US Army Table of Organization and Equipment

	
	  18 JULY 1996
                                                 AREA SIGNAL COMPANY
                                    SIGNAL BATTALION (MOBILE SUBSCRIBER EQUIPMENT)

                                DESIGNATION:  COMPANY _____ (AREA SIGNAL) _____ (DIVISION)
                                                 SIGNAL BATTALION (MSE)


1.  MISSION.  TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A PORTION OF
THE DIVISION MOBILE SUBSCRIBER EQUIPMENT (MSE)
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM.

2.  ASSIGNMENT.  ORGANIC TO THE DIVISION SIGNAL BATTALION
(4-NODE), TOE 11065L200, A DIVISION SIGNAL BATTALION (6-NODE),
TOE 11065L400, A CORPS CONTINGENCY SIGNAL BATTALION,
TOE 11425L000, THE AREA SIGNAL BATTALIONS CONTINGENCY CORPS
TOE 11435L100 & 200, A CORPS SUPPORT BATTALION TOE 11445L100,
AND AN ABN CORPS SUPPORT BATTALION 11445L200.  WHEN ORGANIC
TO THE CORPS CONTINGENCY SIGNAL BATTALION 11425L000 ALL
PERSONNEL MUST BE PARACHUTIST QUALIFIED.

3.  CAPABILITIES.

    A.  AT LEVEL 1, THIS UNIT PROVIDES:

        (1)  TWO MANAGEMENT FACILITIES FOR NODAL MANAGEMENT AND
SYSTEM CONTROL.

        (2)  TWO NODE CENTRAL SWITCHS TO PROVIDE NODE SWITCHING
AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS, NETWORK INTERFACE FOR RADIO
ACCESS UNITS (RAU), AND EXTENSION SWITCHES.

        (3)  RADIO ACCESS UNITS FOR INTERFACE BETWEEN MOBILE
SUBSCRIBERS AND THE NODE CENTER SWITCH USING LINE OF
SIGHT (LOS) RADIO OR CABLE LINKS FOR CONNECTIVITY.

        (4)  ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY LOS RADIO LINKS BETWEEN
NODE CENTERS AND FROM NODE CENTERS TO EXTENSION NODES
AND RAU.

        (5)  SMALL EXTENSION SWITCHES FOR LOCAL SWITCHING
AND MSE NETWORK ACCESS OF WIRE SUBSCRIBERS.

        (6)  NET RADIO INTERFACE FOR FM RADIO ACCESS INTO THE
AREA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AT SELECTED EXTENSION NODES.

    B.  COLUMNS UNDER LEVELS 2 AND 3 ADAPT THIS TABLE FOR
REDUCED OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES IN DECREMENTS OF 10%,
FROM APPROXIMATELY 90% FOR LEVEL 2 TO APPROXIMATELY 80% FOR
LEVEL 3.  WHEN ORGANIZED AT LEVEL 3, THE FOLLOWING
FACILITIES CANNOT BE OPERATED:  1 SMALL EXTENSION SWITCH AN
1 LOS RADIO.

    C.  THIS UNIT IS NOT ADAPTABLE TO A TYPE B ORGANIZATION

    D.  THE COLUMNS DESIGNATED BY LEVELS 1 THROUGH 3 ARE
DESIGNED TO RELATE TO THE CATEGORIES ESTABLISHED BY AR
220-1, UNIT STATUS REPORTING.

    E.  INDIVIDUALS OF THIS ORGANIZATION CAN ASSIST IN THE
COORDINATED DEFENSE OF THE UNIT'S AREA OR
INSTALLATION.

    F.  THIS UNIT PERFORMS UNIT MAINTENANCE ON ORGANIC
EQUIPMENT.

    G.  THIS UNIT IS DEPENDENT ON:

        (1)  HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, SIGNAL
BATTALION (MSE), TOE 11066L, FOR FOOD SERVICE AND RELIGIOUS
SUPPORT, LESS FORWARD DEPLOYED ELEMENTS.

        (2)  APPROPRIATE ELEMENTS OF THE DIVISION OR CORPS
FOR COMBAT HEALTH SUPPORT, LEGAL, FINANCE, FOOD SERVICE AND
RELIGIOUS SUPPORT FOR FORWARD DEPLOYED ELEMENTS, AND
PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.

