sentry post
Guard's assigned position
A sentry post is a location where a guard is stationed to watch for threats or control access.
The term appears in military and security contexts: The soldier reported to his sentry post at midnight.
A sentry post may be a small structure like a guardhouse, or simply an assigned position along a perimeter.
Attentive watching or remark
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- lookoutWatcher or vista point
- watchPortable timekeeping device
- camerasVisual recording devices
sensors · detection · radar · scanners · reconnaissance · tracking · binoculars · scope
Staffed security checkpoint
- watchtowerElevated structure for surveillance
- outpostRemote military station
- garrisonStationed military force
- checkpointInspection station on route
bunker · fortification · barracks · perimeter · patrol · gatehouse · blockhouse · pillbox
Sentry's assigned shift
- watchPortable timekeeping device
- shiftMovement or work period
- rotationTurning on an axis
- patrolRegular surveillance route
vigilance · alertness · standing guard · night watch · relief · rounds · changing of the guard · password
observation
Attentive watching or remark
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- lookoutWatcher or vista point
- watchPortable timekeeping device
cameras · sensors · detection · radar · scanners · reconnaissance · tracking · binoculars · scope · night vision
guard station
Staffed security checkpoint
- watchtowerElevated structure for surveillance
- outpostRemote military station
- garrisonStationed military force
checkpoint · bunker · fortification · barracks · perimeter · patrol · gatehouse · blockhouse · pillbox · rampart
guard duty
Sentry's assigned shift
patrol · vigilance · alertness · standing guard · night watch · relief · rounds · changing of the guard · password · challenge
- castle partsmoat, keep, drawbridge, battlement, tower
- military basesoldiers, barracks, HQ, troops, hangar
- military base partsmess hall, armory, barracks, watchtower, gates
- security checkpointguard booth, guard shack, checkpoint, security desk, gatehouse
- castle defensesportcullis, drawbridge, murder hole, barbican, sally port
- checkpointscheckpoint, border crossing, passport control, security gate, roadblock
sentry postpatrol route
Surveillance path regularly traveled
mobile patrol · foot patrol · reconnaissance mission · mounted patrol · sweep
sentry postblind spot
Area of blocked perception
vulnerable point · exposed flank · no-man's-land · dead zone
sentinel, sentry, post, sentries, sentinels, sentry-box, sentry-boxes