i my  Regulation 
No\o-122 
*Att  10-122 
HEADQUARTERS 
DEPARTMENT  OF  THE  ARMY 
Washington,  DC,  is  October  1'j7X 
ORGANIZATION  AND  FUNCTIONS 
UNITED  STATES  ARMY  SECURITY  AGENCY  (U) 
Effective  1  November  1973 
This  is  a  complei\recision  of  Alt  10-122  and  changes  are  made  throughout.  Local  supplementa- 
tion of  this  regulation  is  prohibited,  except  upon  approval  of  the  Qmxre~a^&i$~~AT£iVluiU  Gfiief 
Purpose. 
Explan.it  io:>  of  tcr 
Mission.. 
Function* 
Con i man d  and  staff  relationships. 
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1.  (U)  Purpose.  This  regulation  ^prescribes  the 
mission  and  principal  function.-*  of  tnV  f'ornmuud- 
ing  General.  United  States  Army  Sfc-imty  Agency 
(CfJ  US AS A;  und  sets  forth  romiiiundXuiid  stuff 
relaiion>liips  with  higher  und  collateral  echelons. 
2.J^)  Explanation  of  terms.  In  nchlition  to \tmi«» 
defined  in  AR  310-25.  the  following  apply: 
a.    i\J.)    Combat   d*oelvpvu-nt*.x    A    major    com- 
ponent   of   foree   development    enrompassing    th<\ 
foi'iiiid.-iticiii  of  eouccpts,  doctrine. organization,  and  \ 
materiel  objectives  und  requirements  j'oJ-  j|u.  (.m. 
ploy  t  lieu  I  of  US  Army  forces  In  a  theater  of  opera- 
lions  und  in   the  control  of  civil  disturbances.  Jt 
includes  the  development  of  Army  functional 
systems  (logistics,  personnel,  administrative,  and 
others  as  designated}  which  impact  directly  on  or 
extend  into  a  theater  of  operations. 
1  Thi<  explanation  is  the  DA  official  definition  and  will 
1  replace  that  in  AR  310-2">  (Dictionary  nf  United  States. 
1  i)    Army  Term*). 
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♦This  regulation  supersedes  AR  10-122,  13  May  I9G4. 
dud  OijUuiUii!  JUUJIJU 
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Mi  10  122 
r.  (V)  Klrclnum:  warfare,  xiijtporf  mraxiirrx 
(J££>.M).X  The  division  of  electronic  warfare  (EVV; 
involving  actions  taken  lo  search  for,  intercept, 
locale,  iiikI  immediately  identify  radiated  elect ro- 
ma<ruc(ic  energy  for  the  purpose  of  immediate 
threat  recognition.  Thus,  ESM's  provide  a  source 
of  information  required  for  immediate  action 
in volvinjr  electronic  countermeasttres  (E('M;,  elec- 
tronic ctMinter-cotiiitcrmeastires  (E('C'M),  avoid- 
ance, iar«£elin<;,  and  other  tactical  employment  of 
forces. 
//.  (l<>  Krrrici  ('ri/f/fiifot/ir  Atjmrtj  f.SY'.l).7  One 
<»f  three  service  organization' — I'S  Arm\  Security 
Agency.  t'S  Air  Force  Security  Service.  (,\S  Naval 
Security  Group  —that  en^n^e-  in  cryplolojric 
operations. 
c  ([')  H /(J  1ST  o irrational  control/  The  au- 
thoritative direction  of  signals  intelligence  (SIG- 
INT)  activities,  including  tasking  and  allocation 
of  effort,  iiiui  the  authoritative  prescription  of 
uniform  techniques  and  standards  by  which 
SIGJXT  information  is  collected,  processed,  and 
reported. 
