text: Command and Support Relationship
  Table B-2. Army support relationships
  Then inherent responsibilities
  Have May be Receive Are Provide Establish Have Can
  comman task- sustain- assigned liaison and prioritie impose on
  If d organize ment position to— maintain s gained unit
  relation- relation- d by— from— or an communi establis further
  ship is— ship area of -cations h-ed command
  with— operatio with— by— or support
  ns by— relationshi
  p of—
  Direct Parent Parent Parent Supporte Supporte Parent Suppor See note1
  support1 unit unit unit d unit d unit unit; ted unit
  supporte
  d unit
  Reinforci Parent Parent Parent Reinforc Reinforc Parent Reinfor Not
  ng unit unit unit ed unit ed unit unit; ced applicable
  reinforce unit;
  unit then
  parent
  unit
  General Parent Parent Parent Parent Reinforc Reinforc Parent Not
  support- unit unit unit unit ed unit ed unit unit; applicable
  reinforcin and as and as then
  g required required reinforc
  by by ed unit
  parent parent
  unit unit
  General Parent Parent Parent Parent As As Parent Not
  support unit unit unit unit required required unit applicable
  by by
  parent parent
  unit unit
  Note. 1Commanders of units in direct support may further assign support relationships between their
  subordinate units and elements of the supported unit after coordination with the supported commander.
  B-20. General support-reinforcing is a support relationship assigned to a unit to support the force as a whole
  and to reinforce another similar-type unit. A unit assigned a general support-reinforcing support relationship
  is positioned and has its priorities established by its parent unit and secondly by the reinforced unit. For
  example, an artillery unit that has a general-support-reinforcing relationship supports the force as a whole
  and provides reinforcing fires for other artillery units.
  ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL
  B-21. Administrative control is direction or exercise of authority over subordinate or other organizations in
  respect to administration and support (JP 1). ADCON is not a command or support relationship; it is a
  Service authority. It is exercised under the authority of and is delegated by the Secretary of the Army.
  ADCON is synonymous with the Army's Title 10 authorities and responsibilities.
  B-22. ADCON responsibilities of Army forces involve the entire Army, and they are distributed between the
  Army institutional force and the operating forces. The institutional force consists of those Army
  organizations whose primary mission is to generate and sustain the operating force's capabilities for
  employment by JFCs. Operating forces consist of those forces whose primary missions are to participate in
  combat and the integral supporting elements thereof. Often, commanders in the operating force and
  commanders in the institutional force subdivide specific responsibilities. Army institutional force
  capabilities and organizations are linked to operating forces through co-location and reachback.
  B-23. The ASCC is always the senior Army headquarters assigned to a CCDR. Its commander exercises
  command authorities as assigned by the CCDR and ADCON as delegated by the Secretary of the Army.