20140927_NIU_CJ7_TREX_SFA guide 3.1

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practicing those skills with the counterpart and building on previous teaching.
13 Command and Control Relationships.
a) NATO Tactical Command (TACOM). The authority delegated to a
commander to assign tasks to forces under his command for the accomplishment
of the mission assigned by higher authority.
b) NATO Tactical Control (TACON). The detailed and usually local direction
and control of movements or maneuvers necessary to accomplish missions or
tasks assigned.
c) NATO Operational Command (OPCOM). The authority granted to
a commander to assign missions or tasks to subordinate commanders, to
deploy units, to reassign forces, and to retain or delegate operational and/or
tactical control as deemed necessary. This does not include responsibility for
administration.
d) NATO Operational Control (OPCON). The authority delegated to a
commander to direct forces assigned so that the commander may accomplish
specific missions or tasks, which are usually limited by function, time, or location.
This also includes the authority to deploy units and to retain or assign tactical
control of those units. It does not include authority to assign separate employment
of components of the units concerned. Neither does it include administrative or
logistic control.
e) US Tactical Control (TACON). Command authority over assigned or attached
forces or command, or military capability or forces made available for tasking
(limited to the detailed direction and control of movements or maneuvers
within the operational area and necessary to accomplish missions or tasks
assigned). Tactical control is inherent in operational control. Tactical control
may be delegated to and exercised at any level at or below the level of combatant
command. Tactical control provides sufficient authority for controlling and
directing the application of force or tactical use of combat support assets within
the assigned mission or task.
f) US Operational Control (OPCON). Command authority that may be
exercised by commanders at any echelon at or below the level of combatant
command. Operational control is inherent in combatant command (command
authority) and may be delegated within the command. Operational control
is the authority to perform those functions of command over subordinate
forces involving organizing and employing commands and forces, assigning
tasks, designating objectives, and giving authoritative direction over all aspects
of military operations and joint training necessary to accomplish missions
assigned to the command. Operational control should be exercised through the
commanders of subordinate organizations. Normally this authority is exercised
through subordinate joint force commanders and service and/or functional
component commanders. Operational control normally provides full authority
to organize commands and forces and to employ those forces as the commander
in operational control sees necessary to accomplish assigned missions; it does
not, in and of itself, include authoritative direction for logistics or matters of
administration, discipline, internal organization, or unit training.
14 Corruption. The abuse of public office for private gain. State institutions normally
manage and contain corruption through effective law enforcement and oversight, in
conjunction with a vibrant, functioning civil society. Two variations of the term relate
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