/.  (V I  Sffi/ST  optrnliimal  laxkiiHj.'1  The  au- 
thoritative operational  direction  ami  direct  levying 
of  SIGIXT  requirements  by  a  military  commander 
tin  designated  SJCilXT  resources.  These  require- 
ments are  directive,  irrespective  of  other  priorities 
und  conditioned  only  by  the  capability  of  re- 
sources to  produce  this  information.  Operational 
'  Ti»i-  explanation  i>  (lie  \)\  nllida!  dclinit inn  arid  will 
replace  that  in  AH  310-'«J.">  (Dictionary  of  I'nited  Stales 
Army  Terms). 
:  ThU  explanation  N  limited  in  application  U»  this 
regulation  und  will  not  l>e  entered  in  AH  li\i)-2~i. 
ta-kiui:  includes  authority  lo  deploy  and  redepoly 
:dl  or  part  «if  the*  SIGIXT  rc««iiiivc,  for  which 
operational  tasking  authority  has  been  dclc«ralcd. 
3.  tff)  Mission.  The  mission  of  the  (YI  ITS  ASA.  a 
major  commander  of  the  Department  of  the  Arin\. 
is  to-  - 
h.  (V  i  Command  subordinate  headquarter-., 
activities,  mid  unit",  that  may  be  assigned  or 
attachetl  to  l\S  AS  A  by  HQDA.  in  accordance  with 
applicable  directive.-  and  support  agreement-, 
plan,  program,  budget,  and  coordinate  require- 
ments for  resources,  provide  resources,  and  super- 
vise and  review  utilization  of  resources,  for  all 
installations  and  organizations  concerned.
AR   10   122 
6.  (V)  S/CSKC. 
(1)  Advise  and  assist  the  DA  Staff  nrnl  Army 
commanders  ;il  nil  levels  in  SIC  IS  ICC  matters  and 
in  cdii I  rolling  compromising  e*i»i:tn»t  ( i«»i»— . 
(2)  (  'oiiduet  activities  required  to  support  tin* 
Army  S1GSEC  ami  compromising  emanations 
control  program  as  specified  in  AK  .WO -2,  AK 
MO-:*,  unci  AK  5:i0-4. 
il.  (Lj  (  'oittunimcu(titn$. 
(\)  Operate  mikI  maintain  the  organic 
l:it*tii'nl  comnuuit'-atioiis  >y>lciu  required  In  sup- 
port  IJSASA  direct  and  general  support  ii>i-.-»i<m-. 
(2)  Provide  central  direction  and  execution, 
including  the  operation  maintenance,  csinhlUIt- 
ment,  ami  management,  of  the  US  Army  portion 
of  the  CKITICOMM  system  and  other  special 
telecommunications  systems  u.s  assigned. 
/.   (I  I)  (  'ut/ihtit  tlrrt/itfi/ti/ii/.\\ 
(\)  Conduct  tactical  signals  intelligence, 
signal  security,  ami  electronic  warfare  cnmhai 
development  activities  within  the  parameters  and 
guidance  provided  by  ('(•  TKADOC. 
(2)  Formulate  materiel  requirement*,  within 
policies  set  forth  in  AK  1000-1  for  equipment  of 
which  USASA  is  the  sole  user  ami  for  other 
equipment  as  necessary. 
Ci)  Program,  budget,  and  provide  risuniTis 
for  executing  combat  development  activities. 
(4)  In  conjunction  with  ('•(!  TKADOC, 
conduct  or  parlicipnte.  in  combat  development 
studies,  experiments,  ami  tests  unci  evaluations  of 
organizational  and  operational  concepts,  doc  trim-, 
and  sj-slcms  related  to  assigned  functions  and 
activities. 
(5)  Conduct  other  eryptologic  development 
activities  for  DA  that  are  not  categorized  as 
combat  developments. 
(6)  Evaluate  the  military  utility,  operational 
effectiveness,  and  operational  suitability  of  ma- 
teriel systems  for  which  HQDA  designates  USASA 
as  the  command  responsible  for  operational 
testing. 
/.  (U)  litntarch  and  development . 
