Command and control
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Command and control is a "set of organizational and technical attributes and processes ... [that] employs human, physical, and information resources to solve problems and accomplish missions" to achieve the goals of an organization or enterprise, according to a 2015 definition by military scientists Marius Vassiliou, David S. Alberts, and Jonathan R. Agre. The term often refers to a military system.
A watchstander at her station in the combat information center of USS Carl Vinson in the year 2001
Embraer R-99 MULTI INTEL, an example of aircraft with C3I capabilities
The Soviet nuclear-powered command and control naval ship SSV-33 Ural in the year 1988
Joint Operations Center watch standers aboard the command ship USS Mount Whitney in the year 2005
Commanding officer
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The commanding officer (CO) or commander, or sometimes, if the incumbent is a general officer, commanding general (CG) or general officer commanding (GOC), is the officer in command of a military unit. The commanding officer has ultimate authority over the unit, and is usually given wide latitude to run the unit as they see fit, within the bounds of military law. In this respect, commanding officers have significant responsibilities, duties, and powers.
Douglas Haig and Ferdinand Foch inspecting the Gordon Highlanders, 1918
Major-General Richard Gale, 6th Airborne Division, addresses his men, 4 June 1944
General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. speaks with American troops during the Gulf War.
Dark Horse Battalion welcomes new commanding officer