CORPS SIGNAL SUPPORT BATTALION (MSE)
CORPS SIGNAL BRIGADE (MSE)
DESIGNATION:______CORPS SIG SPT BN (MSE)
(TOE 11445L100, WHEN ORGANIZED AS NON-AIRBORNE BATTALION)
(TOE 11445L200, WHEN ORGANIZED AS AIRBORNE BATTALION)
1. MISSION. TO PROVIDE MOBILE SUBSCRIBER EQUIPMENT (MSE)
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM SUPPORT IN THE CORPS AREA.
2. ASSIGNMENT. ORGANIC TO A CORPS SIGNAL BRIGADE (MSE),
TOE 11400L200, OR A CORPS SIGNAL BRIGADE (MSE) (ABN), TOE
11400L400.
3. CAPABILITIES:
A. AT LEVEL 1, THIS UNIT PROVIDES:
(1) TOE 11445L100:
(A) FOUR NODE CENTERS AND ONE LARGE EXTENSION
(LES) AS A PORTION OF THE MSE AREA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM.
(B) TWENTY-FOUR SMALL EXTENSION SWITCHES (SES) TO
PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE MSE SYSTEM FOR CORPS WIRE SUBSCRIBERS.
(C) EIGHT RADIO ACCESS UNITS (RAU) TO PROVIDE
TO THE MSE SYSTEM FOR MOBILE SUBSCRIBER RADIO TERMINAL (MSRT)
SUBSCRIBERS.
(D) FORTY-FIVE LINE-OF-SIGHT (LOS) RADIOS FOR
INTERCONNECTION OF NODE CENTERS AND SMALL EXTENSION SWITCHES,
RADIO ACCESS UNITS AND ONE ADDITIONAL LOS RADIO FOR NATO
INTERFACE.
(E) TWO INTERFACE UNITS THAT PROVIDE ACCESS FOR
ALLIED WIRE SUBSCRIBERS.
(F) NET RADIO INTERFACE (NRI) LOCATED WITH EACH NODE
TO BE DEPLOYED WITH THE SES.
(2) TOE 11445L200:
(A) ALL CAPABILITIES IDENTIFIED IN PARAGRAPH 3A(1).
(B) FOUR NODE CENTERS, THREE FORCED ENTRY SWITCHES
(FES), AND THREE TRITAC SWITCHES TO SUPPORT THE MSE AREA
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM.
(C) TWENTY SMALL EXTENSION SWITCHES (SES) TO PROVIDE
ACCESS TO THE MSE SYSTEM FOR CORPS WIRE SUBSCRIBERS.
(D) FIFTY LINE-OF-SIGHT (LOS) RADIOS FOR
INTERCONNECTION OF NODE CENTERS, SMALL EXTENSION SWITCHES, AND
FORCED ENTRY SWITCHES.
(E) DIGITAL GROUP MULTIPLEXER (DGM) EQUIPMENT TO
PROVIDE THE COMMUNICATION PATHWAY TO ECHELONS ABOVE CORPS
(EAC) UNITS.
(F) TWELVE RADIO INTERFACE (NRI) DEPLOYED WITH
SELECTED SEN'S AND FES'S.
(3) WHEN ORGANIZED AS AIRBORNE, PERSONNEL WILL BE CODED
WITH SQI "P", PARCHUTIST.
(4) DIRECT SUPPORT (DS) MAINTENANCE OF ORGANIC
COMMUNICATIONS-ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY
(COMSEC) EQUIPMENT.
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 THE 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, AND PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES.
(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 SIGNAL BRIGADE (MSE)
TOE 11400L200 OR ONE PER CORPS SIGNAL BRIGADE (MSE) (ABN), TOE
11400L400.
5. CATEGORY. THIS UNIT IS DESIGNATED A CATEGORY II UNIT.
(FOR UNIT CATEGORIES, SEE AR 310-25.)
6. MOBILITY: FOR MOBILITY OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL COMPONENT OF
THIS UNIT, SEE SECTION I OF THE RESPECTIVE TABLES OF
ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT (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 IN THE CORPS.
FM 24-1, COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS.
FM 100-15, CORPS OPERATIONS.
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\ CORPS SIG \
\ SPT BN \
\ 11445L100 \
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\ HHC \ \ SIG SPT \ \2 AREA SIG \
\ \ \ CO \ \ CO \
\ 11446L000 \ \ 11447L100 \ \ 11067L100 \
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\ CORPS SIG \
\ SPT BN \
\ 11445L200 \
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\ HHC \ \ 2 AREA \ \CNTGY AREA \ \ TRITAC \ \ SIG SPT \
\ \ \ SIG CO \ \ COMPANY \ \ SIG CO \ \ CO \
\ 11436L200 \ \ 11067L100 \ \ 11067L300 \ \ 11439L000 \ \ 11447L000 \
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