"They have input into it; however, it is a unified effort," said Senior Chief Petty Officer Steve Carleton, explaining BP's role in the shared command structure.
Lutsky shared command of the area with his Afghan National Army counterpart, General Mohammed Asrar Adqas, but their respective groups of soldiers didn't mingle much.
Paul J. Browne, the Police Department's chief spokesman, said that in such cases, known as high-angle rescues, the two departments used a shared command structure.
"In the war he was second only to Karadzic and shared command over Bosnian military and police," said Paul Risley, the spokesman for Mrs. del Ponte.
For some terrorism experts in the US, the protocol and body language confirmed what they had long suspected: that the two men shared command of their merged organisations.
Mr. Gates said he was not concerned that secret intelligence shared with allies would be compromised, but he said NATO had weaknesses in its defenses for computer networks at its headquarters and throughout the shared command structure.
When more than one strategus shared command of a campaign, they were in law equal, and any predominance that one of them may have exercised depended on his personal qualities.
But in April of this year, the report says, troops under the shared command of Gen Ntaganda and Col Makenga began deserting and setting up their own fiefdoms north of the volcano range that lies just outside Goma.
This allowed Farragut to share command with Maj.
The December guidelines also call for "integrating" Japanese and American forces by sharing command centers and intelligence.
