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  control and training. However, even these administrative organizations do not
  have a fixed structure. Each consists of a varying number of small SPF teams
  normally composed of 5 to 12 men each. The number of teams contained in
  each administrative organization depends on the team size required for spe-
  cific missions that are envisioned for it. Every SPF operation is unique and
  unlike any other, and thus requires forces organized not in a standard fashion
  but rather adapted into a task organization based on the mission.
  Task Organization
  13-43. When the OPFOR establishes more than one theater headquarters, the
  General Staff may allocate some SPF units to each theater. From those SPF
  assets allocated to him in a constituent or dedicated relationship, the theater
  commander can suballocate some or all of them to a subordinate OSC.
  13-44. The General Staff (or a theater commander with constituent or
  dedicated SPF) can allocate SPF units to an OSC in a constituent or
  dedicated relationship or place them in support of an OSC. These command
  and support relationships ensure that SPF objectives support the overall
  mission of the OSC to which the SPF units are allocated. Even in a sup-
  porting relationship, the commander of the OSC receiving the SPF unit(s)
  establishes those units’ objectives, priorities, and time of deployment. The
  OSC commander may employ the SPF assets allocated to him as constitu-
  ent or dedicated as part of his integrated fires command (IFC), or he may
  suballocate them to his tactical-level subordinates. Even SPF units allocated
  to an OSC may conduct strategic missions, if required.
  13-45. The SPF units of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Internal Security
  Forces may remain under the control of their respective services (or be allo-
  cated to a joint theater command). However, they are more likely to appear in
  the task organization of an OSC. In that case, the OSC commander may
  choose to suballocate them to tactical-level subordinates. If necessary, SPF
  units from any of these service components could become part of joint SPF op-
  erations in support of national-level requirements. In that case, they could
  temporarily come under the control of the SPF Command or the General Staff.
  13-46. Regardless of the parent administrative organization, SPF normally in-
  filtrate and operate as small teams. When deployed, these teams may operate
  individually, or they may be task organized into detachments. The terms team
  and detachment indicate the temporary nature of the groupings. In the course
  of an operation, teams can leave a detachment and join it again. Each team
  may in turn break up into smaller teams (of as few as two men) or, conversely,
  come together with other teams to form a larger team (of perhaps up to 30
  men), depending on the mission. At a designated time, several teams can join
  up and form a detachment (for example, to conduct a raid), which can at any
  moment split up again. This whole process can be planned before the opera-
  tion begins, or it can evolve during the course of the operation.
  13-47. When deployed outside the State, each SPF team or detachment is in
  direct communication with a higher headquarters. The controlling headquar-
  ters is at the very least an OSC, and some SPF units receive orders directly
  from the General Staff or theater headquarters. Thus, the chain of command
  during operations is simple and flexible.