4.  BASIS OF ALLOCATION.  TWO PER DIVISION
SIGNAL BATTALION TOE 11065L200, A DIVISION SIGNAL BATTALION,
TOE 11065L400, A CORPS CONTINGENCY SIGNAL BATTALION,
TOE 11425L000, THE AREA SIGNAL BATTALIONS CONTINGENCY CORPS
TOE 11435L100 & 200, A CORPS SUPPORT BATTALION TOE 11445L100,
AND AN ABN CORPS SUPPORT BATTALION 11445L200..

5.  CATEGORY.  THIS UNIT IS DESIGNATED A CATEGORY II UNIT.
FOR UNIT CATEGORIES, SEE AR 310-25

6.  MOBILITY.

    A.  THIS UNIT IS CAPABLE OF TRANSPORTING 85500 POUNDS
(6643.0 CUBIC FEET) OF TOE EQUIPMENT WITH ORGANIC
VEHICLES.

    B.  THIS UNIT HAS 47431 POUNDS (2584.0 CUBIC FEET) OF
THE EQUIPMENT REQUIRING TRANSPORTATION.

    C.  THIS UNIT REQUIRES 100% PERCENT OF ITS TOE
EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES TO BE TRANSPORTED IN A SINGLE LIFE
USING ITS ORGANIC VEHICLES (SOURCE FM 11-37/FM 24-1).

7.  DOCTRINE.  THE FOLLOWING DOCTRINAL PUBLICATIONS ARE
APPLICABLE TO THE OPERATION OF THIS UNIT:

     FM 11-30, MSE CORPS/DIVISION SIGNAL UNIT OPERATIONS.
     FM 11-50, COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE DIVISION.
     FM 71-100, DIVISION OPERATIONS.


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                      ^    HQ     ^                     ^  CENTER   ^                       ^  SWITCH  ^
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            TOE ANALYSIS  ---   NARRATIVE DISCUSSION


PRESENT                PRESENT                PRESENT
TOE NO: 11067L200      TITLE: HHC DIV SIG BN   STR: 138


PROPOSED               PROPOSED               PROPOSED
TOE NO: 11067C200      TITLE: HHC DIV SIG BN   STR: 138


1.  GENERAL.

    a.  REFERENCES.

        (1)  AR 71-31       (2)  AR 71-13       (3)  AR 570-2

        (4)  AR 611-101     (5)  AR 611-112     (6)  AR 611-201

        (7)  TR 71-6        (8)  TR 71-17

    b.  PURPOSE:  IS TO UPDATE THE LTOE FOR THE DIVISION SIGNAL
MOBILE SUBSCRIBER EQUIPMENT (MSE), AREA SIGNAL COMPANY TOE
11067C200.  THIS UPDATE REFLECTS APPROVED DOCTRINE AND THE LATEST
INFORMATION CONCERNING CHANGES IN OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS, OPERATIONAL
REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENTS (ORDs), AND RELATED BASIS OF ISSUE PLANS
(BOIPs) DATA.  THE ADVANTAGES ARE AS FOLLOWS:  CONCEPT CHANGES ARE
INCORPORATED, MANPOWER AND EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS ARE UPDATED, AND
THE APPLICATION OF THE LTOE DEVELOPMENT AND DOCUMENTATION PROCEDURES
PROVIDE AND OUTLINE THE UNIT'S FORCE MODERNIZATION PROCESS.

        (1)  THE AREA SIGNAL COMPANY WILL PROVIDE SWITCH, LINE OF
SIGHT (LOS), RADIO ACCESS UNIT (RAU), NATO INTERFACE UNIT (NIU) AND
FM RETRANS FACILITIES AREA TO AUGMENT THE AREA SIGNAL COMPANIES AS
REQUIRED.  THE AREA SIGNAL COMPANY IS ORGANIC TO THE SIGNAL BATTALION
(MSE) TOE 11065C200.

        (2)  THIS VERSION OF THE TOE HAS BEEN REVIEWED IN ACCORD
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF CURRENT TOE REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE.

        (3)  ALL EQUIPMENT READINESS CODES (ERCs) IN THIS TOE HAVE
BEEN REVIEWED TO ENSURE STRICT COMPLIANCE WITH CRITERIA IN AR 220-1,
UNIT STATUS REPORTING.  THEY ALSO HAVE BEEN REVIEWED TO ENSURE THEY
ARE ALIGNED AT THE PARAGRAPH LEVEL OF DETAIL.

        (5)  THE UNIT MARC CODE IS 21A.  THIS UNIT IS CONSIDERED
HIGHLY MOBILE AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACCORDINGLY.

