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FM 11-23
10-3. Assignment staff with an aircraft for colmlmand and staff
visits to group units.
The headquarters and headquarters detachment
is assigned to a type signal group for which it 10-5. Limitations
provides command and control. The signal group,
in turn, may further be assigned to a type USAS- The HHD depends upon assigned or attached
TRATCOM (theater) to perform a portion of the units for mess, motor maintenance, signal equipoverall
mission of the USASTRATCOM (the- ment maintenance, and maintenance of personnel
ater). The signal group may also operate as a and pay records. When the unit is required to opseparate
unit and be attached to an independent erate separately, and not in close proximity with
corps or similar size task force operating in a re- any of its assigned or attached units, appropriate
mote area or oceanic theater. In this case, it aug- mess and motor maintenance teams will be proments
the communications organic to the sup- vided by composite service organization such as
ported force. Command relationships governing TOE 29-500. Other services required by the
employment of USASTRATCOM (theater) units HHD, such as medical, dental, and finance supunder
these conditions are discussed in chapter 3. port or additional motor transportation are also
In any case, the HHD signal group will provide provided by combat service support units located
in the group headquarters area. This includes di-
rect and general support maintenance for the
unit's organic aircraft. Because of the distances
command and control for signal units assigned or
attached to the group.
104. Capabilities involved and the large area over which signal
units of the group are dispersed, the signal group
The unit provides command control, staff plan- may require tactical airlift support to augment
ning, coordination, and supervision for a group assigned and attached unit capabilities. Proviconsisting
of two to seven signal battalions. It di- sions for such support are stated in FM 100-27
rects and coordinates operations, training, admin- and will be discussed in paragraphs 10-9 through
istration, and logistics functions of assigned and 10-11.
attached units, and it provides administrative and
logistics support for the group command head- 10-6. Training, Mobility, and Category
quarters and the headquarters detachment. When
quarters and the headquarters detachment. When Assigned personnel, in addition to formal or onorganized
SRC10 under of TOE 11122, it devel the-job training in their basic MOS skills, receive
ops plans, policies, and procedures for communifurther
urthr unit training
undr
under ATP
11-122.
11-122. All
pr-
percations
systems installed, operated, and main- sonnel, except the chaplain, are trained to engage
tained by the group. This includes technical con- in effective, coordinated defense of the units area
trol of the communications facilities and coordi-
or installation. This includes, but is not limited
nation of the signal plans of subordinate units to, rear area protection procedures, internal dewhich
relate to the overall signal communications fense, operations in stability operations and opersystems
or COMMEL activities for which the sig- ations under both conventional warfare and CBR
nal group has mission responsibility. When orga- conditions. Organic transportation allocated on
nized under SRC-20, the HHD has the additional the TOE provides the HHD with a ground transcapability
of providing detailed communications portation mobility of approximately 75 percent
systems engineering and communications systems for moving the entire unit at one time. This unit
control within its area of responsibility. The is designated a category II unit as referred to in
HHD provides the group commander and his AR 310-25 (unit categories).
Section II. EMPLOYMENT
10-7. General nel and equipment utilized by the group coma.
The command and control element organized mander to control the activities of two to seven
under TOE 11-122 provides a flexible type head- signal battalions which operate together to perquarters
and headquarters detachment which is form given tasks and missions as a signal group.
employed to control various types of signal It may serve as the command and control element
groups. The HHD is a TOE grouping of person- for a theater army signal group; a signal group,
10-2