Real-time situational awareness (RTSA) provides crucial, actionable insights into dynamic operational environments, enabling timely and informed decision-making across various sectors, including network management, cybersecurity, and military operations. The discussion includes insights from a former command and control (C2) system operator who emphasized the importance of visual data representation, live data feeds, and the ability to filter information to enhance RTSA. Despite challenges such as data overload and the need for near real-time responses, solutions like instant chat tools and local asset reliance help overcome these issues. Enhancements such as synchronization of coordinate formats and real-time feedback between mission teams are suggested to improve C2 environments. The evolution of RTSA involves a greater focus on execution monitoring and the integration of machine recommendations while maintaining human oversight. Elastic is committed to improving RTSA capabilities by normalizing data from various sources and providing analytics through user-friendly dashboards, ensuring that decision-makers have timely access to critical information.