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listed personnel. The division is responsible for coordinating requests for tactical airlift support.
the overall day-to-day technical control and engi- He supervises the implementation of tactical airneering
of communications systems and facilities lift directives of theater army by units of the
to insure maximum efficiency and flexibility of command. To do this, he prepares standard opoperations.
Some of the major specific duties and erating procedures for requesting tactical airlift
operational responsibilities of personnel assigned support in consonance with tactical airlift operato
this division are as follows:
tions doctrine, as stated in FM 100-27 as it ap-
(1) The chief, operations division, operates plies to the need and operational requirements of
under control of the ACofS C-E, plans and opera- the command.
tions. He is responsible for directing the divi- (8) The operations NCO assists the chief,
sion's efforts along the signal communications operations division and other officers by coordiplanning
guidelines established by the plans divi- nating the efforts of the enlisted technical spesion.
cialists and supervising the work of the drafts-
(2) The operations officer, traffic officer, man and clerical personnel assigned to the divi-
ADPS officer, wire officer, radio officer, communi- sion.
cations center officers, and telephone and tele- (9) The frequency allocation specialist and
typewriter officer, assist the chief of the frequency control clerk assist the officers reoperations/systems
control division in day-to-day sponsible for frequency allocation and for prepaengineering
of communications systems and facil- ration of the SOI.
ities.
(10) The radio relay NCO, COMMCEN NCO,
(3) The radio frequency allocation officer secretary-steno, clerk-typists, and drafsman
and the radio propagation officer evaluate radio provide the section with necessary technical and
propagation data to determine allocation of radio clerical support to take care of the workload genfrequencies.
They allocate frequencies to units in erated by the division.
the command, coordinate radio frequency requirec.
The personnel required to direct the comments,
maintain records, prepare reports, and ini- c. on
mand's system control (SYSCON) activities are
tiate correspondence to theater army on all radio
the systems officer, radio relay officer, system confrequency
matters. They are also responsible for
assembling and coordinating other communica- trol officer, tropo officer, wire officer, circuit contions
data for inclusion in the signal operation in- trol sergeants, tropo NCO, wire NCO, draftsmen,
structions- (SOI).
a clerk, radio teletypewriter operators, and teletypewriter
operators. Their general responsibili-
(4) The COMSEC staff officer assists the ties include allocation of circuit routes and alterchief
of the operations/systems control division in nate routes. They accomplish this by coordinating
discharging his responsibilities by advising him the centralized control of circuits. They insure
on COMSEC matters for which the command is efficient services by directing the subordinate conresponsible.
He also coordinates with the ACofS, trol sections of the organic signal groups to resecurity
and intelligence, on matters of mutual route or rearrange circuits to relieve traffic
interest.
congestion in the TACS, based on information re-
(5) The two photo officers are responsible ceived from the plans division. They are responsifor
supervision and coordination of the photo ac- ble for the preparation and dissemination of
tivities of the command.
priority lists and detailed emergency schedules to
the subordinate control sections for coordinating
(6) The training officer and the training uniform restoration of circuits in the event of
NCO are responsible for planning, coordinating, disruption of communications or damage to any
and the staff supervision of a master training part of the system. They are also responsible for
program for the command.
processing channel assignments, maintaining cur-
(7) The staff aviation officer is responsible rent availability and usage records of circuits and
for staff supervision of aviation matters relating facilities, coordinating the maintenance of accurto
the command and assigned and attached units. ate current records at subordinate control instal-
He develops plans for the command and serves as lations, and maintaining technical control over
the point of contact for coordinating requests for all technical control activities and functions in
use of aircraft organic to all units assigned or at- the TACS. The personnel operate from a comtached
to the command. He also is responsible for munications operation center which is connected
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