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and control element and organically assigned rate companies are assigned directly to the group
companies.
to provide specialized communications services. It
is this organization tailoring capability, the addb.
Building-block units may be further grouped
ing or deleting of units, which gives a USASunder
a command and control element, such as a TRATCOM (theater) flexibility and versatility in
headquarters and headquarters detachment
supplying the proper communications equipment
(TOE 11-122), to form a type signal group. If a supplyng the proper commucatons equipment
and personnel to meet the signal communications
signal group only is required in the theater, the
command control element, headquarters and requirements. In addition, this tailoring capabiland
andc a ment ity conserves the communications-electronics reheadquarters
detachment (TOE 11-122) may be
organized code under standard sources requirements in any theater under current or future
organized under standard requirements code
(SRC) 20 variation of the TOE. This TOE varia- concepts of operations.
tion provides the group headquarters with addi- d. USASTRATCOM (theater) organizations
tional personnel and equipment for establishing, that support several type force models operating
engineering, and controlling the TACS is the in a variety of theaters are discussed in the fol-
COMMZ.
lowing section. Refer to Part Two of this manual
for detailed missions,
c. In large theaters of operations where the
employment, and methods
of operation of the command and control eleforce
structure is of a field army or larger, two or
ments of a headquarters and headquarters commore
type signal groups are placed under a company,
USASTRATCOM (theater); headquarmand
and control element such as a headquarters pany, USASTRATCOM (theater); a headquarand
headquarters company (HHC) USASTRAT- andaheadquters
headquarters detachment, signal group;
COM (theater) (TOE 11-302). This company has
Cits own organic TACS TAGS control element. ele-302).tTs c Buildingblock
iny
and a headquarters and headquarters detach
ment, signal battalion. For information covering
units of company or battalion size may also the detailed missions, capabilities, employment,
be assigned or attached directly to a USAS- and operations of other TOE units assigned to
TRATCOM (theater) to provide special commun- USASTRATCOM (theater) refer to subsequent
ications capabilities. This tailoring of units ap- parts of this manual or applicable unit field manplies
to signal group organizations where sepa- uals and to tables of organization and equipment.
Section II. TYPE USASTRATCOM (THEATER)
ORGANIZATIONS
2-4. General The organizational structure of a USASTRATmunications
To provide flexibility, a USASTRATCOM (the- munications
(LOC)
(LO)
are
are
established
established
in
in
the
the
ater) is made up of building-block units that can OMMZ to support one field army. Each LOG
be added or deleted as the situation requires. The may contain highway, railway, and waterway
organization of each USASTRATCOM (theater) networks. The theaters, major command headquarters,
combat support units, and combat serwill
be different because each will be tailored to quarters, combat support units, and combat se
vice support units will be dispersed
support a specific force structure in a specific the-; the tempo of warfare will determine
along these
their
ater of operations.
exact deployment. Signal communications axes
provided by the USASTRATCOM (theater) will
2-5. Type Communication Zone parallel the LOC.
Signal Organization
a. Signal Groups. Two of the type theater army
COM (theater) for establishing, operating, and signal groups shown in figure 2-2 are the major
controlling a TACS in the COMMZ in support of operational organizations assigned to a USASone
field army is shown in figure 2-1. The com- TRATCOM (theater). They are organized to supmand
and control element for such a USAS- port the communications-electronics doctrine of
TRATCOM (theater) directs the operations of superimposing a command communications systwo
signal groups, in establishing axes of corn- tern on an area communications system to provide
munications throughout the COMMZ. The TACS an optimum TACS in the COMMZ. Each signal
interconnects with the field army communications group is also organized to support the communisystem
where the boundaries of the COMMZ and cations doctrine applicable to operations of fragthe
field army meet. Two or more lines of com- mented major headquarters. Each group provides
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