Who's in Charge? Service Administrative Control

Abstract

As a former wing commander, I know that confusion exists about what kind of command authority is exercised at the wing level. The correct answer to the question is that a wing commander exercises ADCON over the people he or she commands, and this authority comes from the service chain of command. This article clarifies exactly what ADCON is and how commanders exercise it during everyday operations. The article also takes these concepts from the theoretical to the practical by examining a case study that uses the new Air Expeditionary Force Presentation Concept to support a contingency operation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA529796

Entities

People

  • John L. Barry

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Case Studies
  • Cold War
  • Doctrine
  • Information Operations
  • Military Force Levels
  • Personnel Management
  • Southern Europe
  • Space Force
  • Spare Parts
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.