JP 1, Doctrine for the Armed Forces of the United States - Defense ...

Joint Command and Control
as required to accomplish the subordinate JFC’s assigned mission. For some commodities or
support services common to two or more Services, one Service may be given responsibility
for management based on DOD EA designations or inter-Service support agreements.
However, the CCDR must formally delineate this delegated directive authority by function
and scope to the subordinate JFC or Service component commander. The exercise of
directive authority for logistics by a CCDR includes the authority to issue directives to
subordinate commanders, including peacetime measures necessary to ensure the following:
effective execution of approved plans, effectiveness and economy of operation, and
prevention or elimination of unnecessary duplication of facilities and overlapping of
functions among the Service component commands. CCDRs will coordinate with
appropriate Services before exercising directive authority for logistics or delegate authority
for subordinate commanders to exercise common support capabilities to one of their
components.
(1) A CCDR’s directive authority does not:
(a) Discontinue Service responsibility for logistic support.
(b) Discourage coordination by consultation and agreement.
(c) Disrupt effective procedures or efficient use of facilities or organizations.
(d) Include the ability to provide contracting authority or make binding
contracts for the USG.
(2) Unless otherwise directed by SecDef, the Military Departments and Services
continue to have responsibility for the logistic support of their forces assigned or attached to
joint commands, subject to the following guidance:
(a) Under peacetime conditions, the scope of the logistic authority exercised by
the commander of a CCMD will be consistent with the peacetime limitations imposed by
legislation, DOD policy or regulations, budgetary considerations, local conditions, and other
specific conditions prescribed by SecDef or the CJCS. Where these factors preclude
execution of a CCDR’s directive by component commanders, the comments and
recommendations of the CCDR, together with the comments of the component commander
concerned, normally will be referred to the appropriate Military Department for
consideration. If the matter is not resolved in a timely manner with the appropriate Military
Department, it will be referred by the CCDR, through the CJCS, to SecDef.
(b) Under crisis action, wartime conditions, or where critical situations make
diversion of the normal logistic process necessary, the logistic authority of CCDRs enables
them to use all facilities and supplies of all forces assigned to their commands for the
accomplishment of their missions. The President or SecDef may extend this authority to
attached forces when transferring those forces for a specific mission and should specify this
authority in the establishing directive or order. Joint logistic doctrine and policy developed
by the CJCS establishes wartime logistic support guidance to assist the CCDR in conducting
successful joint operations.
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