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                        TROPO PLATOON
                     CORPS SIGNAL BRIGADE
                 TOE 11478C100 TROPO PLATOON


                       EXECUTIVE SUMMARY



1.  PURPOSE.  THIS TOE CONTAINS THE LTOE FOR THE TROPO PLATOON
CORPS SIGNAL BRIGADE.  THE TOE UNDER REVIEW REFLECTS APPROVED
DOCTRINE AND THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING NEW OPERATIONAL
CONCEPTS, OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENTS (ORD'S), 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 DOCUMENTATION
PROCEDURES PROVIDES AN OUTLINE OF THE UNIT'S FORCE MODERNIZATION
PROCESS.

    a.  NEW TOE:      N           PROJECTED E-DATE: 9810

    b.  CYCLIC REVIEW:    Y       CURRENT E-DATE:  9508

    c.  AUTHORITY:

        (1)  ARSTRUC:       N          DATE:           STR CAP:

        (2)  CSA FDU:       Y          DATE:           STR CAP:

        (3)  AR 71-32:      Y          CTU DATE: 9810


    d.  THIS PACKAGE PERTAINS TO:

        NEW TOE       MULTPR         TITLE            OTOE STR

        11478C100        4       TROPO PLATOON          15

        REPLACED TOE  MULTPR         TITLE            OTOE STR

        11478L100        4       TROPO PLATOON          15


    e.  MAJOR CHANGES.

        THE TROPO PLATOON ARE ASSIGNED TO THE RANGE EXTENSION
COMPANIES FOR THE CORPS. THEY WILL PROVIDE A TROPO PLATOON FOR
EACH RANGE EXTENSION COMPANY IN EACH CORPS SIGNAL BRIGADE WITH NO
WITH NO ANTICIPATED INCREASE IN PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT.

        (1) THE NEW LTOE STR FOR THE PROPOSED TOE 11478C100 AFTER
MARC AND DOCTRINAL REQUIREMENTS WERE APPLIED IS 15

        (2) THE NEW MARC FIGURES HAVE BEEN APPLIED TO THIS TOE.

        (3) THE NEW MARC FOOD SERVICE FORMULA: N/A

2.  MISSION/CAPABILITIES/SECTION I.

    a.  PROVIDE 4 TROPOSPHERIC SCATTER RADIO TERMINALS WHICH PROVIDE
TACTICAL MULTICHANNEL HIGH CAPACITY TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS.
TROPOSCATTER RADIO PROVIDE RANGE EXTENSION UP TO 150 MILES FOR
MULTIPLEXED VOICE AND DATA CIRCUITS. THE TROPO TEAM IS ORGANIZED TO
PERFORM ITS MISSION IN ANY LEVEL OF CONFLICT.

    b.  SEE TOE SECTION 1(s) FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF CAPABILITIES AND
LIMITATIONS OF THESE UNITS.

3.  ASSIGNMENT.  TOE 11478L100 ASSIGNED TO THE HQ RANGE EXTENSION
COMPANY TOE 11477L100.

4.  PERSONNEL.

    a.  DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DESIGN AND DOCUMENTED OTOE REQUIREMENTS
WHERE THE DESIGN OTOE EQUALS THE UNIT STRENGTH LEVEL.

    TOE          DESIGN     DOCUMENTED    DIFFERENCE

    11478C100    15         15            N/A


    b.  MARC DEVIATIONS.  NONE.

        1.  MARC RESULTS.

        2.  MARC CODE 22A WAS USED TO DETERMINE THE ANNUAL
MAINTENANCE MANHOUR (AMMH) FACTOR OF 3760. FULL MARC HAS BEEN
APPLIED IAW MARC BULLETIN BOARD AND AR 71-32. THE RESULTS OF MARC
CHANGES IN NUMBER OF POSITIONS AND IN THE ICP'S ARE REFLECTED
BELOW WITH THE TOE, PARA, MOS, NUMBER, AND RATIONALE.

TOE           PARA          MOS          NUMBER RATIONALE

N/A           N/A           N/A          N/A


    c.  DETAILED RATIONALE FOR DOCTRINAL PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS IS IN
THE ACCOMPANYING TOE ANALYSIS--NARRATIVE DISCUSSION.

    d.  THE NET OFFICER/NCO FORCE IMPACT OF THIS TOE: NONE

    e.  THE RISK RESULTING FROM DECREMENTS IS: NONE

5.  EQUIPMENT.

    a.  EQUIPMENT REFLECTED IN THIS TOE REPRESENTS THE MINIMAL
ESSENTIAL WARTIME REQUIREMENTS.

    b.  THE FOLLOWING MODERNIZATION ITEMS BELOW HAVE BEEN APPROVED
BY DA FOR DOCUMENTATION IN THIS TOE.

