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a. The headquarters and headquarters detach-
ment is employed by the signal group commander
to direct and coordinate the operation, training,
administration, and logistics functions of the
group headquarters and for assigned and at-
tached units. The group headquarters includes
the commander and his staff. The commander employs
his staff to establish and monitor the per-
sonnel, administrative, and logistics functions of
the group and to maintain technical and/or opera-
independent corps or similar size task force; a
signal service group; or a signal construction
group if all battalions in the group happened to
be signal construction battalions. The signal
group designation would thus depend on the mission
and the type signal battalions assigned to the
group to perform that mission. The HHD simply
provides the command and control to insure that
the group's overall mission is accomplished.
b. The mission of the headquarters and headrters
detachment has been startesd in parad-
communications systems they establish or the
other COMMEL activities in which they are en-
graphs 10-1 through 10-3. The mission of the
type signal group will be stated in the group's activation
orders, along with the capabilities and
limitations. These will depend on the number and
composition of the signal battalions grouped together
under control of the HHD. Figures 2-2,
2-5, 2-6, and 2-7 show different type signal
groups, but each group is assigned an HHD TOE
11-122 command 11-122
and command
control element. The mission
of the group will normally be stated clearly
and concisely. For example, the mission statement
for a theater army signal group may beto
provide TACS long line and terminal communications
facilities for a designated axis of communications
in the communications zone. On the
other hand, the mission of a corps signal group
may state: to augment organic corps command
10-8. Unit Employment
FM 11-23
to provide administrative and logistical support
to provide administrative and logistical support
for the command headquarters and the headquarters
detachment, to assist the S3 in carrying out
his intelligence and signal operations responsibil-
ities, and to install and operate the internal wire
communications system for the signal group
headquarters.
c. When the HHD is organized under SRC-20
of TOE 11-122, the signal systems engineering
communications systems. The group's capabilities and control section provides communications
and limitations will be the combined capabilities planning, supervision, traffic control, signal inand
limitations of the signal units that form the formation service, circuit engineering, and cengroup.
The number and type of operating signal tralized technical direction of the army area comunits
allocated per group and assigned or at- munications system; or provides detailed comtached
to the group will be determined by the munications systems engineering and communicacommunications
requirements of the supported tions control for a designated axis of communicaforce.
Only one command and control element is tion, when operating as a subordinate headquarallocated
and assigned to each signal group. ters of a USASTRATCOM (theater).
Section III.
OPERATIONS
10-9. Introduction 10-10. Group Headquarters
The command headquarters includes the group a. The S1, S4, and sergeant major supervise
commander and his staff. The group commander personnel, administrative, and logistics functions
exercises command control through his staff by of the group. However, only those personnel, adissuing
orders to the responsible section of the ministrative, and logistics functions which redetachment
and to subordinate units. The group's quire coordination or resolution at group level or
executive officer acts as chief of staff and coordinates
the staff activities of the group headquarare
necessary for effective command control are
handled by the group headquarters.
ters. He also acts as liaison officer between the
group commander and commanders of subordi- b. The S3 is responsible for the preparation of
nate units. In addition, he commands the group operations orders, standard operating procedures,
during the commander's absence.
training directives, and technical operating in-
10-3