Command and control
Series: FMFM -- 3.; Fleet Marine Force manual -- 3.
Publisher: Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
Published: 1993
Place of publication: [Washington, DC]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Handbooks, manuals; Command and control systems; United States. Marine Corps; United States
Description: "This manual provides the Marine Corps' perspective on command and control and the Marine Corps' command and control theory, philosophy, and architecture for the MAGTF. It spans the entire spectrum of Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) operations (strategic to tactical levels of war) as viewed by the MAGTF commander. This manual addresses command and control of MAGTF maneuver warfare applications across the operational continuum and from planning to execution phase." -- page [1].
Notes: Cover title.

"16 June 1993" -- page [1].

"This manual supersedes Operational Handbook (OH) 3, Command and control systems, dated 1986" -- page [1].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-72).

Also available online from the Internet Archive.  Address as of February 7, 2014:  https://archive.org/details/commandcontrol00unse_0.
Table of contents: title: 1. Command and control fundamentals. Introduction ; Sources of authority ; Links of command control authority ; Command and control theory ; Command and control for maneuver warfare ; Command and control in combined-arms strategy ; Fundamental command and control infrastructure ; An effective infrastructure ; The crucial focus of command and control; title: 2. Organization for command and control. Command ; Control ; MAGTF command and control organization ; Task organization for naval expeditionary force operations ; Battlespace organization and control; title: 3. Command and control information management. Command and control in the information age ; Information and manuever warfare ; Information management theory ; Information's impact on the decision cycle ; Information's impact on the decision cycle ; Focusing information for mission execution ; Task organization to support information requirements ; Information in joint and combined operations; title: 4. Enabling command and control. The C2 support system ; C2 support system components ; C2 support system functions ; C2 support system characteristics ; MAGTF command and control support forces ; Enabling command and control for the future; title: 5. Epilogue: Fighting smart; title: Notes; title: Appendixes : A. Commander's crticial information requirements ; B. Glossary ; C. References.