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Joint Task Force Subordinate Commands
Service component commander or, at lower echelons, other Service force commanders. A
JFC can only delegate that control over forces for which the JFC has been given. In the
event that a Service component commander exercises OPCON of forces and that OPCON or
TACON over those forces is delegated by the JFC to another component commander or
other subordinate JFC, the Service component commander retains the following
responsibilities for certain Service-specific functions:
(1) Make recommendations to the JFC on the proper employment, task
organization, and command relationship of the forces of the Service component.
(2) Accomplish such operational missions as may be assigned.
(3) Select and nominate specific units of the parent Service component for
attachment to other subordinate commands. Unless otherwise directed, these units revert to
the Service component commanders control when such subordinate commands are dissolved.
(4) Conduct joint training, including the training, as directed, of components of
other Services in joint operations for which the Service component commander has or may
be assigned primary responsibility, or for which the Service components facilities and
capabilities are suitable.
(5) Inform their JFC, other component or supporting commanders, and the CCDR,
if affected, of planning for changes in logistic support that would significantly affect
operational capability or sustainability sufficiently early in the planning process for the JFC
to evaluate the proposals prior to final decision or implementation.
c. Service component commanders or other Service force commanders assigned to a
CCDR are responsible through the chain of command, extending to the Service Chief, for the
following:
(1) Internal administration and discipline.
(2) Training in joint doctrine and their own Service doctrine, tactics, techniques,
and procedures.
(3) Logistic functions normal to the command, except as otherwise directed by
higher authority. The operating details of any Service logistic support system will be
retained and exercised by the Service component commanders in accordance with
instructions of their Military Departments, subject to the directive authority of the CCDR.
3. Functional Component Commands
a. CJTFs may normally establish functional component commands to control
military operations. A functional component command typically consists of forces of two
or more Military Departments established to perform designated missions.
b. Functional component commanders exercise command authority (e.g., OPCON,
TACON) as delegated, over forces or military capabilities made available to them consistent
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