Originally Posted by rickair7777

That's the way most of our adversaries operate (using soviet doctrine they got with their soviet hardware)...none of their operators can wipe their butt without a general's approval. Great system for maintaining tight control of the military arm of a totalitarian state, but it imposes significant, often crippling, operational delays.

Our system on the other hand is based on command by negation (related to centralized control/de-centralized execution). All the key operators and leaders understand the commanders intent and are authorized to use their judgement to achieve said intent (within ROE). The boss sits back and watches. He only intervenes if necessary to change something that's going wrong. Our opponents usually die while waiting for their commander to command them.