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FM 11-23
to 150 kilometers (km) in width, and from 200 to under command and control elements of various
2,500 km in length, up to approximately 8,000 levels to accomplish army signal communication
square km. In the island type oceanic theater, iso- missions in the CO.MMZ of a given theater. Aplated
islands may be extremely remote from the pendix A lists the table of organization and
corps headquarters. However, islands may also equipment for USASTRATCOM building-block
occur in clusters, and may be within line-of-sight type units. These tables show organizational
of other islands. A USASTRATCOM (theater) structure and state the unit mission, capabilities,
signal group, similar to that discussed in a(2) and limitations. Field manuals that provide docabove,
may be sufficient for corps COMMZ com- trinal information on the employment and methmunications.
On the other hand, the distances in- ods of operation of each unit are also listed.
volved may require variations in the mix of units Other tools, such as TOE 11-500 cellular teams
providing multi-channel communications. In this and modified table of organization (MTOE)
case, tropo communications may have a larger teams are also available in the tailoring of
role in establishing the COMMZ area communica- USASTRATCOM (theater) units.
tions system, thus reducing the number of area
signal battalions needed, and increasing the num- a. TOE 11-500 Teams. If the capabilities of
ber of light or heavy tropo companies or teams building-block signal units prove to be insufficient
needed.
to meet specific requirements, they may be augmented
by the assignment of TOE 11-500 cellu-
2-8. Tools for Restructuring Building-Block lar teams.
Type Signal Units
b. Modified Tables of Organization and Equip-
The type theaters of operation and the tailored ment. Another important tool available for unit
USASTRATCOM (theater) organizations devel- structuring is the use of an MTOE. This method
oped to establish, operate, and control the TACS is employed when additional tasks are assigned to
in the COMMZ of these theaters of operation building-block signal units or when a radical
point up the fact that no single grouping of sig- change in the mission of the unit requires it to
nal units can be developed to satisfy all COMMZ provide services which cannot be accommodated
communications requirements in all theater army by standard TOE or cellular teams. An MTOE
areas of operations. However, USASTRATCOM should be prepared and submitted by this unit as
(theater) units do exist which can be grouped prescribed in AR 310-31.
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