Clear command and support relationships establish responsibilities and authorities between subordinate and supporting units and allow commanders to effectively organize their forces.

This discussion, moderated by Joseph Maguire, covers Gen. McKenzie’s military career, with a particular focus on his time as commander of U.S. Central Command – which included the withdrawal from ...

All activities of battle command occur in planning, preparation, execution, and assessment, but take on different emphasis throughout the conduct of operations.

Of course, some traditional command and control already embraces the idea of tactical level decision-making, called “mission command” in the Army or “centralized control, decentralized execution” in ...