field headquarters
Mobile operations center
Field headquarters is the operational command center of a military force located in or near the area of active operations, as distinguished from a permanent base or rear-echelon headquarters.
It moves with the campaign and serves as the nerve center for tactical decisions: The general directed the assault from field headquarters.
The term extends to any temporary on-site command post for large operations.
- war roomStrategic planning headquarters
- forward operating baseMilitary outpost near action
- base campExpedition's operational hub
- front linesActive battle area
- command postTactical operations headquarters
battle station · mobile command · military intelligence · staging area · combat zone · theater of operations · chain of command · situation room · briefing room
- Command Centerscommand center, control room, control center, operations center, command post
- command postsHQ, command center, ops center, TOC, mobile command
- military basesFort Bragg, Fort Hood, military base, Fort Benning, air force base
field headquartersrear echelon
Non-combat support zone
home base · home office · national headquarters · base of operations · cantonment
field headquartershigh command
Senior military leadership
strategic command · general staff · ministry of defense · general headquarters
field, fields, fielded, fielding, fielder, headquarters, headquarter, heads, headed