    BOIP     LIN      NOMENCLATURE           AUTHORITY
    G003AB   A32060   ALARM CML AGENT AUTO   SIG OI, DA
    I0110A   R95036   RIFLE 5.56MM M16A2     SIG OI, DA
    I018AA   P38152   PISTOL 9MM AUTO M9     SIG OI, DA
    G011AA   M12418   MASK CHEM BIO XM40     SIG OI, DA


    c.  MAJOR ITEMS OF EQUIPMENT IN EACH TOE ARE:

    TOE              BTOE                  OTOE
    11478C100        5 X GRC-193           5 X GRC-193
                     5 X KY-99             5 X KY-99
                     4 X AN/TRC-170        4 X AN/TRC-170
                     4 X KY-68             4 X KY-68
                     8 X HVY HMMWV         8 X HVY HMMWV
                     8 X KG-94             8 X KG-94

6.  COST.

    a.  COST ANALYSIS SUMMARIES FOR EACH OBJECTIVE TOE ARE PROVIDED
BELOW.

    b.  FORCE STRUCTURE INFORMATION FOR EACH TOE IS BASED ON CURRENT
M-FORCE AND E-DATE 950824.

    c.  HQDA APPROVED COMMODITY CONSUMPTION RATES WERE USED IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THESE TOEs AND ARE REFLECTED IN THE COST ANALYSIS
SUMMARIES.

7.  COST ANALYSIS SUMMARIES.

           NEW TOE             OLD TOE      DELTA

SRC#       11478C100           11478L100    $2,392-


TITLE      HQ RANGE EXTENSION COMPANY CORPS SIGNAL BRIGADE


PERSONNEL (OFC/WO/NCO/ENL/AGGR)

           NEW TOE             OLD TOE           DELTA

BTOE STR:  1/0/5/9/15          1/0/5/9/15        0/0/0/0/0

OTOE STR:  1/0/5/9/15          1/0/5/9/15        0/0/0/0/0

DESGM STR: 1/0/5/9/15          1/0/5/9/15        0/0/0/0/0

OTOE STR:  15

FORCE IMPACT BY COMPO AND TOTAL (OTOE STR X# UNITS)

(COMPO 1/2/3/4/TOTAL)
UNITS  3/0/0/0/3

           NEW TOE             OLD TOE            DELTA

OFF        12/0/0/12           12/0/0/12          0/0/0/0
NCO        60/0/0/60           60/0/0/60          0/0/0/0

COSTS:
PERSONNEL  $464,891            $464,891           N/A
EQUIPMENT  $4,952,533          $4,950,143         -$2,392

TOTAL      $5,415,034          $5,417,424         -$2,392



	
	

	
	  
                                                         TROPO PLATOON
                                                     CORPS SIGNAL BRIGADE

                                              DESIGNATION:  ----- PLATOON,-----SIGNAL COMPANY (RANGE EXTENSION)
















1.  MISSION.  TO EMPLOY LONG HAUL TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS TO
PROVIDE NETWORK CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN WIDELY DISPERSED AREAS OF
OPERATION/FORCES.

2.  ASSIGNMENT. TOE 11478L100 IS ORGANIC TO THE RANGE
EXTENSION CO (MSE), TOE 11470L100.

3.  CAPABILITIES.  A.  AT LEVEL 1, THIS UNIT PROVIDES:

       A   FOUR (4) EACH TROPOSCATTER MULTICHANNEL RADIO
TERMINALS.  THE TROPOSCATTER RADIO TERMINALS PROVIDES TACTICAL
MULTICHANNEL BEYOND LINE OF SIGHT.

       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 TYPE B ORGANIZATION.

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

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

       F.  THIS PLATOON IS DEPENDENT UPON:

      (1)  APPROPRIATE ELEMENTS OF THE CORPS FOR HEALTH
SERVICES, LEGAL, FINANCE, RELIGIOUS, PERSONNEL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, AND VISUAL INFORMATION SUPPORT.

      (2)  THE RANGE EXTENSION COMPANY 11477L100 FOR
COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS, LIMITED DIRECT SUPPORT AND
COMSEC MAINTENANCE, MOTOR MAINTENANCE, VEHICLE RECOVERY,
FOOD SERVICE, AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT.

      (3)  WHEN DEPLOYED, ELEMENTS ARE DEPENDENT UPON UNITS
TO WHICH THEY ARE ASSIGNED OR ATTACHED FOR SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD
SERVICE, UNIT MAINTENANCE AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT.

4. BASIS OF ALLOCATION.  11478L100, FOUR PER RANGE EXTENSION
CO, TOE 11477L100.


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
28,281 POUNDS (2,986 CUBIC FEET) OF TOE EQUIPMENT WITH
ORGANIC VEHICLES.

