The Hierarchical Safety Control Structure to Prevent Friendly Fire Accidents

2 The Hierarchical Safety Control Structure to Prevent Friendly Fire Accidents 

National Command Authority and Commander-in-Chief Europe 

When the National Command Authority (the President and Secretary of Defense) directed the military to conduct Operation Provide Comfort, the US. Commander in Chief Europe (USCINCEUR) directed the creation of Combined Task Force (CTF) Provide Comfort. 

A series of orders and plans established the general command and control structure of the CTF. These orders and plans also transmitted sufficient authority and guidance to subordinate component conunands and operational units so that they could then develop the local procedures that were necessary to bridge the gap between general mission orders and specific subunit operations. 

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