command center
Where orders originate
A command center is a central location from which operations are directed and coordinated, typically during military actions, emergencies, or large-scale events.
It serves as the hub where information flows in, decisions are made, and orders flow out.
The police established a command center near the hostage situation.
The term extends to any space equipped for monitoring and managing complex activities, from NASA mission control to corporate war rooms.
Informally, people use it for any place where someone takes charge: The kitchen became her command center during Thanksgiving dinner.
- war roomStrategic planning headquarters
- headquartersCentral command location
- mission controlEarth-based space operations hub
- situation roomSecure briefing space for crises
- control roomFacility housing operational oversight
red alert · executive suite · battle station · hub · big board · communications · bunker · focal point · coordination · reconnaissance · crisis · war footing · central · barracks · armory · surveillance · monitors · real time
- Cold War SitesBerlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie, Iron Curtain, Brandenburg Gate, Kremlin
- Military HeadquartersPentagon, headquarters, HQ, NORAD, CENTCOM
- space coloniesmoon base, lunar colony, lunar base, space station, space habitat
- emergency responsefirst responders, emergency services, fire alarm, 911, call 911
- Military Affairsmilitary, defense secretary, War Department, defense strategy, military policy
- Navyadmiral, battleship, destroyer, aircraft carrier, cruiser
command centerfront lines
Active battle area
forward operating base · outpost · field station · satellite office · branch office
command centerfront lines
Active battle area
combat zone · forward position · battlefield · trenches · war front