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The Role Of War Command In The Army

By Cathy Mercer


War command can be emphasized as a function that has to be exercised, more or less continuously if the army is to operate and exist. The definition is a happy one since it serves to bring out the extraordinary importance of hierarchy. The few functions carried out by or inside the armed forces are as important in respect, existence and operations.

The need for arises from and varies with the size, complexity and differentiation of an army. A one-man army requires no delegation of instructions, at least not in the sense that a hundred- man army does. An army operating to a single, solid, homogenous block of men would be comparatively simple to authority. A force of any size can be subdivided into several subunits; however, the problem of assigning a mission to each and of ensuring proper coordination among all becomes difficult.

With the sophistication of the forces, it is possible to account for the attention paid to it, the role of chain of control increases. First, this role should coordinate and arrange everything the army needs so as to exist such as the food supply, system justice and also the sanitary services etc. Second, it enables carrying out of responsibilities and also strategize on the maximum amount of death and damage on the enemy within a remarkably short period of time and ensure no or minimum loss to itself.

Authority has responsibilities, and they can be subdivided into two parts. They can be defined as the functional related and the output related responsibilities. Some of the qualities of an ideal control is the ability to gather information accurately, selectively, fast and comprehensively. To determine the true from false, the relevant from the irrelevant and material from immaterial, reliable means should be developed. All displays should be detailed, clear and comprehensive.

Outcomes of a given situation determine a lot and also enables predictions of the progress to be expected. Some of the benefits of this role is that some skills like coordination, peace and harmony among people, management skills and also respect can be established.

Though it may be of benefit to the army and the society, there is the other side of the coin.Authority can be the source of enmity between several commanders even in the same force which can cause a lot of dispute and damage. It is to the best interest of every person to know that it is not always that a commander is right. Some do not know how to manage anger or be lenient to the troop members who sometimes defy what they wanted done. Even leaders can be the cause of conflicts.

As this discussion implies, differences between various command systems can be resolved into the various ways in which they approach these problems. The methods used to deal with this increasing complexity, the relative attention paid to function related and output related responsibilities, the emphasis given towards any given part of command process and the strengths and weaknesses displayed in relation to the ideal- taken together, these qualities will go far toward defining the nature of any given command system.

War command in itself can be the source of an organized army, and it can also be the source of a disorganized army. It depends on the management and the way of taking responsibilities. Though every time the word war comes up there is fear, it sometimes brings out the best in some people especially the troops and can also be their ruin.




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