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Command and control can be defined as the exercise of authority
Authority

In government, authority is often used interchangeably with the term "power ". However, their meanings differ: while "power" refers to the ability to achieve certain ends, "authority" refers to a claim of legitimacy , the justification and right to exercise that power....
 and direction by a properly designated commanding officer
Officer (armed forces)

An officer is a member of an Armed forces who holds a position of authority.Commissioned officers derive authority directly from a sovereignty power and, as such, hold a Letters patent charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position....
 over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of the mission
Mission

A mission, from the Latin missum , is a specific task, often religious, which a person or group has been charged with or adopts as their main purpose....
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Command and control functions are performed through an arrangement of personnel, equipment, communications, facilities, and procedures employed by a commander in planning, directing, coordinating, and controlling forces and operations in the accomplishment of the mission.






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Command and control can be defined as the exercise of authority
Authority

In government, authority is often used interchangeably with the term "power ". However, their meanings differ: while "power" refers to the ability to achieve certain ends, "authority" refers to a claim of legitimacy , the justification and right to exercise that power....
 and direction by a properly designated commanding officer
Officer (armed forces)

An officer is a member of an Armed forces who holds a position of authority.Commissioned officers derive authority directly from a sovereignty power and, as such, hold a Letters patent charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position....
 over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of the mission
Mission

A mission, from the Latin missum , is a specific task, often religious, which a person or group has been charged with or adopts as their main purpose....
.

Command and control functions are performed through an arrangement of personnel, equipment, communications, facilities, and procedures employed by a commander in planning, directing, coordinating, and controlling forces and operations in the accomplishment of the mission. Also called C2
C2

C2 or a derivative may refer to:...
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Commanding officers are assisted in executing these tasks by specialised staff officers and enlisted personnel. These military staff are a group of officers and enlisted personnel that provides a bi-directional flow of information between a commanding officer
Officer (armed forces)

An officer is a member of an Armed forces who holds a position of authority.Commissioned officers derive authority directly from a sovereignty power and, as such, hold a Letters patent charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position....
 and subordinate military units.

The purpose of a military staff is mainly that of providing accurate, timely information which by category represents information on which command decisions are based. The key application is that of decisions that effectively manage unit resources. While information flow toward the commander is a priority, information that is useful or contingent in nature is communicated to lower staffs and units.

Command and Control Centers

A Command and Control Center is typically a secure room or building in a government, military or prison facility that operates as the agency's dispatch center, surveillance monitoring center, coordination office and alarm monitoring center all in one. Command and control centers are operated by a government or municipal agency. Various branches of the U.S Military such as the U.S Coast Guard and Navy have command and control centers. They are also common in many large correctional facilities. These centers are staffed by highly skilled and trained C2 technicans, C2 dispatchers or C2 officers. The title will vary depending on the agency or bureau.

A command and control center that is used by a military unit in a deployed location is usually called a "command post".

See also

  • 505th Command and Control Wing
    505th Command and Control Wing

    The United States Air Force's 505th Command and Control Wing is organized under the Nellis AFB#United States Air Force Warfare Center. The 505 CCW is dedicated to improving warfighter readiness through integrated training, military tactics, and testing for operational-level command and control of air, space, and cyber power....
  • 8th Airborne Command and Control Squadron
  • C4ISTAR
    C4ISTAR

    C2I stands for Command, Control and Intelligence.C4I stands for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence....
  • Command and Control Research Program
  • Command and control warfare
    Command and control warfare

    Command and control warfare encompasses all the military tactics that use communications technology. It can be abbreviated as . An older name for these tactics is signals warfare, derived from the name given to communications by the military....
  • Command Center
    Command center

    A command center is any place that is used to provide centralised command for some purpose. While frequently considered to be a military facility, these can be used in many other cases by governments or businesses....
  • Command ship
    Command ship

    Command ships serve as the flagships of the Commander of a naval fleet. They provide communications, office space, and accommodations for a fleet commander and his staff, and serve to coordinate fleet activities....
  • Future Combat Systems Command and Control Vehicle
    Future Combat Systems Command and Control Vehicle

    Part of the proposed Future Combat Systems This is one of the family of Manned Ground Vehicle MGV proposed for a lighter and more transportable system in which every member of the family of ground, air, manned, and robotic, systems all report to a network system of systems to allow network centric warfare....
  • GCCS-A
  • Global Command and Control System
    Global Command and Control System

    Global Command and Control System is a collection of Service-oriented architecture systems and applications which was developed to replace the Worldwide Military Command and Control System....
  • Global Command and Control System-Army
  • JFACHQ
    JFACHQ

    The Joint Force Air Component Headquarters is the United Kingdom's deployable air Command and Control unit. The JFACHQ is run by the Royal Air Force and it has representation from the other services....
  • Joint Interoperability of Tactical Command and Control Systems
    Joint Interoperability of Tactical Command and Control Systems

    Joint Interoperability of Tactical Command and Control Systems or JINTACCS is a United States military standard for the development and maintenance of tactical information exchange configuration items and operational procedures....
  • NACISA
  • NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency
    NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency

    The NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency was formed in 1996 from the merging of the previous SHAPE Technical Centre in The Hague, The Netherlands and the NATO Communications and Information Systems Agency in Brussels, Belgium....
  • NC3A
  • Staff (military)
  • Ubiquitous command and control
  • Worldwide Military Command and Control System
    Worldwide Military Command and Control System

    The Worldwide Military Command and Control System was a military command and control system implemented for the Command and Control of the United States military....


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  • by D. S. Alberts and R. E. Hayes (2006)