      B.  THIS UNIT HAS 65,981 POUNDS (3,922 CUBIC FEET)
OF TOE EQUIPMENT REQUIRING TRANSPORTATION.

      C.  THIS UNIT REQUIRES 100 PERCENT OF ITS TOE EQUIPMENT
AND SUPPLIES TO BE TRANSPORTED IN A SINGLE LIFT USING
AUTHORIZED ORGANIC VEHICLES. (SOURCE:  FM 11-30).

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


       FM 11-92, COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS IN THE CORPS.
       FM 24-1, COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS.
       FM 100-15, CORPS OPERATIONS.


















                                                     11478C100

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                                                   \ TROPO PLT \
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                                                   \ TROPO TERM\
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            TOE ANALYSIS  ---   NARRATIVE DISCUSSION


PRESENT                PRESENT                PRESENT
TOE NO. 11478L100      TITLE  TROPO PLT       STR  15

PROPOSED               PROPOSED               PROPOSED
TOE NO. 11478C100      TITLE  TROPO PLT       STR  15


1.  GENERAL.

    a.  REFERENCES.

        (1)  AR 71-32       (2)  AR 220-1       (3)  AR 611-112

        (4)  AR 611-201     (5)  MARC BULLETIN BOARD


    b.  PURPOSE: THIS TOE CONTAINS THE LTOE FOR THE TROPO
PLATOON, RANGE EXTENSION COMPANY. THE TROPO PLATOON WILL BE
LOCATED WITH THE RANGE EXTENSION COMPANY, CORPS SIGNAL BRIGADE.
THE MISSION IS TO EMPLOY LONG HAUL TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE
NETWORK CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN WIDELY DISPERSED FORCES.

    c.  THIS TOE REFLECTS APPROVED DOCTRINE AND THE LATEST
INFORMATION CONCERNING NEW OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS, OPERATIONAL
REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENTS (ORD), AND RELATED BASIS OF ISSUE PLANS (BOIP)
DATA.  THE ADVANTAGES ARE AS FOLLOWS:  1. NEW CONCEPTS ARE
INCORPORATED; 2. RELATED MANPOWER AND EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS ARE
DOCUMENTED; AND 3. THE APPLICATIONS OF DOCUMENTATION PROCEDURES
PROVIDES AN OUTLINE OF THE UNIT'S FORCE MODERNIZATION PROCESS.


        (3)  THIS VERSION OF THE TOE HAS BEEN PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF CURRENT TOE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND
GUIDANCE.

        (4)  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 22A.  IT IS A COMBAT SUPPORT UNIT
THAT OPERATES IN THE CORPS AREA.  IT IS MOBILE AND NORMALLY
MANEUVERS/MOVES AS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE MISSION.

        (6)  EMPLOYMENT: THE ASSETS OF THE TROPO PLATOON WILL BE
UNDER THE DIRECT CONTROL OF THE CORPS SIGNAL BRIGADE WHICH WILL PLAN
THE USE OF ALL TROPO PLATOON MEANS.  THE LONG-HAUL MULTICHANNEL
TRANSMISSION ASSETS WILL BE USED TO INTERCONNECT SELECTED SWITCHES IN
DIFFERENT CRITICAL NETWORK TO SUPPORT THE ENTIRE FORCE'S C3I MISSION

NEEDS.


3.  METHODS OF OPERATIONS AND FUNCTIONS.

    a.  PARAGRAPH 01, TROPO PLATOON HEADQUARTERS.

        (1)  PROVIDE COMMAND AND CONTROL AND DIRECT EMPLOYMENT OF THE
TROPO SYSTEMS.

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

        (3)  MAJOR EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS:

VEH/EQUIP        USER        COMMO       REQUIRED FOR:
1 1/4T HMMWV     PLT LDR     GRC-193     TACTICAL MOBILITY FOR
                             TA-1042     THE PLATOON LEADER
                             DAGR


    b.  PARAGRAPH 02, 4 TROPO TERMINAL SECTION.

        (1)  PROVIDE TROPO COMMUNICATIONS LINKS BETWEEN MAJOR
COMMANDS, MAJOR FUNCTIONAL HEADQUARTERS, AND AREA SIGNAL NODES.

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

        (3)  MAJOR EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS:
VEH/EQUIP         USER          COMMO        REQUIRED FOR:
4-HVY HMMWV S250  SECTION       4-GRC-193    TRANSPORT TRC-170
                                4-TA-1042
                                4-DAGR

8-HVY HMMWV       SECTION                    TRANSPORT SECTION
                                             PERSONNEL/EQUIP