Transferable command authority that may be exercised by commanders at any echelon at or below the level of combatant command.: Operational control is inherent in combatant command (command authority). Operational control may be delegated and is the authority to: perform those functions of command over subordinate forces involving organizing and employing commands and forces, assigning tasks,: designating objectives, and giving authoritative direction over all aspects of military operations and joint training necessary to accomplish missions assigned to the command. Operational control should be exercised through commanders of subordinate organizations. Normally this: authority is exercised though subordinate joint force commanders and Service and/or functional component commanders. Operational control: normally provided full authority to organize commands and forces and to employ those forces as the commander in operational control: considers necessary to accomplish assigned missions., Operational control does not, in and of itself, include authoritative direction for logistics: or matters of administration, discipline, internal organization, or unit training.