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U.S. Air Force Maj. Elizabeth Townsend, Air Education Training Command, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies student, participates in a seminar discussion at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Oct. 17, 2025. The SAASS curriculum emphasizes reading, writing and discussion to strengthen critical thinking and communication skills. Students read and analyze roughly four books per week and complete an 80 to 100 page master’s thesis under faculty supervision. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nelvis Sera)

Command Relationships in JADO

Published April 30, 2026

What are the command relationship implications of JADO?

Corrado, Maj. Salvatore A., "Communicating in a Degraded Environment: Command and Control during Contested Operations," AFGC thesis, 2025, 49 pgs.
- JADO requires a critical reexamination of traditional "supported" and "supporting" command relationships. Corrado points out that under current doctrine, a supporting commander lacks the authority to rearrange the priorities of their supporting efforts across different lines of operation. This rigid structure is inadequate for JADO in a contested environment where rapid reprioritization is necessary. To address this, Corrado argues that supporting commanders must be granted the authority to adjust priorities dynamically in response to evolving battlefield conditions, and tactical-level commanders must be allowed to integrate cross-domain operations locally to avoid creating exploitable delays.
Narbutovskih, Maj. Nicholas T., "Command in Complexity: Scaling Trust for Effective Joint All Domain Operations" Over the Horizon blog post, June 2020.
Smith, Andrew, USAF, "Convergence within SOCOM – A Bottom-Up Approach to Multi Domain Operations" Over the Horizon blog post, April 2020.