It is an elusive foe: it has no headquarters, controls no territory and has no realistic aims.
In the Dahiyeh, Beirut's predominantly Shiite southern suburban area, Hezbollah has established its headquarters, controlling the area completely and managing everything from security to social services.
The authors — Lt. Gen. David W. Barno, a retired three-star Army officer who served as the top American officer in Afghanistan, Nora Bensahel, Matthew Irvine and Travis Sharp — call for merging several of the regional combatant commands, which are the global headquarters controlled by powerful four-star officers responsible for military actions in their corners of the world.
Under the new command arrangements, the squadrons reported directly to the North-Western Area's headquarters for administrative purposes and No. 5 Fighter Sector Headquarters controlled all fighter operations.
It was followed by Key Resolve, which used a computer simulation of a possible attack by North Korea to improve headquarters command and control.
At the state capitol, across the street from the G.O.P. headquarters, Republicans control the State Senate and House.
Watson Realty, which sends myriad color brochures and postcards to prospective buyers and sellers, was considering centralizing its printing operations at its Jacksonville headquarters to control costs.
Many local agencies found themselves unable to respond to the increasingly desperate situation, as their own headquarters and control centres were under 20 feet (6 metres) of water.
Because farmers have widely varying levels of sophistication in record-keeping and attention to documentation, it takes more than a policy set at some distant corporate headquarters to control the rollout of new technology.
