Field Manual / Acronyms / CP
CP
ACRONYMCommand Post
A place, often small or mobile, from which a commander controls a unit.
On air
“Viper Three-Two, move the CP to the farmhouse at the crossroads. Over.”
“Hammer Six, Viper Three-Two, CP is set up and operational. Over.”
In conversation
The platoon CP is in the bunker behind the second trench.
Bring the map to the command post after the patrol.
We move the CP often so the enemy cannot find it.