(1)  Within  the  overall  policies  and  procedures 
prescribed  in  AK  70-1,  perform  research,  develop- 
ment, unci  test  and  evalualion  (KDTE) 
functions — 
(a)  Prime  responsibility  for  SIGINT  ma- 
teriel, S1GSEC  monitoring  materiel,  and  D\V 
materiel  for  which  USASA  is  assigned  operational
\U    10   122 
re-pon-ibilify.     lit    :i'« otd.-iiwe    with    DA    poli«  iV-, 
C(.    l.'^A^A   f  ....r.lii,:n.  -    KDTK  in   Mm-  MC.IXT 
Held   will i   the  N n i icui.-i I  Scfiiriiv  Agency  iX'sAi 
<'ciili:il  S.wiiiii\    S.-iv  i<  i-  i('SS>. 
\h}  At  I  «•:  i'  l;i  n  !  rc-pon-ihdil  y  to  tin-  (  "om- 
iii:ihiUii^'    C  m-ii«M;iI  ,     (  "S    Al'inv     Mnleriel    (  \iiiilu:ui<l 
(CO  AM'')  for  matei  iel  ;iiid  tcclmi<nie-  under 
L  S.VSA  €-t»j;|ii/.;iiii  c  in  I  lie  ralc^orie-  "of  ll:in  — 
port  ability  of  materiel  and  packaging,  preserva- 
tion, :ili<l  pii'-kiiii;  materiel-  and  method- 
ic) Coordination  of  I  lie  KVV  ami  SlOIXT 
exploratory  development  program-  with  corre- 
sponding Iin^'l'iilli-  conducted  by  A  MC ;  illlOltiliilll 
re-p.ui-ihilily  to  inronn  the  CG  AMC  of  new 
SI  (I  INT  and  10W  engineering  design  lechniqiic 
and  procedure-  apj)lienl>le  lo  ESM  and  ECM 
self-protect  jnn  equipment . 
(tl)  Advi-e.  a— i-l,  and  provide  engineerimr 
support  lo  other  Army  materiel  developer-  regard- 
ing COMSEC  a.-pecK  during  the  KDTK  of 
COMSEC  equipment,  telecommunication-  equip- 
ment,  and  weapon-  sy-iem-. 
(e)    E\V    and    SI  GSEC   vulnerability    ie-t 
support   to  other  Army  agencies  us  requested. 
(2)  The  CG  USASA  is  responsible  for  the 
planning,  programing,  budgeting,  justification, 
coordination,  itml  -npcrvi-ion  of  hi-  a— igned 
It  DTE  effort.  I'SASA  will  make  maximum  u-e  of 
available  Army  laboratory  facilities  and  per-oimei 
in  exeentimr  KDTE  re-pou-ihilitic-,  but  i-  not 
preeinded  from  managing  contractual  ••IT.-.n. 
.djrectly. 
'J-  U^Atliiuii istrul >'>f, t  (ru'tiimj,  ami  I'.yisllcx. 
(1)  l\l)  Organize.  equip,  train,  admiui-ter, 
provide  for  logi-tic  and  automatic  data  processing 
support,  provide  position  mid  equipment  config- 
uration eontrol,  and  operate  subordinate  installa- 
tion-, activities,  and  units  as  necessarv,  to  earrv 
out  assigned  functions. 
(2)  <U)  Determine  requirements  for,  budget 
for,  and  procure  essential  operating  supplies  and 
services  not  available  through  the  Army  supply 
system. 
(X)  (U)  Exercise  materiel  management  for 
assigned  principal  items  am!  Other  Procurement 
Army  spare  and  repair  part-  in  accordance  with 
Alt  70S- 1. 
(4)  (U)  Determine  requirements  for  all  item* 
of  mission  equipment.  Plan  for,  program,  budget, 
justify,    coonliiiate,    and    supervise    the    USASA 
Other     Procurement     Army     Program,     including 
item-,  for  I'SASA    Re-el  vi-  llltll-.  Opemle  an  Arm\ 
national     inventory    eontrol     point,     a     national 
loiiiiiteiianee     point,     and     the     central     depot      for 
imiijiie    SIG1XT    ai:d    S|  G  |  XT-related    materiel. 
