vividly recalled being hauled by Secret Service agents from his office to an underground command post, amid worries that one of the hijacked airliners was headed toward the White House.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

I walked up toward the river, trying to pick out specific landmarks, but all 1 recognized was a small rise where Jimmy Cross had set up his command post that night.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien