central command
Primary control center
Central command is the headquarters or authority coordinating overall operations, especially military ones.
The term suggests a single point from which orders flow outward: All field units report to central command.
In the U.S. military, Central Command (CENTCOM) oversees operations in the Middle East and Central Asia.
Figuratively, any main control center: The kitchen is central command during Thanksgiving.
- centralizeUnify under single control
- situation roomSecure briefing space for crises
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- ops centerCentralized monitoring and coordination facility
nerve center · concentration · war council · hierarchy · crisis management · authority · top brass · commander-in-chief · headquarters · control room · decision-making · coordination · admiral · field commander · oversight · orders · communication protocols · situation report
- Power Centersheadquarters, head office, main office, nerve center, seat of power
- central powercentralized control, power consolidation, state power, supreme authority, federal authority
- command & controlhierarchy, control room, headquarters, operations center
- Command Centerscontrol room, control center, operations center, mission control, war room
- command postsheadquarters, HQ, ops center, TOC, field headquarters
- central controlnerve center, control center, headquarters, hub, mission control
central commandfield office
Remote organizational workplace
branch office · regional office · satellite office · outpost · field unit
central commandfield headquarters
Temporary military command center
forward operating base · frontline · remote outpost · field station · forward position