.
proportioned to the size of the contdmpl~ted tak.
b.
Whenever practicable the Liaison Officer should be per-
mitted to make a recoxmaissmce of the area where he will work, in order
to acqu~int himself with local
conditions and, in general, to &&e
a
“estimate of the situation.”
c. Detailed plans for the assunnce of speedy -anduafailing
delivery of messages informing of the arrival of personnel, equipment.
and supplies should be completed ut the earliest practic~ble date.
&
aircraft utilized in the shuttle service should be, tis
nearly as possille, compatible in c~rying cap~city with aircr~t JLoving personnel and materiel from rear areas to .stagiagare&
e. While it may he considered neceesary to assign Aditional
duties to a liaison officer other
than
those applicable to liaison work
in the initialstages of a joint operation, (due to lackof personnel,
etc.) it is believed that the effectiveaees of a liaison officer~s work
would be gre~tly enhaaced if he were ”shornat the earliest possible
time of all duties not strictly appertaining to liaison.
It
is
also
believed that, since a liaison officer is a Speci~ Staff Officer of
a very special ndu?e,
he should have no ~fcommandmLunction other than
that which he exercises as CO of the Liaison Detachment. H@ing
COIS-
mand jurisdiction over units other than those assigned by J7F Ilqpresents the rath~r peculiar sitwtion of being a stdf officer and answering directly to the Joint Task Force Commander and/or
Chief of St6ff,
and the possibility of a command responsibility to a commantierof an
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