(しれいぶ)

しれいぶ
noun
headquarters; command center
formalbuilding
1. headquarters; command center
The central office or location from which a military operation, organization, or large-scale effort is directed and controlled. Most commonly used in military contexts.
司令部(しれいぶ)から命令(めいれい)()
An order came from headquarters.
The command center was set up in the mountains.
The Allied forces' headquarters was established in Tokyo and directed the occupation policies.

司令部(しれいぶ) is primarily a military term. GHQ (連合国軍(れんごうこくぐん)最高(さいこう)司令官(しれいかん)(そう)司令部(しれいぶ)) is a well-known historical example from the postwar occupation of Japan.

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