Appendix D
Theater Strategic Signal Company
Figure D-1 shows the organization of a TSSC. The TSSC (TOE Pending Approval) has a company headquarters and selected modules tailored to meet specific mission requirements. Figure D-2 shows all modules associated with the TSSC, and Table D-1 discusses the module requirements. The company headquarters has three versions that are designed to support a specific theater of operation. This is due to varying equipment and information mission requirements for each region. The company headquarters with the appropriate submodules are designed to meet regional CINC requirements.
Figure D-1. TSSC Organizational Structure
Figure D-2. TSSC Diagram
Table D-1. TSSC Modules
Module | Description |
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EAC TSSC (V1-V3)* | *NOTE: V1 through V3 are the same except for the MOS and grades. Mission: Provide C2 and supervision of the operations and activities of its assigned communications and signal support teams. The company headquarters provides administrative and logistical support for all assigned personnel. Capabilities: The unit--
Basis of Allocation: One per two or more communications and signal support teams. Organization: Figure D-2 shows the TSSC organizational structure. |
EAC TCC TEAM | Mission: V1 -- Provides record telecommunications for a small sized regional area. V2 -- Provides record telecommunications for a medium sized regional area. V3 -- Provides record telecommunications for a large sized regional area. Capabilities: The TCC team--
Basis of Allocation: As required. Organization: V1 -- 5-person team. V2 -- 11-person team. V3 -- 27-person team. |
EAC AUTOMATED GATEWAY MESSAGE SWITCH (AGMS) TEAM | Mission: Provides record telecommunications and e-mail to a regional area as part of the DMS. Capabilities: The AGMS team--
Basis of Allocation: As required. Organization: 23-person team. |
EAC INFORMATION CENTER TEAM | Mission: V1 -- Provides automation and information support to all units in a small sized regional area. V2 -- Provides automation and information support to all units in a medium sized regional area. V3 -- Provides automation and information support to all units in a large sized regional area. Capabilities: The information center team--
Basis of Allocation: As required. Organization: V1 -- 3-person team. V2 -- 7-person team. V3 -- 16-person team. |
EAC SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE TEAM | Mission: Provides software support for a regional area. Capabilities: The software maintenance team--
Basis of Allocation: As required. Organization: 7-person team. |
EAC COMSEC MATERIAL DIRECT SUPPORT ACTIVITY (CMDSA) TEAM | Mission: Provides COMSEC custodian functions, COMSEC equipment maintenance, and COMSEC logistics functions to a geographic area. Capabilities: The COMSEC CMDSA team--
Basis of Allocation: As required. Organization: 16-person team |
EAC COMSEC LOGISTICS SUPPORT UNIT (CLSU) TEAM | Mission: Provides COMSEC and radio equipment maintenance and COMSEC logistics functions to a geographic area. Capabilities: The CLSU team--
Basis of Allocation: As required. Organization: 13-person team. |
EAC COMSEC MAINTENANCE TEAM | Mission: Provides electronic maintenance of COMSEC and radio equipment for a geographic AOR. Capabilities: The COMSEC maintenance team--
Basis of Allocation: As required. Organization: 2-person team. |
EAC ELECTRONIC SWITCHING SYSTEM (ESS) SWITCH TEAM | Mission: V1 -- Provides operation and maintenance of commercial electronic switching systems and equipment associated with switched network operations in a small sized regional area. V2 -- Provides operation and maintenance of commercial electronic switching systems and equipment associated with switched network operations in a medium sized regional area. V3 -- Provides operation and maintenance of commercial electronic switching systems and equipment associated with switched network operations in a large sized regional area. Capabilities: The ESS switch team--
Basis of Allocation: As required. Organization: V1 -- 3-person team. V2 -- 6-person team. V3 -- 11-person team. |
EAC EMERGENCY ACTION CENTER SWITCH TEAM | Mission: Provides emergency and contingency switching communications to a region during peace, war, and MOOTW. Capabilities: The EAC emergency action switch team--
Basis of Allocation: As required. Organization: 5-person team. |
EAC MICROWAVE TEAM | Mission: V1 -- Provides installation, operation, and maintenance of microwave communications systems at a small microwave site. The team performs engineering quality control and continuity testing of microwave circuits, trunks, links, systems, and facilities. V2 -- Provide installation, operation, and maintenance of microwave communications systems at a medium microwave site. The team performs engineering quality control and continuity testing of microwave circuits, trunks, links, systems, and facilities. V3 -- Provides installation, operation, and maintenance of microwave communications systems at a large microwave site. The team performs engineering quality control and continuity testing of microwave circuits, trunks, links, systems, and facilities. Capabilities: The microwave team--
Basis of Allocation: As required. Organization: V1 -- 2-person team. V2 -- 5-person team. V3 -- 9-person team. |