(0)  (V)  Prepare  Army-wide  training  literature 
pertaining  to  SKI  INT,  SI  GSEC,  and  E\V  (le- 
MED  and  ECCMj  in  conformance  with  Alt  .'JlO-.'i. 
(7 j  (U;  Prepure  for  publication  and  distribu- 
tion all  MOS  test  material-  for  USASA-monitored 
MOS. 
IS)  (U)  Program  student  input  and  act  as  the 
Army  executive  agent  for  participating  in  rrvplo- 
logic  (raining  conducted  by  XSA  and  other 
Serviee  crypt  ologic  agencies, 
(0>  (U)  Provide  technical  guidance  and 
a— i-lanee  i<>  (he  Commanding  General,  US  Armv 
Eon c- Command  (CG  FOitSCOM)  in  or^ani/.in^ 
ami  e»|iiippin^  USASA  Re-erve  Component  unit-.; 
>upervi-e  the  i ruining  of  these  units  during  inac- 
tive duty  training  and  annual  training;  and 
provide  recommendations  to  appropriate  DA 
a^eneie>  and  area  commander-  <:oncernin«r  mobili- 
zation assignments,  cotnposition  of  the  troop 
ba-i-,  and  the  allocation,  control,  and  maintenance 
of  minion  equipment  for  Reserve  Component 
units. 
(10)  (U)  Exercise  assignment  authority  over 
all  enlisted  personnel  assigned  to  USASA  units 
and  activities,  as  well  as  personnel  enlisted  under 
the  USASA  option  (Alt  G01-210). 
(11)  i'U)  Function  as  requestor  for  initiating 
and  conduct in«r  personnel  security  investigations 
for  assigned  j>ersonnel;  evaluate  the  results  of 
investigations;  and  grant,  deny,  or  revoke  securitj- 
clearances  in  accordance  with  AR  604-5.  Adjudi- 
wiic  results  for  access  to  Sjk'.e.ia!  Inle.Hij;ence  for 
all     assigned     personnel     and     USASA     Reserve
AR  10-122 
Component'      personnel,      based      on      approved 
st  n'.ilai'il . 
(12j  (V  i  insure  lli<*  internal  security  of 
n— i'_'in-il  unit-  jiiiil  m-livilir-  through  adequafe 
counterintelligence  programs. 
5.  rfj  Command  and  staff  rclationuhtuM.  a.  tl'j 
The  CO  USASA  i~  under  the^-supervision  of  the 
Chief  of  Stall*.  CS  Army  (CSA).  Diivrfivr*. 
authorities.,  policy,  planning  and  program  guid- 
ance, approved  programs,  ami  resource  alloca lions 
»<•«■  issued  to  Cd  USASA  li\   flu.  CSA. 
'f.  it  }  Tin*  USASA  and  other  major  Army  com- 
mands .iff  eoordiuute  clement-  of  I  In-  Department 
of  i he  Arnn.  The  CG  CSASA  \<  authori/.ed  io 
c-ciiiiiiiiinii-siif  itiivi'tiy  wilh  'pilicr  major  Arnu 
commanders  or  with  heads  of  Army  staff  agencies 
on  matters  of  mutual  interest. 
(.  (U)  CG  USASA  will  maintain  liaison  as 
necessary  with  other  major  Army  commands, 
field  operating  agendo,  other  cryptologie  and 
intelligence  activities,  and  other  governmental 
agencies  to  maintain  an  awareness  of,  to  exchange 
information    on,    and    to    insure    coordination    of 
mutters  of  mtilmil  roncrrti. 
/.  (U)  The  Commanding  General,  US  Armv 
Training  and  Doctrine  Command  (('('»  TRADOC), 
through  the  appropriate  functional  center,  will 
provide*  tasks,  parameter-.,  and  guidance  f..r 
combat  development  activities  conducted  bv 
USASA.  USASA  will  provide  the  resubmit  nuuUi 
«levelopj»ic*nt  products  to  TRADOC  for  integra- 
tion into  the  overall  combat  development  effort. 
