Q, you've mentioned CENTRAL command. I take this to mean that the operations will be directed from CentCom at MacDill AFB.
You've also mentioned 'the football.'
You've said that DoD is ensuring the free-flow of direct communications.
This leads me to the conjecture that there will be a direct communications channel over the USAF network and that this will involve the STRATCOM frequencies - 11.175MHz.
Most of the time, I monitor these with my ham radio. I will stand watch this next week and relay any relevant messages to the internet on both this board and on Twitter