text: Chapter 4
  Figure 4-1. Combat power model
  COMMAND AND CONTROL WARFIGHTING FUNCTION TASKS
  4-29. The command and control warfighting function tasks focus on integrating the activities of the other
  elements of combat power to accomplish missions. Commanders,assisted by their staffs,integrate numerous
  processes and activities within their headquarters and across the force through the mission command
  warfighting function. These tasks are—
  (cid:122) Command forces (described in paragraphs 4-20 to 4-22).
  (cid:122) Control operations (described in paragraphs 4-23 to 4-27).
  (cid:122) Drive the operations process (described in paragraphs 4-43to4-137).
  (cid:122) Establish the command and control system (described in paragraphs 4-30 to 4-42).
  COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM
  4-30. The BCT commander cannot exercise command and control alone. The command and control
  system—the arrangement of people, processes, networks, and command posts that enable commanders to
  conduct operations (ADP 6-0)—enables the commander’s ability to lead the staff and provide direction and
  motivation to subordinate commanders and Soldiers. The command and control system supports the
  commander’s decision-making, disseminates the commander’s decisions to subordinates, and facilitates
  controlling forces. The commander employs the command and control system to enable the people and
  formations conducting operations to work towards a common purpose. All equipment and procedures exist
  to achieve this end. The commander organizes a command and control system to—
  (cid:122) Support decision-making.
  (cid:122) Collect, create, and maintain relevant information and prepare products to support the
  commander’s and leaders’understanding and visualization.
  (cid:122) Prepare and communicate directives.
  4-31. To provide these three overlapping functions, the commander must effectively locate, design, and
  organize the four components of a command and control system. The four components are—
  (cid:122) People.
  (cid:122) Processes.
  (cid:122) Networks.
  (cid:122) CPs.