2.  EMPLOYMENT:  THE COMPANY HEADQUARTERS WILL BE EMPLOYED ALONG WITH
THE BATTALION HHC.  THE GENERAL SUPPORT PLATOON OPERATES A LARGE
EXTENSION NODE INCLUDING ASSOCIATED LOS RADIOS, RAU, NIU, AND FM
RETRANSMISSION FACILITIES.

3.  METHODS OF OPERATIONS AND FUNCTIONS:

    a.  PARAGRAPH 01, COMPANY HEADQUARTERS:

        (1)  FUNCTIONS.  CONTAINS PERSONNEL AND FACILITIES FOR
COMMAND, CONTROL AND COORDINATION OF THE COMPANY MISSION.  PERSONNEL
AND EQUIPMENT ARE PROVIDED FOR SUPPLY, ADMINISTRATION, POL, UNIT
LEVEL MAINTENANCE OF ORGANIC ARMS, POWER GENERATORS, AIR CONDITIONING
EQUIPMENT, AND VEHICLES.  UNIT LEVEL MAINTENANCE OF MOBILE SUBSCRIBER
EQUIPMENT AND CRYPTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT IS PERFORMED BY MAINTENANCE
PERSONNEL IN TOE 11066C200.  FORMAL COMPANY ADMINISTRATION IS
PROVIDED BY THE BATTALION PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION CENTER (PAC).
MESSING FACILITIES FOR THE COMPANY WILL BE FURNISHED BY THE BATTALION
HHC OR OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE COMPANY WILL MESS WITH SUPPORTED UNITS.

        (2)  PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS NOT COVERED BY REGULATORY
GUIDANCE:  NONE.

        (3)  MAJOR EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS:

VEH/EQUIP         USER       COMMO       REQUIRED FOR:

1 1-1/4T HMMWV    CO CDR    1 VRC-47     BN OPERATIONS
                            1 MSRT
                            1 TA-1035

1 1-1/4T HMMWV    BN XO     1 VRC-46     BN CMDR/CMD AND CONTROL
                            1 PLGR

1 WRECKER                   1 VRC-46     SUPPORT VEH RECOVERY

1 UTIL SHEL

2 2-1/2 TRK CGO

    b.  PARAGRAPH 02, GEN SPT PLT HQS:

        (1)  FUNCTIONS:  ASSISTS THE COMPANY COMMANDER IN PROVIDING
COMMAND AND CONTROL OF COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS IN THE DIVISION AREA.

        (2)  PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS NOT COVERED BY REGULATOR
GUIDANCE:  NONE.

        (3)  MAJOR EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS:

VEH/EQUP          USER         COMM             REQUIRED FOR

2 1-1/4T HMMWV    LPLT LDR    2 VRC-46      PLT LDR/CMD AND CONTROL
                              2 MSRT
                              2 PLGR

4-S250 SHELTER    SECTION     2 VRC-47      MSE NODE MGT FAC
                              2 TA-1035
                              2 PLGR
                              2 FAX
                              2 LCU-ISYS
                              2 MSRT
                              2 GRC-229

    c.  PARAGRAPH 03, EXT SWITCH SECTION:

        (1)   FUNCTIONS:  PROVIDES A LARGE EXTENSION SWITCH
OPERATIONS SHELTER AND CABLE VEHICLE, A NODE MANAGEMENT SHELTER, LINE
OF SIGHT RADIOS, AND RADIO ACCESS UNIT.

        (2)  PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS NOT COVERED BY REGULATORY
GUIDANCE:  NONE.

        (3)  MAJOR EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS:

VEH/EQUIP          USER        COMM             REQUIRED FOR

5 1-1/4T HMMWV     NRI TM      2 VRC-46         EXT SWITCH

16 UTIL SHELT

     d.  PARAGRAPH 4, WIRE SECTION:

        (1)  FUNCTIONS:  PROVIDES SMALL EXTENSION SWITCHES, LINE OF
SIGHT RADIOS, AND RADIO ACCESS UNITS.

        (2)  PERSONNEL EQUIPMENTS NOT COVERED BY REGULATORY GUIDANCE:
NONE.

        (3)  MAJOR EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS.

VEH/EQUIP          USER       COMM              REQUIRED FOR

1 1-1/4T HMMWV     SEC       1 VRC-46       SEC OPS
                             2 TA-1035
                             1 PLGR

2 1-1/4T HMMWV     SEC       2 VRC-46       EXT SWITCH SUPV X2

2-S 250 SHELTER    SEC       2 VRC-46       MSE REMOTE RAU X2
                             2 PLGR
                             2 GRC-229