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FM 11-23
motor pool area and company level organizational
maintenance on these vehicles is performed by
the battalion motor maintenance section.
higher headquarters. The battalion will imple
ment such communications control directives as
are directed by higher headquarters. It will establish
standing operating procedures within its
erations and intelligence section is the nerve cen- area of responsibility as may be authorized by
the centralized communications system control
ter of a signal battalion. The commander relies
element. Separate circuits used for these puron
it to accomplish the battalion's signal composes
are often referred to as engineering cirmunications
mission. It is under the staff supervi- poses are often referred to as engineering cirsion
of the S3. The operations and intelligence section
contains personnel and equipment to support cuits. They are of the sole-user type, used entirely
the S2 and S3 functions. The area signal center for maintaining efficient and effective control
officer, carrier system officer, microwave officer, over communications systems operating elements.
and teletypewriter/telephone officer are technical
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assisting the S3 in discharging histo
meet their
COMMEL responsibilities by advising him on operational needs. Figure 11-3 shows a type FM
matters in their respective fields of specialization.
radio communications diagram for the headquar-
The operations sergeant, in addition to his techni- ters and headquarters detachment, signal battalcal
duties, assists the S3 and other technical staff ion.
officers by coordinating the efforts of section
NCO's and enlisted technical specialist. He super- (2) The aircraft organic to the HHD, tovises
the work of the SOI clerk, draftsman, driv- gether with the pilot and mechanic, are assigned
ers, and other assigned personnel. He is responsi- to the operations and intelligence section. They
ble for the operational readiness of the vehicle- are employed as required to meet the needs of the
mounted operations center and operations cen- battalion. Requests for aircraft support for
tral. He insures communications continuity by inspections, staff visits, or resupply of critically
scheduling technical control personnel to provide needed personnel and equipment to insolated bat-
24-hour operation of these facilities. The intelli- talion elements are processed through the S3 secgence
sergeant is trained in signal intelligence and tion. Operations and intelligence section also has
is familiar with communications security prac- radio equipment installed in the operations center
tices and procedures. He assists the S3 in accom- or operations central to contact the aircraft in
plishing battalion S2 duties.
flight, or to contact a vehicle-mounted radio used
(1) The trunk-mounted field communications
operations office is equipped with a telphone
by the S3 or the commander when they are away
from the installation. Since much of the commuswitchboard
for intercommunication and local nications systems control traffic may be classified,
telephone circuits. It also includes the drafting teletypewriter security equipment is provided in
and display board facilities required by the S3 to the operations central. Employment of the equipplan,
engineer and coordinate the installation and ment requires that procedures for safeguarding
operation of communciations facilities provided the COMSEC equipment be established and imby
the battalion. The signal communications situ- plemented in accordance with current Army Seation
is kept current by use of the display board curity Agency directives.
facilities. Interconnected with the operations cen- (3) Detailed signal operations orders, plans,
ter is a truck-mounted operations central. It also SOI, standing signal instructions (SSI), and the
has a telephone switchboard and display facili-' types of systems installed, operated, and mainties;
in addition, it has teletypewriter equipment, tained by the battalion will depend upon the type
both page copy and reperforator tape transmitter and number of building-block units grouped toequipment
used for technical control of signal gether to form the signal battalion. However, the
communications facilities established and oper- S3 section and other organizational elements orated
by the battalion. Contact is maintained ganic to the headquarters and headquarters dethrough
this operations central with operating tachment, signal group, provide a balanced orelements
of the battalion and with centralized ganization to carry out the command and control
systems control and circuit allocation elements of mission assigned to this unit.
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