Systems Employed
Whenever two or more ships operate together, a task organisation is needed to delineate responsibility and establish a well defined tactical chain of command.
- Task Organisation — Consists of Task Forces (TF), Task Groups (TG), Task Units (TU) and Task Elements (TE).
- Type Organisation — Used mainly for administrative purposes.
- OTC — The senior officer present, or the officer to whom he has delegated tactical command.
- Fleet — An organisation of ships, aircraft, marine forces and shore based fleet activities under a commander or commander in chief who may exercise operational as well as administrative control.