WWW.SURVIVALEBOOKS.COM FM 11-23 CHAPTER 5 COMMUNICATIONS DOCTRINE FOR THEATER ARMY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS 5-1. General bat zone communications is that the combat communications are provided by signal units organically assigned to field army, corps, and divisions. headquarters, units, and installations established cally assigned to field army corps, and divisions. within the COMMZ within consist consist the COMMZ of of a multimeans, multimeans, mul multiaxis, The field army provides area communications sys- integrated network extending from the te support to those subordinate elements not rear of the theater, through the COMMZ, and in- having an organic area communications capability. In the COMMZ, communications systems are terfacing with the communications systems of the ity. In the COMMZ, communications systems are combat combat zone. zone. The The theater theater army army communications communications systeestablished through the use of building block sigsystem must also interface with the defense cormnal munications. units to provide The OMMZ the required is that area COMMZ of operamunications com- system at theater access points. The tions to the rear of and contiguous to the combat TACS must be secure, reliable, flexible, and survivable the to communications meet demands zone. The COMMZ is organized vertically into LOC extending from the port area or base of supplaced upon it. The TACS consists of long lines LO extending from the port area or base of supradio trunking and cable systems, communica- port, to the rear area of the combat zone. The LOC's consist of areas for the organization of tions centers, patching and switching facilities, LOGps consist of areas for the organization of and multichannel and multichannel access systems. The TAS TACS varies in composition and magnitude from one the- movement by railway, highways, inland water- supply, maintenance, and services, and for their ater to another depending on many operational, ways, and air transport into the combat zone. The ater to and tactical considerations. Thus, the organizational and operational considerations of terrain, and tactical considerations. Thus, the TAS be cannot predetermined and must be the theater army in the COMMZ make centralized control the most desirable method of operaplanned and engineered concurrently with opera- tions. Therefore, the TAGS to support the tions. Therefore, the TACS to support the COMMZ is installed, operated, maintained, and b. The theater commander is responsible for controlled by the <strong>US</strong>ASTRATCOM (theater). providing communications between component Because of the organizational and operational services, joint task forces, and other governmen- concepts of the COMMZ, the TACS to support tal agencies within the theater of operations. the headquarters, units, and installations located Normally, the theater commander delegates the therein consists of both a command communicafunctions of this responsibility for signal com- tions system and an area communications system. munications to the component commanders, and to commanders of joint task forces. In a large 5-2. <strong>Command</strong> <strong>Communications</strong> System landmass type theater of operations, the theater commander will delegate the function for com- consists of multichannel communications links munications to the theater army commander. The connecting the major headquarters within the theater army commander normally retains the functions for communications in the COMMZ theater of operations, several mawhile assigning the responsibilities for communi-a theater of operations, several major headquarters such cations within the combat zone to the major ma- theater as theater, , theater army, y, neuver force commander. theater navy, theater air force, and TASCOM are established. These headquarters are interconc. A theater of operations is divided into a corn- nected with direct multichannel communications bat zone and communications zone. The manner links for command and control of theater operaof organizing and controlling communications for tions. <strong>Communications</strong> links are required from the combat zone and the COMMZ is different. The theater headquarters to DCS access points, theater major difference between COMMZ and the corn- alternate, theater army, theater navy, and theater 5-1
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