Integrating Theater Army Strategic, Theater/Tactical and Sustaining Base Signal Support Under One Command
Abstract
Although the communication organizations that currently exist within the theater army provide the support doctrinally required, this paper shows how the integration of the three components of signal support within the theater army could better be served by one organization. It presents the current doctrinal requirements for communications support in a theater army area of responsibility (AOR), the doctrinal and operational communications organizations required to provide that support, and then explains how one hybrid organizational structure could meet both the doctrinal and operational requirements of that AOR. The paper will address potential impacts associated with the hybrid organization, the findings from an evaluation of both organizational structures, and finally the author's recommendations. The paper is limited to Army communications organizations and will address only the echelons of division through theater army. Research for the paper considered current doctrinal publications and tables of organization and equipment, previous studies, investigative reports from the U.S. Army Signal Center and the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, informal discussions with former signal and combat commanders, and the author's personal experiences.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 25, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA233449
Entities
People
- Alfred A. Schenck
Organizations
- United States Army War College