Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I te huringa o te whakahau mai i Spruance ki Halsey i te 26 o Akuhata 1944, ka huri ano nga waahanga katoa. Ko Mitscher, he kaihauturu rererangi mai i te whakangungu wawe me te rangatira rangatira o nga rererangi rererangi, i tono kia mau tonu ia ki te whakahau i te Ropu Kaimahi Tere tae noa ki tana whakakapinga, Admiral John McCain, ka taea te wa tika ki te mohio ake ki te whakahaere i te roopu kaikawe. I whakaae a Kingi rāua ko Nimitz. I rere a Admiral Halsey, pērā ki a Spruance i mua i a ia, me te Rōpū Taumahi Kaikawe Tere. I piki ake te kaha ki te iwa o nga CV me nga CVL e waru hei whakarite mo nga taunga
I Leyte. I hangaia te Task Force 38 e wha nga roopu mahi: Ko te Ropu Mahi 38.1 i whakahaua e Admiral McCain, me tana rangatira o mua, ko Admiral Joseph "Jocko" Clark, e noho tonu ana hei kaitohutohu, ko te Ropu Mahi 38.2 kei raro i te whakahau a Admiral Gerald Bogan, ko te Ropu Mahi 38.3 i arahina e Admiral Frederick Sherman, a ko te Ropu Mahi 38.4 kei raro i te whakahau a Admiral Ralph Davison.