1 OCTOBER 1986
CORPS SIGNAL BRIGADE
(MOBILE SUBSCRIBER EQUIPMENT)
(ARMY OF EXCELLENCE)
DESIGNATION: ----- SIGNAL BRIGADE (CORPS) (MSE)
1. MISSION. TO INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A MOBILE
SUBSCRIBER EQUIPMENT (MSE) CORPS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM;
TO PROVIDE AREA COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT TO CORPS
MAIN, CORPS JUMP, TACTICAL, SUPPORT COMMANDS, AND REAR
COMMAND POSTS; TO PROVIDE AREA COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT TO
MAJOR SUBORDINATE COMMANDS OF THE CORPS; AND TO PROVIDE
A CORPS SPECIAL STAFF FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS,
AUTOMATION, AND COMSEC ASSISTANCE TO THE CORPS COMMANDER.
2. ASSIGNMENT. TO A CORPS.
3. CAPABILITIES.
A. AT LEVEL 1, THIS UNIT PROVIDES, ON A 24-HOUR BASIS:
(1) A CORPS AREA MSE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM.
(2) PLANNING, ENGINEERING, AND CONTROL OF THE CORPS
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM.
(3) TWO SYSTEMS CONTROL FACILITIES FOR MANAGEMENT,
TECHNICAL CONTROL, AND PLANNING THE MSE COMMUNICATIONS
SYSTEM.
(4) TWENTY-TWO NODE CENTERS AND FOUR LARGE EXTENSION
SWITCHES (LES) FOR AREA COMMUNICATIONS COVERAGE OF THE
CORPS.
(5) ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR SMALL EXTENSION SWITCHES
(SES) TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE MSE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
FOR CORPS WIRE SUBSCRIBERS.
(6) FORTY-SEVEN RADIO ACCESS UNITS (RAU) TO PROVIDE
ACCESS TO THE MSE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FOR MOBILE
SUBSCRIBER RADIO TERMINAL (MSRT) SUBSCRIBERS.
(7) TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE LINE-OF-SIGHT (LOS) RADIOS
FOR INTERCONNECTION OF NODE CENTERS AND SMALL EXTENSION
SWITCHES.
(8) FOUR LOS RADIOS AND FOUR WIRE NATO INTERFACE UNITS
FOR MSE SYSTEM ACCESS TO ALLIED UNITS, WITH THE APPLICATION
OF THE TACTICAL SATELLITE INCREMENTAL CHANGE PACKAGE (ICP).
(9) SIX TACTICAL SATELLITE MULTICHANNEL TERMINALS FOR
LONG-HAUL COMMUNICATIONS TO SUBORDINATE ELEMENTS, WITH
APPLICATION OF THE ICP.
B. THE 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.
C. THIS UNIT IS NOT ADAPTABLE TO A TYPE B ORGANIZATION.
D. THE COLUMNS DESIGNATED BY LEVEL 1 THROUGH 3 ARE
DESIGNED TO RELATE TO THE CATEGORIES ESTABLISHED BY AR
220-1, UNIT STATUS REPORTING.
E. INDIVIDUALS OF THIS ORGANIZATION, EXCEPT THE
CHAPLAIN, CAN ASSIST IN COORDINATED DEFENSE OF THE UNIT'S
AREA OR INSTALLATION.
F. THIS UNIT PERFORMS UNIT MAINTENANCE ON ALL ORGANIC
EQUIPMENT.
G. THIS UNIT IS DEPENDENT ON:
(1) APPROPRIATE ELEMENTS OF THE CORPS FOR LEGAL,
HEALTH SERVICE SUPPORT, FINANCE, PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES, AND VISUAL INFORMATION SUPPORT.
(2) COMMAND AVIATION BATTALION (CORPS), TOE
01415L000, FOR AIRCRAFT SUPPORT FOR COMMAND AND CONTROL OF
DISPERSED SITES, EVACUATION AND REPLACEMENT OF CRITICAL
EQUIPMENT, AERIAL MOVEMENT OF MAINTENANCE CONTACT TEAMS,
AND SITE RECONNAISSANCE.
4. BASIS OF ALLOCATION. ONE PER CORPS.
5. CATEGORY. THIS UNIT IS DESIGNATED A CATEGORY II UNIT.
(FOR UNIT CATEGORIES, SEE AR 310-25.)
6. MOBILITY. FOR MOBILITY OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL
COMPONENTS OF THIS UNIT, SEE SECTION I, GENERAL,
OF THE RESPECTIVE TABLES OF ORGANIZATION AND
EQUIPMENT LISTED AS PARAGRAPHS IN SECTION II OF THIS
TOE.
7. DOCTRINE. THE FOLLOWING DOCTRINAL PUBLICATIONS ARE
APPLICABLE TO THE OPERATION OF THIS UNIT:
FM 11-30, MSE CORPS/DIVISION SIGNAL UNIT OPERATIONS.
FM 11-37, MSE PRIMER FOR SMALL-UNIT LEADERS.
FM 11-38, MSE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL.
FM 11-38-1, TACTICAL SOP FOR MOBILE SUBSCRIBER EQUIPMENT.
FM 11-92, COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE CORPS.
FM 24-1, COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS.
FM 100-5, CORPS OPERATIONS.
*TOE 11400L100, 1 OCT 85, WILL BE RESCINDED WHEN UNITS
ARE NO LONGER ORGANIZED THEREUNDER.
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