Delegation Of Authority Definition - MilitaryDictionary.org

delegation of authority

1.) The action by which a commander assigns part of his or her authority, commensurate with the assigned task, to a subordinate commander.

In the United States, military vocabulary is standardized by the Department of Defence. These terms are used by the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.

Term Classification: personnel

Source:

Department of Defence, Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

Term sourced from JP 1: Doctrine for the Armed Forces of the United States, updated March 2013 View source document

This term is marked as active and was last updated in 2015


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