EAC TECHNICAL CONTROL FACILITY (TCF) TEAM | Mission: V1 -- Provides an intermediate level of O&M control within the DISN. The TCF provides OPCON and technical direction over a small to medium sized geographic area and number of DISN facilities and systems. V2 -- Provides an intermediate level of O&M control within the DISN. The TCF provides OPCON and technical direction over a large sized geographic area and number of DISN facilities and systems. Capabilities: The TCF team--
Basis of Allocation: As required by DISA. Organization: V1 -- 7-person team. V2 -- 29-person team. |
EAC FACILITY CONTROL OFFICE (FCO) TEAM | Mission: Provides the highest level of O&M control within the DISN. FCOs are designated by each DISA area to provide OPCON and technical supervision over level 4 and level 5 DISN facilities within a designated geographical area. Capabilities: The FCO team--
Basis of Allocation: As required by DISA. Organization: 7-person team. |
EAC CABLE INSTALLATION TEAM | Mission: V1 -- Provides installation and maintenance of base support cable and wire systems in a small sized regional area. V2 -- Provides installation and maintenance of base support cable and wire systems in a medium sized regional area. V3 -- Provides installation and maintenance of base support cable and wire systems in a large sized regional area. Capabilities: The cable installation team--
Basis of Allocation: As required. Organization: V1 -- 3-person team. V2 -- 5-person team. V3 -- 10-person team. |
EAC CABLE SPLICER TEAM | Mission: Provides permanent and emergency splicing of copper and fiber optic cable systems, as well as installation and maintenance of base-support cable and wire systems. Capabilities: The cable splicer team--
Basis of Allocation: As required. Organization: 3-person team. |
EAC CONTINGENCY HF RADIO TEAM | Mission: Provides emergency and contingency radio communications to a region during peace, war, and MOOTW. Capabilities: The contingency HF radio team--
Basis of Allocation: As required. Organization: 2-person team. |
EAC CONTINGENCY HF RADIO GATEWAY TEAM | Mission: Provides C2 functions of emergency and contingency radio networks in a region during peace, war, and MOOTW. Capabilities: The contingency HF radio gateway team--
Basis of Allocation: As required. Organization: 6-person team. |
EAC CINC UHF SATCOM TEAM | Mission: Establishes CINC ultra high frequency (UHF) SATCOM networks for emergency and contingency operations. Capabilities: The CINC UHF SATCOM team--
Basis of Allocation: As required. Organization: 6-person team. |
EAC SATCOM TERMINAL TEAM, AN/GSC-40 | Mission: Provides earth terminal communications as part of the special communications system (SCS) to establish CINC networks and to disseminate highly specialized critical user information. Capabilities: The AN/GSC-40, SATCOM terminal team--
Basis of Allocation: As required by JCSs. Organization: 9-person team. |
EAC SATCOM TERMINAL TEAM, AN/MSC-64(V2) | Mission: Provides earth terminal communications as part of the SCS to establish CINC networks and to disseminate highly specialized critical user information. Capabilities: The AN/MSC-64(V2), SATCOM terminal team--
Basis of Allocation: As required by JCSs. Organization: 4-person team. |
EAC RADIO TERMINAL STATION TEAM, AN/TRC-194 (V1) and (V2) | Mission: Provides satellite ground communications as part of the military strategic and tactical relay (MILSTAR) system. It establishes CINC networks and emergency action message (EAM) dissemination, force direction and integrated tactical warning and assessment (ITW&A) reception, and summary transmissions. Capabilities: The AN/TRC-194, radio terminal team--
Basis of Allocation: As required by JCSs. Organization: 5-person team. |
EAC RADIO TERMINAL STATION AUGMENTATION TEAM, AN/TRC-194(V) | Mission: Provides a supervisor for two or more MILSTAR AN/TRC-194(V) systems. Capabilities: The AN/TRC-194(V), radio terminal augmentation team--
Basis of Allocation: One per two or more AN/TRC-194(V) teams required by JCSs. Organization: 1-person team. |
EAC SATCOM TERMINAL TEAM, AN/TSC-86 | Mission: Provides earth terminal communications as part of the DSCS to establish CINC networks and for EAM dissemination, force direction and ITW&A reception, and summary transmissions. Capabilities: The AN/TSC-86, SATCOM terminal team--
Basis of Allocation: As required by JCSs. Organization: 12-person team. |
EAC SATCOM TERMINAL TEAM, AN/GSC-52(V1) | Mission: Provides earth terminal communications as part of the DSCS to establish CINC networks and for EAM dissemination, force direction and ITW&A reception, and summary transmissions. Capabilities: The AN/GSC-52(V1), SATCOM terminal team--
Basis of Allocation: As required by JCSs. Organization: 17-person team. |
EAC SATCOM TERMINAL TEAM, AN/GSC-52(V2) - MOBILE | Mission: Provides earth terminal communications as part of the DSCS to establish CINC networks and for EAM dissemination, force direction and ITW&A reception, and summary transmissions. Capabilities: The AN/GSC-52(V2)-mobile, SATCOM terminal team--
The AN/GSC(V2) - mobile requires theater transportation assets not organic to the team to be moved. Site teardown and loading to move takes approximately five days, while site setup takes approximately two weeks. Basis of Allocation: As required by JCSs. Organization: 14-person team. |
