The __________ supervises and coordinates staff to prevent overlapping efforts and ensure that the commander's goals are met.

__________ channels transmit all orders and instructions to subordinate units.

T or F: A staff officer of a higher headquarters has no authority over the staff of a subordinate headquarters.

Commanders and staff officers frequently hold conferences. Conferences can replace the need for __________.

__________ officers are the principal staff assistants to the commander and each specializes in an S-1 through S-5 (or a combined) function.

__________ channels transmit all orders and instructions to subordinate units.

T or F: Commanders can delegate authority and responsibilities to their subordinates.

You are a member of the battalion staff. Your job is to direct, coordinate, and supervise the coordinating and special staffs, and to support the commander's personal staff if needed.

Who are you?

T or F: Battalions are the highest level at which the U.S. Army authorizes a staff.

__________ is the authority that a commander lawfully exercises over subordinates by virtue of rank or assignment.

What are the two channels of information within a command?

__________ is the communication route for commanders to transmit orders to all subordinate units. All orders are transmitted in the name of the commander.

A commander's XO and all of the staff positions the XO supervises are known as __________ staff.

Logistics is the branch of military science dealing with __________.

Personal staff is made up of the battalion commander's cadet command sergeant major and the __________.

The communication route for staff to transmit information to other staff and subordinate commanders is called __________.