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  COMMAND AND CONTROL STRUCTURES
  2-7. C2 at each level of command is very similar, designed with the same ba-
  sic structure and emphasis on survivability through mobility, redundancy,
  and security. The higher the level of command, the larger and more complex
  the staff. Supporting each staff is a series of multiple CPs and communica-
  tions systems, providing the flexibility required on a highly fluid, lethal
  battlefield.
  2-8. The professional training of commanders and staffs emphasizes consis-
  tency in staff planning procedures at all levels of command. Emphasis on re-
  sponsive planning (assisted by automation) in the C2 process has produced a
  cadre of professional, highly-trained staff officers. Thoroughly educated in all
  aspects of strategy, operations, and tactics, these officers are capable of func-
  tioning from the General Staff down to tactical level.
  2-9. Operational commanders must be equipped to control the full scope of
  combined arms, joint, interagency, and multinational activity. The OPFOR
  operational C2 structure is designed to facilitate this control.
  COMMAND AND SUPPORT RELATIONSHIPS
  2-10. OPFOR units are organized using four command and support relation-
  ships, summarized in Figure 2-1 and described in the following paragraphs.
  These relationships may shift during the course of an operation in order to
  best align the force with the tasks required. The general category of subordi-
  nate units includes both constituent and dedicated relationships; it can also
  include interagency and multinational (allied) subordinates.
  Relationship Commanded by Logistics from Positioned by Priorities from
  Constituent Gaining Gaining Gaining Gaining
  Dedicated Gaining Parent Gaining Gaining
  Supporting Parent Parent Supported Supported
  Affiliated Self Self or “Parent” Self Mutual Agreement
  Figure 2-1. Command and Support Relationships
  2-11. Constituent. Constituent units are those forces assigned directly to a
  unit and forming an integral part of it. They may be organic to the table of
  organization and equipment of the administrative structure forming the ba-
  sis of a given unit, assigned at the time the unit was created, or attached to it
  after its formation.
  2-12. Dedicated. Dedicated is a command relationship identical to constitu-
  ent with the exception that a dedicated unit still receives logistics support
  from a parent organization of similar type. An example of a dedicated unit
  would be the case where one or two surface-to-surface missile (SSM) battal-
  ions from an SSM brigade could be dedicated to an operational-strategic
  command (OSC). Since the OSC does not otherwise possess the technical experts