EAC SATCOM TERMINAL TEAM, AN/FSC-78 | Mission: Provides earth terminal communications as part of the DSCS to establish CINC networks and for EAM dissemination, force direction and ITW&A reception, and summary transmissions. Capabilities: The AN/FSC-78, SATCOM terminal team--
Basis of Allocation: As required by JCSs. Organization: 17-person team. |
EAC SATCOM TERMINAL TEAM, AN/GSC-39(V1) | Mission: Provides earth terminal communications as part of the DSCS to establish CINC networks and for EAM dissemination, force direction and ITW&A reception, and summary transmissions. Capabilities: The AN/GSC-39(V1), SATCOM terminal team--
Basis of Allocation: As required by JCSs. Organization: 17-person team. |
EAC DUAL-SITE SATCOM TERMINAL AUGMENTATION TEAM, AN/GSC-39(V1) | Mission: Provides satellite system operator-maintainer augmentees to a site having two SATCOM systems. Provides earth terminal communications as part of the DSCS to establish CINC networks and for EAM dissemination, force direction and ITW&A reception, and summary transmissions. Capabilities: The AN/GSC-39(V1), dual-site SATCOM terminal augmentation team--
Basis of Allocation: Augments a site with two SATCOM terminals. Organization: 3-person team. |
EAC SATCOM TERMINAL TEAM, AN/GSC-49(V3) | Mission: Provides earth terminal communications as part of the DSCS to establish CINC networks and for EAM dissemination, force direction and ITW&A reception, and summary transmissions. Capabilities: The AN/GSC-49(V3), SATCOM terminal team--
Basis of Allocation: As required by JCSs. Organization: 17-person team. |
EAC MOBILE COMMAND SUPPORT PLATOON | Mission: Provides CINC communications support in the form of secure FM radio, UHF TACSAT, and record telecommunications message support. Capabilities: The mobile command support platoon--
Basis of Allocation: As required. Organization: 24-person team. |
EAC VISUAL INFORMATION TEAM | Mission: Provides a means to document combat and noncombat Army, joint, and combined operations using film, video, audio, multimedia imaging, and VI equipment. Capabilities: The visual information team--
Basis of Allocation: As required. Organization: 9-person team. |
EAC ARFOR INFORMATION SUPPORT TEAM | Mission: Provides staff oversight and coordination for C4 support to combat and noncombat Army, joint, and combined headquarters. Capabilities: The ARFOR information support team--
Basis of Allocation: As required. Organization: V1 -- 3-person team. V2 -- 5-person team. V3 -- 1-person team. V4 -- 1-person team. |
EAC STANDARD TACTICAL ENTRY POINT (STEP) TEAM | Mission: Provides a tactical interface to the DSCS that establishes CINC and JTF networks, and for EAM dissemination, force direction and ITW&A reception, and summary transmissions. Capabilities: The STEP team--
Basis of Allocation: As required by JCSs. Organization: 6-person team. |
EAC STATUS CONTROL ALERTING AND REPORTING SYSTEM (SCARS) TEAM | Mission: Provides data transmission and reception of EAM traffic for NATO affiliated organizations. Capabilities: The SCARS team--
Basis of Allocation: As required by NATO. Organization: 5-person team. |
EAC DS/GS ELECTRONIC MAINTENANCE TEAM | Mission: Provides electronic equipment maintenance of microwave, cable, and wire systems and VI equipment for a geographic area. Capabilities: The DS/GS electronic maintenance team provides DS/GS level maintenance--
The team depends on the appropriate organizations for administrative and logistical support and health and financial services. Basis of Allocation: As required. Organization: 14-person team. |
EAC ELECTRONIC MAINTENANCE TEAM | Mission: Provides electronic equipment maintenance of COMSEC, radio, telecommunications, and microcomputer equipment for a geographic AOR. Capabilities: The electronic maintenance team--
Basis of Allocation: As required. Organization: 10-person team. |
EAC G6 PLANS TEAM | Mission: Provides plans, operations, staff oversight, and coordination for C4 support to Army, joint, and combined headquarters. Capabilities: The G6 plans team--
Basis of Allocation: To support Army, joint, or combined headquarters as required. Organization: 7-person team. |
EAC CINC COMMUNICATIONS TEAM | Mission: Provides CINC communications support in the form of secure FM radio, UHF TACSAT, and COMSEC equipment maintenance. Capabilities: The CINC communications team--
Basis of Allocation: As required to support Army, joint, or combined CINCs. Organization: V1 -- 8-person team. V2 -- 13-person team. |
EAC DMS SERVICE CENTER (DSC) TEAM | Mission: V1 -- Provides organizational and individual messaging for customers in a medium sized regional area. V2 -- Provides organizational and individual messaging for customers in a large sized regional area. Capabilities: The DSC team--
Basis of Allocation: As required. Organization: V1 -- 15-person team. V2 -- 25-person team. |
UNIT REFERENCE SHEET (URS) EAC DMS CERTIFICATION AUTHORIZATION WORKSTATION (CAW) TEAM | Mission: Provides DMS COMSEC material support and management for customers in a regional area. Capabilities: The DMS CAW team--
Basis of Allocation: As required. Organization: 2-person team. |
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