To  accomplish  this,  a  memorandum  of  agreement 
will  |«.  executed  between  CG  TRADOC  and  CO 
USASA.  For  other  cryptologie  development  activi- 
ties, CO  USASA  will  report  directly  *„  JiQDA. 
USASA  is  responsible  for  coordinating  with 
TRADOC  all  cryplologic  development  product- 
affecting  combat  developments. 
//.  (V)  Individual  training  conducted  |,v  USASA 
will  be  monitored  by  TRADOC.  TRADOC  will 
review  nontechnical  programs  of  instruction  iPOI ) 
prepared     by     USASA     to    prevent     undesirable 
overlap    among   school    course.-,    to   insure   com- 
patibility of  i'Ol   with  approved  doctrine,  and  to 
insure  proper  balance  of  instruction  to  meet  the 
objectives  of  the  Army  school  system.  TRADOC 
is  authorized  to  task  USASA  to  provide  specialized 
subject    materials    for    instruction    in    the    Armv 
school  system. 
ft.  (U)  USASA  is  responsible  for  the  unit  train- 
ing and  readiness  (,f  u|{  assigned  Active  Armv 
units.  FORSCOM  will  monitor  unit  training  and 
readiness  of  USASA  Active  Army  units  in  COX  US 
that  have  contingenev  missions  in  support  of 
FORSCOM  forces. 
'".  (V)  CG  KORSCOM,  through  CON  USA 
commanders,  commands  all  USASA  USAR  units. 
USASA  is  responsible  to  HQDA  for  the  overall 
training  of  all  USASA  USAR  units  and  provides 
assistance  to  CG  FORSCOM  in  evaluating  the 
readiness  of  these  units.
AH  10-122 
The  proponent  agency  of  this  regulotion  is  the  oXe-XtWA«iitant 
Chief  of  Stoff-for  Force  Development-  Uters  ore  invited  to  send  com- 
ments and  suggested  improvements  on  DA  Form  2028  (Recommended 
Changes  to  Publications)  direct  to-HODA-lDAFD-DOO)  WASH  DC  20310. 
By  Order  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Aimy:        ^J>/;CS  "Jy/^j/h 
Oflioiul  : 
VERNE  L.  BOWERS 
Major  General,  Unite/1  Stale*  Army 
The  Adjutant  General 
CRKIOTITOX  W.  ABRAMS 
General.  United  States  Army 
Chief  of  Stuff 
DISTRIBUTION: 
To  ho  distributed  in  ucconlniici'  with  DA   Form    I2-9B  requirements  for  AH,  Orpuii/.ution  un*l 
Function*: 
Active  Army:  D  (Qty  rqr  block  no.  619) 
AUNG:  None 
USAR:  None 
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Purpose      1 
Explanation  of  Terms      2 
Mission      3 
Functions      4 
Command  and  Staff  Relationships      5 
1.  (U)  Purpose.  This  regulation  prescribes  the  mission  and  principle 
functions  of  the  Commanding  General,  United  States  Army  Security  Agency  (CG 
USASA)  and  sets  forth  command  and  staff  relationships  with  higher  and 
collateral  echelons. 
2.  (C)  Explanation  of  terms.  In  addition  to  terms  defined  in  AR  310-25,  the 
following  apply: 
a.  (U)  Combat  developments.   A  major  component  of  force  development 
encompassing  the  formulation  of  concepts,  doctrine,  organization,  and 
materiel  objectives  and  requirements  for  the  employment  of  US  Army  forces 
in  a  theater  of  operations  and  in  the  control  of  civil  disturbances.  It 
includes  the  development  of  Army  functional  systems  (logistics,  personnel, 
administrative,  and  others  as  designated)  which  impact  directly  on  or 
extend  into  a  theater  of  operations. 
b. 
