Command Post of the Future (CPOF) is a collaborative battlefield-visualization and decision-making tool based on the construction, display, and sharing of tactical "products" among distributed decision makers. The use of CPOF allows command and control (C2) activities to be more interactive, adaptive, and grounded by rich visualizations. Recent research indicates that CPOF collaborative skills are more perishable than other CPOF skills and that the difficulty in training collaborative skills may limit the utilization of CPOF's full capabilities. In order to successfully train the skills necessary to effectively employ CPOF, it is essential to understand the capabilities of CPOF that allow for the execution of critical collaborative tasks. A taxonomy of CPOF collaborative capabilities was created, and task-oriented models of collaboration requirements in C2 activities (e.g., battle tracking) were developed. A framework of collaboration was then applied to align CPOF collaborative capabilities with the C2 collaboration requirements. The results were used to define procedures to better utilize CPOF for collaborative activity and to identify methods to develop collaborative skills in the context of CPOF training. From these results a set of guidelines was developed to assist CPOF trainers in developing training content. These guidelines will assist trainers to further develop collaborative CPOF skills, and the end result of this training should be an increase in the utilization of CPOF functionality.