As a young Private in the U.S.Army, I had wondered what happened inside the company Command Post (CP) or Tactical Operations Center (TOC). I had the opportunity to work in our unit’s Headquarters Platoon, including working in the TOC. Before my personal experiences working inside the TOC, I believed the TOC was where all the officers went to keep warm, get hot coffee, and sit around. After working in the Company Headquarters Platoon, I got reassigned to the Battalion Headquarters Company in the Scout Platoon. These experiences allowed me to grasp how situational awareness is gathered by scouts, analyzed, and … The post Setting up a Command Post for TEOTWAWKI, by 3AD Scout appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.