[Excised]
c.  (U)  Electronic  warfare  support  measures   (ESM) .  The  division  of 
electronic  warfare  (EW)  involving  actions  taken  to  search  for,  intercept, 
locate,  and  immediately  identify  radiated  electro-magnetic  energy  for  the 
purpose  of  immediate  threat  recognition.  Thus,  ESM's  provide  a  source  of 
information  required  for  immediate  action  involving  electronic 
countermeasures  (ECM) ,  electronic  counter-countermeasures  (ECCM) , 
avoidance,  targeting,  and  other  tactical  employment  of  forces. 
d.  (U)  Service  Cryptologic  Agency   (SCA) .  One  of  three  service 
organizations — US  Army  Security  Agency,  US  Air  Force  Security  Service,  US 
Naval  Security  Group — that  engages  in  cryptologic  operations. 
e.  (U)  SIGINT  operational   control.   The  authoritative  direction  of 
signals  intelligence  (SIGINT)  activities,  including  tasking  and  allocation 
of  effort,  and  the  authoritative  prescription  of  uniform  techniques  and 
standards  by  which  SIGINT  information  is  collected,  processed,  and 
reported. 
f.  (U)  SIGINT  operational   tasking.   The  authoritative  operational 
direction  and  direct  levying  of  SIGINT  requirements  by  a  military 
commander  or  designated  SIGINT  resources.  These  requirements  are  directive, 
irrespective  of  other  priorities  and  conditioned  only  by  the  capability  of 
resources  to  produce  this  information.  Operational  tasking  includes 
authority  to  deploy  and  redeploy  all  or  part  of  the  SIGINT  resources  for 
which  operational  tasking  authority  has  been  delegated. 
g.  [Excised] 
3,  (C)  Mission.  The  mission  of  the  CG  USASA,  a  major  commander  of  the 
Department  of  the  Army,  is  to — 
a.         [Excised] 
Jb.  (U)  Command  subordinate  headquarters,  activities,  and  units  that 
may  be  assigned  or  attached  to  USASA  by  HQDA.  In  accordance  with  applicable 
directives  and  support  agreements,  plan,  program,  budget,  and  coordinate 
requirements  for  resources,  provide  resources,  and  supervise  and  review 
utilization  of  resources,  for  all  installations  and  organizations 
concerned . 
4.  (C)  Functions.     [Excised]
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[Excised] 
Jb.  (U)    SIGSEC 
(1)  Advise  and  assist  the  DA  staff  and  Army  commanders  at  all 
levels  in  SIGSEC  matters  and  in  controlling  compromising  emanations. 
(2)  Conduct  activities  required  to  support  the  Army  SIGSEC  and 
compromising  emanations  control  program  as  specified  in  AR  530-2,  AR  530-3, 
and  AR  530-4. 
c.  [Excised] 
d.  (U)    Communications 
(1)  Operate  and  maintain  the  organic  tactical  communications 
system  required  to  support  USASA  direct  and  general  support  missions. 
(2)  Provide  central  direction  and  execution,  including  the 
operation  maintenance,  establishment,  and  management,  of  the  US  Army 
portion  of  the  CRITICOMM  system  and  other  special  telecommunications 
systems  as  assigned. 
e.  (U)    Combat  developments 
(1)  Conduct  tactical  signals  intelligence,  signal  security,  and 
electronic  warfare  combat  development  activities  within  the  parameters  and 
guidance  provided  by  CG   TRADOC. 
(2)  Formulate  materiel  requirements  within  policies  set  forth  in 
AR  1000-1  for  equipment  of  which  USASA  is  the  sole  user  and  for  other 
equipment  as  necessary. 
(3)  Program,  budget,  and  provide  resources  for  executing  combat 
development  activities . 
(4)  In  conjunction  with  CG  TRADOC,  conduct  or  participate  in 
combat  development  studies,  experiments,  and  tests  and  evaluations  of 
organizational  and  operational  concepts,  doctrine,  and  systems  related  to 
assigned  functions  and  activities. 
(5)  Conduct  other  cryptologic  development  activities  for  DA  that 
are  not  catagorized  as  combat  developments. 
