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AF.mil. (2013, Apr. 18). Hard work pays off for 2012 Air Education and Training Command (AETC)-Command Post NCO of the Year. Retrieved from http://www.sheppard.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/367662/hard-work-pays-off-for-2012-aetc-command-post-nco-of-the-year/

This RallyPoint post recognizes 82nd Training Wing Command Post Controller Staff Sergeant Greg Askew. Staff Sgt. Askew was recognized as Air & Space Education Training Command's 2012 Command Post Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year.

An extension of the Pentagon's National Military Command Center (NMCC), the national/homeland security role of the command post (CP) is to—ALERT, DIRECT and REPORT. Considered the "nerve center" or "eyes and ears of the commander," the CP is the commander's focal point for mission command (MC) and command and control (C2) communications management of assigned forces during normal day-to-day activities and contingencies or wartime operations.

Command post controller roles and responsibilities tend to vary based on the unit's mission, the MAJCOM the unit is assigned to, and resources assigned to the unit. Regardless of mission variances, what is foundational to each CP controller are mission command (MC) and command and control (C2) data processing and communication functions with the aerospace business domain.

Speaking of aerospace business domain, aerospace engineer and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)-architect Wernher Von Braun had considerable correspondence with aerospace industry leaders, including Northrop Corporation, Aerojet General Corporation, Lockheed, General Dynamics, General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Sperry-Rand, Douglas Aircraft, International Business Machines (IBM) and General Electric (GE). The bulk of the letters and memoranda, however are from NASA headquarters in Washington and from Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama.

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Archives.org. (1976). DTIC ADA024526: Instructional Systems Development (ISD): Conceptual Analysis and Comprehensive Bibliography. Retrieved from https://archive.org/stream/DTIC_ADA024526/DTIC_ADA024526_djvu.txt

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Loc.gov. (1978). Wernher Von Braun: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress Prepared by Allan J. Teichroew. Retrieved from http://memory.loc.gov/service/mss/eadxmlmss/eadpdfmss/uploaded_pdf/ead_pdf_batch_21_January_2005/1998/ms998011.pdf

Nasa.gov. (2015, May 5). Human Exploration and Operations: Deep Space. Retrieved from https://www.nasa.gov/johnson/exploration/deep-space

Peltz, J.F. (1995, Dec. 9). Westinghouse Will Shed Defense Assets : Electronics: Proceeds to be used to help defray cost of newly acquired CBS. Southland firms may bid for operations up for sale.

Wikipedia.com (n.d.). CBS. Retrieved June 9, 2018 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS