From tactical action to geostrategic supply

This proposed hierarchy begins with squads and platoons acting tactically, followed by companies and battalions at an operational level. A separate command layer sends forces to particular areas and supplies them, while strategy allocates forces using intelligence and available resources. Geostrategy reaches the national systems that acquire raw materials, feed factories and keep the economy and armed forces supplied. Warships can contribute at several levels at once, and cyber and space activity can cut across the hierarchy. Lend-Lease and convoys illustrate the distinction: a convoy battle is a local action serving the wider requirement to deliver usable supplies.