(6)  Evaluate  the  military  utility,  operational  effectiveness,  and 
operational  suitability  of  materiel  systems  for  which  HQDA  designates  USASA 
as  the  command  responsible  for  operational  testing. 
f*    (U)   Research  and  development 
(1)  Within  the  overall  policies  and  procedures  described  in  AR 
70-1,  perform  research,  development,  and  test  and  evaluation  (RTDE) 
functions — 
(a)  Prime  resonsibility  for  SIGINT  materiel,  SIGSEC 
monitoring  materiel,  and  DW  materiel  for  which  USASA  is  assigned 
operational
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responsibility.  In  accordance  with  DA  policies,  CG  USASA  coordinates  RDTE 
in  the  SIGINT  field  with  the  National  Security  Agency  (NSA)  Central 
Security  Service  (CSS) 
(Jb)  Attendant  responsibility  to  the  Commanding  General,  US 
Army  Materiel  Command  (CG  AMC)  for  materiel  and  techniques  under  USASA 
cognizance  in  the  catagories  of  transportability  of  materiel  and  packaging, 
preservation,  and  packing  materiels  and  methods. 
(c)  Coordination  of  the  EW  and  SIGINT  exploratory 
development  programs  with  corresponding  programs  conducted  by  AMC; 
attendant  responsibility  to  inform  the  CG  AMC  of  new  SIGINT  and  EW 
engineering  design  techniques  and  procedures  applicable  to  ESM  and  ECM 
self -protect ion  equipment. 
(d)  Advise,  assist  and  provide  engineering  to  other  Army 
materiel  developers  regarding  COMSEC  aspects  during  the  RDTE  of  COMSEC 
equipment,  and  weapons  systems. 
(e)  EW  and  SIGSEC  vulnerability  test  support  to  other  Army 
agencies  as  requested. 
(2)  The  CG  USASA  is  responsible  for  the  planning,  programming, 
budgeting,  justification,  coordination,  and  supervision  of  his  assigned 
RDTE  effort.  USASA  will  make  maximum  use  of  available  Army  laboratory 
facilities  and  personnel  in  executing  RDTE  responsibilities,  but  is  not 
precluded  from  managing  contractual  efforts  directly. 
g.    (C)   Administration,    training,   and  logistics 
(1)  (U)  Organize,  equip,  train,  administer,  provide  for  logistic 
and  automatic  data  processing  support,  provide  position  and  equipment 
configuration  control,  and  operate  subordinate  installations,  activities, 
and  units,  as  necessary,  to  carry  out  assigned  functions. 
(2)  (U)  Determine  requirements  for,  budget  for,  and  procure 
essential  operating  supplies  and  services  not  available  through  the  Army 
supply  system. 
(3)  (U)  Exercise  materiel  management  for  assigned  principal  items 
and  Other  Procurement  Army  spare  and  repair  parts  in  accordance  with  AR 
708-1. 
(4)  (U)  Determine  requirements  for  all  items  of  mission 
equipment.  Plan  for,  program,  budget,  justify,  coordinate,  and  supervise 
the  USASA  Other  Procurement  Army  Program,  including  items  for  USASA  Reserve 
units.  Operate  an  Army  national  inventory  control  point,  a  national 
maintenance  point,  and  the  central  depot  for  unique  SIGINT  and  SIGINT- 
related  materiel. 
(5)  [Excised] 
(6)  (U)  Prepare  Army-wide  training  literature  pertaining  to 
SIGINT,  SIGSEC,  and  EW  (less  MED  and  ECCM)  in  conformance  with  AR  310-3 
(7)  (U)  Prepare  for  publication  and  distribution  all  MOS  test 
materials  for  USASA-monitored  MOS. 
(8)  (U)  Program  student  input  and  act  as  the  Army  executive  agent 
for  participating  in  cryptologic  training  conducted  by  NSA  and  other 
Service  cryptologic  agencies. 
