Several people described a loose command structure.
The United States' adversary is a hodgepodge of forces with unsophisticated arms and loose command and control.
Mix this with Trump's volatile moods, personal authoritarianism, high self-regard and loose command of facts, and you have a captivating form of political communication.
Although attempts have been made by Arab and European states to organise the Free Syrian Army, it remains largely a series of franchises answerable to a loose command and with only limited means to tackle the Syrian military head-on.
In the more than two years this civil war has carried on, a large part of the Syrian opposition has formed a loose command structure that has found support from several Arab nations, and, to a more limited degree, the West.
The British ships, under the loose command of John Dale in Streatham, originally mistook the French frigate for the missing Victor and it was not until another half hour had passed that Dale realised the danger his ships were in.
And the group clearly maintains a loose central command.
Still, the secretive but highly disciplined group has retained both a loose international command structure and powerful affiliates in half a dozen Arab countries.
The organisation remains shadowy, with a loose and decentralised command structure that claims to "operates on ideas rather than directives," according to a Boston University Law review paper.
The tour moved to a video montage depicting Iverson, all corn rows and high energy, making shots against the Los Angeles Lakers in the finals, propelling himself into stands for loose balls and commanding the basketball to follow him like a trained pet.
"Anonymous has a very loose and decentralized command structure that operates on ideas rather than directives," it said.
