Command

includes the designated combatant commands and Department of Defense agencies
as appropriate. 2. In the context of a support command relationship, the commander
who aids, protects, complements, or sustains another commander's force, and who is
responsible for providing the assistance required by the supported commander. (JP
1-02)
synchronization. 1. The arrangement of military actions in time, space, and purpose
to produce maximum relative combat power at a decisive place and time. 2. In the
intelligence context, application of intelligence sources and methods in concert with
the operation plan to ensure intelligence requirements are answered in time to
influence the decisions they support. (JP 1-02)
tactical control. Command authority over assigned or attached forces or commands,
or military capability or forces made available for tasking, that is limited to the detailed
direction and control of movements or maneuvers within the operational area
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. Also called TACON. (JP 1-02)
tactical doctrine. Describes the proper employment of specific Air Force assets,
individually or in concert with other assets, to accomplish detailed objectives. Tactical
doctrine considers particular objectives (stopping the advance of an armored column)
and conditions (threats, weather, and terrain) and describes how Air Force assets are
employed to accomplish the tactical objective (B-1s dropping anti-armor cluster
munitions). Tactical doctrine is codified as tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP)
in Air Force TTP (AFTTP). Because tactical doctrine is closely associated with
employment of technology, change may occur more rapidly than to the other levels of
doctrine. (AFDD 1)
tactical level of war. The level of war at which battles and engagements are planned
and executed to accomplish military objectives assigned to tactical units or task
forces. Activities at this level focus on the ordered arrangement and maneuver of
combat elements in relation to each other and to the enemy to achieve combat
objectives. (JP 1-02)
task force. 1. A temporary grouping of units, under one commander, formed for the
purpose of carrying out a specific operation or mission. 2. A semi-permanent
organization of units, under one commander, formed for the purpose of carrying out a
continuing specific task. (AFDD 1)
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