(9)  (U)  Provide  technical  guidance  and  assistance  to  the 
Commanding  General,  US  Army  Forces  Command  (CG  FORSCOM)  in  organizing  and 
equipping  USASA  Reserve  Component  units;  supervise  the  training  of  these 
units  during  inactive  duty  training  and  annual  training;  and  provide 
recommendations  to  appropriate  DA  agencies  and  area  commanders  concerning 
mobilization  assignments,  composition  of  the  troop  basis,  and  the 
allocation,  control,  and  maintenance  of  mission  equipment  for  Reserve 
Component  units.
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(10)  (U)  Exercise  assignment  authority  over  all  enlisted 
personnel  assigned  to  USASA  units  and  activities,  as  well  as  personnel 
enlisted  under  USASA  option  (AR  601-210) . 
(11)  (U)  Function  as  requestor  for  initiating  and  conducting 
personnel  security  investigations  for  assigned  personnel;  evaluate  the 
results  of  investigations;  and  grant,  deny,  or  revoke  security  clearances 
in  accordance  with  AR  604-5.  Adjudicate  results  for  access  to  Special 
Intelligence  for  all  assigned  personnel  and  USASA  Reserve
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Component  personnel,  based  on  approved  standard. 
(12)  (U)  Insure  the  internal  security  of  assigned  units  and 
activities  through  adequate  counterintelligence  programs. 
5.  (C)  Command  and  staff  relationships*  a.  (U)  The  CG   USASA  is  under  the 
supervision  of  the  Chief  of  Staff,  US  Army  (CSA) .  Directives,  authorities, 
policy,  planning  and  program  guidance,  approved  programs,  and  resource 
allocations  are  issued  to  CG  USASA  by  the  CSA. 
[Excised] 
d.  (U)  The  USASA  and  other  major  Army  commands  are  coordinate  elements 
of  the  Department  cf  the  Army.  The  CG  USASA  is  authorized  to  communicate 
directly  with  other  major  Army  commanders  or  with  heads  of  Army  staff 
agencies  on  matters  of  mutual  interest. 
e.  (U)  CG  USASA  will  maintain  Liaison  as  necessary  with  other  major 
Army  commands,  field  operating  agencies,  other  cryptologic  and  intelligence 
agencies,  and  other  governmental  agencies  to  maintain  an  awareness  of,  to 
exchange  information  on,  and  to  insure  coordination  of  matters  of  mutual 
concern . 
£.    (U)  The  Commanding  General,  US  Army  Training  and  Doctrine  Command 
(CG  TRADOC) ,  through  the  appropriate  functional  center,  will  provide  tasks, 
parameters,  and  guidance  for  combat  development  activities  conducted  by 
USASA.  USASA  will  provide  the  resultant  combat  development  products  to 
TRADOC  for  integration  into  the  overall  combat  development  effort.  To 
accomplish  this,  a  memorandum  of  agreement  will  be  executed  between  CG 
TRADOC  and  CG  USASA.  For  other  cryptologic  development  activities,  CG  USASA 
will  report  directly  to  HQDA.  USASA  is  responsible  to  coordinating  with 
TRADOC  all  cryptologic  development  products  affecting  combat  developments. 
g*.  (U)  Individual  training  conducted  by  USASA  will  be  monitored  by 
TRADOC.  TRADOC  will  review  nontechnical  programs  of  instruction  (POI) 
prepared  by  USASA  to  prevent  undesirable  overlap  among  school  courses,  to 
ensure  compatibility  of  POI  with  approved  doctrine,  and  to  insure  proper 
balance  of  instruction  to  meet  the  objectives  of  the  Army  school  system. 
h.    (U)  USASA  is  responsible  for  the  unit  training  and  readiness  of  all 
assigned  Active  Army  units  in  CONUS  that  have  contingency  missions  in 
support  of  FORSCOM  forces. 
i.  (U)  CG  FORSCOM,  through  CONUSA  commanders,  commands  all  USASA  USAR 
units.  USASA  is  responsible  to  HQDA  for  the  overall  training  of  all  USASA 
USAR  units  and  provides  assistance  to  CG  FORSCOM  in  evaluating  the 
readiness  of  these  units.