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  Liaison Teams
  2-118. Liaison teams support the staff with detailed expertise in the mission
  areas of their particular branch or service and provide direct communications
  to subordinate and supporting units executing missions in those areas. Liaison
  team leaders speak for the commanders of their respective units. Liaison teams
  to OSCs are organized with a liaison team leader, two current operations officers
  or senior NCOs and two plans officers or senior NCOs. This gives liaison teams
  the ability to conduct continuous operations and simultaneously execute current
  plans and develop future plans. The staff would also receive liaison teams from
  multinational and interagency subordinates and from affiliated forces.
  COMMAND AND CONTROL PROCESS
  2-119. C2 is a continuous process at all levels of command. The OPFOR rec-
  ognizes five elements in this process:
  • Acquiring and processing information.
  • Decision making.
  • Planning.
  • Preparation.
  • Execution.
  ACQUIRING AND PROCESSING OF INFORMATION
  2-120. Acquiring and processing information is always the first function in
  the C2 process. This function is a continuous, active process of requesting, re-
  ceiving, collating, analyzing, and disseminating information commanders and
  staffs need for decision making and planning. However, the physical collec-
  tion of information is not actually part of the C2 process.
  2-121. An operational-level commands receives information collected at
  higher and lower levels, as the information relates to its own requirements.
  Likewise, operational-level commands pass information to both those levels
  to meet strategic or tactical information requirements.
  Strategic-Level Information Requirements
  2-122. At the General Staff level and above, military and political informa-
  tion requirements are global in scope. The OPFOR has a continuous re-
  quirement to evaluate changes in the military or political capabilities and in-
  tentions of foreign nations in relation to the State. The accuracy of these as-
  sessments can directly influence the selection of strategic military and politi-
  cal goals, the structure of the State’s Armed Forces, and the strategic concept
  for using military power.
  Operational-Level Information Requirements
  2-123. FG and OSC staffs are the focal points for detailed situation evalua-
  tion and large-scale planning for combat units. Therefore, they have a par-
  ticularly heavy demand for information to support the decision-making and
  planning process. To function efficiently, operational-level staffs require high-
  resolution data on both enemy and friendly forces. Required periodic and special
  reporting is the primary source of detailed, accurate, and timely information on