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FM 11-23
PART TWO
USASTRATCOM (THEATER) COMMAND AND CONTROL ELEMENTS
CHAPTER 8
INTRODUCTION
8-1. General signal organization responsible for executing the
signal communications plans for COMMZ com-
The size and the complexity of the theater army
communications
munications
systems established
in a specified theater.
in the
COMMZ of any theater of operations depend to a
large extent on the variables discussed in paragraphs
2-1 through 2-3. Consequently, signal corn- A USASTRATCOM (theater) requires selected
munications requirements in each COMMZ will assemblages of signal units to install, operate, and
vary. The signal units necessary to meet specific maintain the TACS in the COMMZ of a theater.
COMMZ requirements must be planned for and or- The following elements, described in chapters 9,
ganized to provide reliable,. high quality, signal 10, and 11 respectively, provide command and concommunications.
These communications must be trol for these assemblages.
responsive to the needs of the theater and theater a. Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
army commanders, and to the combat, combat sup- USASTRATCOM (theater).
port, and combat service support elements located
in the COMMZ. The USASTRATCOM is responsi- b. Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment,
ble for preparing signal communications plans to Signal Group.
support the contingency plans for any theater of c. Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment,
operations. The USASTRATCOM (theater) is the Signal Battalion.
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