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SEABEE COMBAT
WARFARE
NCF OFFICER
SPECIFIC
104
Command and
Control Fundamentals
Reference
• Judge advocate general (JAG) manual
• COMSECONDNCB/COMTHIRDNCBINST 3501.1a,
status of readiness training system
• JOINT PUB 0-2, unified action armed forces
• FMFM 13, marine air-ground task force (MAGTF)
engineer operations
Overview
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Judge Advocate Investigations
Status of Resources and Training System
Operational Control
Administrative Control
Tactical Control
General and Direct support of another unit.
Administration
Command and Control
PQS Question 102.1 State the main
elements contained in a Judge Advocate
General (JAG) investigation and when to
conduct an investigation.
• Reference: Judge Advocate General (JAG)
Manual
JAG
• There are four principal elements contained
in a JAG investigation.
– Preliminary Statement
– Findings of Fact
– Opinions
– Recommendations
JAG
• Preliminary statement:
– Informs convening and review
authorities that all reasonably available
evidence was collected or is forthcoming
and each directive of the convening
authority has been met.
JAG
• Findings of fact:
– Findings of fact must be as specific as possible
as to times, places, persons, and events.
– Make each fact a separate finding, and cite the
enclosure supporting each finding.
JAG
• Opinions:
– Opinions are reasonable evaluations, inferences,
or conclusions based on the facts found.
– Each opinion must cite the findings of fact upon
which it is based. Opinions shall not be
expressed unless requested.
JAG
• Recommendations depend on the nature of the
facts found and opinions expressed.
• Recommendations shall not be offered unless
requested by the CA, or by the cognizant judge
advocate in the case of a litigation -report
investigation.
JAG
• The CA or cognizant judge-advocate may
require recommendations in general or
limited subject areas.
• A JAG investigation is conducted anytime
more information is needed to determine the
cause of an incident.
Administration
Command and Control
PQS Question 102.2: Describe the Status of
Resources and Training System (SORTS) and the
different levels of readiness.
Reference:
COMSECONDNCB/COMTHIRDNCBINST
3501.1A, Status of Readiness Training
(SORTS)
• Sorts is……………….
Administration
Command and Control
PQS Question 102.3 Define the following terms
and describe the differences between them:
a. OPCON
b. ADCON
c. TACON
Reference: JOINT PUB 0-2, Unified Action
Armed Forces (UNAFF)
Command
Relationships
“I was informed that all the causes of delay had been
reported through the “usual channels,” but as far as
those on the spot were aware nothing very much seems
to have happened. It would seem best therefore to start
from the other end of the “usual channels” and sound
backwards to find where the delay in dealing with the
matter has occurred.”
Winston Churchill: Note for General Dismay,
26 January 1941
Operational Control
• OPCON is the command authority which may
be exercised by commanders at any echelon at
or below the level of combatant command.
Operational Control
• Authoritative direction over all aspects of military
operations and joint training necessary to accomplish
missions assigned to the command.
• Full authority to organize commands and forces and
employ those forces as 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.
Administrative
Control
• ADCON is the direction or exercise of authority over
subordinate or other organizations in respect to
administration and support including organization of
Service forces, control of resources and equipment,
personnel management, unit logistics, individual and unit
training , readiness, mobilization, demobilization and
discipline and other matters not included in the
operational missions of the subordinate or other
organizations.
Administrative
Control
• ADCON may be delegated to and exercised by
commanders of Service forces assigned to a
combatant commander at any echelon at or
below the level of Service component command.
Tactical Control
• TACON is the command authority over assigned or
attached forces or commands, or military capability
or forces made available for tasking.
• That is limited to the detailed and usually local
direction and control of movements or maneuvers
necessary to accomplish assigned mission or tasks.
Tactical Control
• TACON may be delegated to and exercised by
commanders at any echelon at or below the
level of combatant command.
• TACON provides the authority to:
– Give direction for military operations
– Control designated forces
Administration
Command and Control
PQS Question 103.4 Describe the differences
between a unit providing general support to
another unit and one providing direct support to
another unit.
Reference: FMFM 13, Marine Air-Ground Task
Force Engineer Operations
Direct Support
• The support provided by a unit or formation not
attached or under command of the supported unit
or formation, but required to give priority to the
support required by that unit or formation.
• A unit in direct support provides specific tactical
or service support to other units.
General Support
• That support which is given to the supported
force as a whole and not to any particular
subdivision thereof.
• The commander in general support retains
command of organic assets and control of
attached elements and employs them in the most
beneficial manner for the command as a whole.