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  or transloading equipment for missiles, the dedicated relationship permits
  the SSM battalion(s) to fire exclusively for the OSC while still receiving its
  logistics support from the parent SSM brigade. In OPFOR plans and orders,
  the dedicated command and support relationship is indicated by (DED) next
  to a unit title or symbol.
  2-13. Supporting. Supporting units continue to be commanded by and re-
  ceive their logistics from their parent headquarters, but are positioned and
  given mission priorities by their supported headquarters. This relationship
  permits supported units the freedom to establish priorities and position sup-
  porting units while allowing higher headquarters to rapidly shift support in
  dynamic situations. The supporting unit does not necessarily have to be
  within the supported unit’s area of responsibility (AOR). An example of a
  supporting unit would be a fighter-bomber regiment supporting an OSC for a
  particular phase of the strategic campaign plan (SCP) but ready to rapidly
  transition to a different support relationship when the OSC becomes the
  theater reserve in a later phase. In OPFOR plans and orders, the supporting
  command and support relationship is indicated by (SPT) next to a unit title
  or symbol.
  2-14. Affiliated. Affiliated organizations are those operating in a unit’s AOR
  that the unit may be able to sufficiently influence to act in concert with it for
  a limited time. No “command relationship” exists between an affiliated or-
  ganization and the unit in whose AOR it operates. Affiliated organizations
  are typically nonmilitary or paramilitary groups such as criminal cartels, in-
  surgencies, terrorist cells, or mercenaries. In some cases, affiliated forces
  may receive support from the OSC as part of the agreement under which
  they cooperate. Although there would typically be no formal indication of this
  relationship in OPFOR plans and orders, in rare cases (AFL) is used next to
  unit titles or symbols.
  STRATEGIC-LEVEL ORGANIZATION
  2-15. The National Command Authority (NCA) is responsible for the prepa-
  ration and conduct of strategic campaigns. It also resolves issues regarding
  the overall wartime situation of the State and the allocation of strategic re-
  sources. The NCA allocates forces and establishes general plans for the con-
  duct of national strategic campaigns.
  General Staff
  2-16. The General Staff is a major link in the centralization of military com-
  mand at the national level, since it provides staff support and acts as the ex-
  ecutive agency for the NCA. Together with the Ministry of Defense (MOD),
  the General Staff forms the Supreme High Command (SHC) in wartime. (See
  Figure 2-2.) The General Staff has direct control over the six services, and all
  military forces report through it to the NCA. The Chief of the General Staff
  (CGS) commands the SHC. The General Staff consists of three functional
  directorates. These are the Operations, Intelligence, and Organization and
  Mobilization directorates.