ZSUSASA-Rey 105-13 fom eerie ——- we en DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Sef . . UNITED STATES ARMY STCURITY ACENCY © > - Arlington Hell Station eo ee ; Arifagton, Virginis 22212 ‘ Ree ot 25 September 1973 Wo. - . ot : * Coemunicetions-Electronics ' STANDARD CRITERIA FOR SUPERVISION AND EMPLOYMENT ‘ OF USASA DIRECTION FINDING TECHNIQUES (VU) Paragraph Page SECTION I > GENERAL PUT POS C eoecceocewseweswowccecceweowoocoee SCOPe cr eeeceoccecceveccossccccsnscocsence ir OBJECTIVES Ob fect ivecwoocccccewccenccccocowroccoccce "Direction Finding-c-occce-scesecoeococccce Wo, tII RES PONS IBILITIES : Headquarters, UASA-cocen occ wecc er cecoooce Subordinate Elements --<y¢--~ccenceceececen * Liaison Vis itaccocconrrorcorecensoconsons Iv OPERATIONS ae ~ GONETS Lecoevcecccccecenccovcceesnecoocecce &w KH Ww & www Opera £ fons Secccceccccceeescvecencoasescos Miss ion Contre] owceeccescccccccceccoceuce Miss ion Results SOSHSSOVSSSSeEECHeED*SOSAGSCCSC ~~ OO Ca AWA On kw (= pu Section I GENERAL 1. PURPOSE. This regulistion provides the standard eriteris fer supervision and Rail, ; Of USASA Direction Finding (oF) Techniques ae 2. SCOPEganije is regulation applies to #11 USASA orgenizations end units engaged in or responsible fer supervision of USASA BF ectivities world- wide, This is 6 basic document which is eugmented by additional regulecions pertaining to specific aress of _o DJ02200-17 MO that are given treatsent in this document. . Clessified by._D 2230-1; . EXEMPT FPA") CT 81, Pace cnet woes SCENTS CF PSTN OTR rgse EXerpre*; CATESERY. jon & saok . *
— USASA Reg 105-13 Section WE Le * RES PONS IBILI1 [ES .S. WEADQUARTERS, USASA. Heads of Stsff elements concerned will asintsin ataff supervision and guidsnce over che USASA worldwide DF progremas through review of selected technical end operational information provided by field activities. In addition, necessary lisison and studies will be conducted to insure that the programs remain sbreast of the advencing technical eciences, , 6. SUBORDINATE ELEMENTS. Each USASA field element having OF will be responsible for the control, processing, evaluation end reporting of the efforts employed. The day-to-day operation and timely recognition and cerrection to probles ereas ere the responsibility of the field elenents. When problems identified ere beyond the cepabilities ef field element; to correct, assistance is to be requested from this Headquarters. 7. ‘QGLIAISON VISITS. DF representatives fron this Headquarters will visite eech DF control, DF tasker and each OF outststion at least once each fiscal year. The DF net control officer is responsible for the technical, cperetionsl and tasking control of ell DF sites o.....n the met. Therefore, he and/or the DF net control NCOIC will visit every outstation in the net st least once every three months. If e SIT technician (WO, MOS 053A) is assigned to the parent orgenizstion of e DF site, the SIT technicien and/or his KCOIC will visit esch subordinate DF site on s monthly basis to perform a technical inspection of the site and provide assistance as required. When problems eoncerning performance of outstetions arise, net control will advise the parent organizetion of the DF site and will elso provide technical assistance an required to correct the probles. ° Section IV OPERATIONS @ 8. GENERAL. The CIC of the DF net control will insure that «
Kegardless of the origin of 6 task, it is the ~esponsidility of e requester to state the tesk objectives: DE supervisory personnel must insure thet e valid requirement exists commensurete with the task objectives and capabilit- tes of the DF net to which the task is assigned. The DF officer is respon- sible to adjust the tasking in order to obtain che best DF results possible. d. (DF information data collected is expeditiously supplied to the re- quester in a finished end usable fora. He vill provide immedisce response to en when the DF aission die reeaeaee ; ve SMBS Analytical support will be provided < on @ tine y basis end in the _ form of couplete recapituletions end/or summaries in “accordance with local procedures. _ 9. OPERATIONS . USASA OF net operations have e 24 hour response eapability end will include e DF controller/coordinetor end facilities for the collection end processing of DF information. a. DF Controller. _The DF controller will coordinate the sctivities between OF EEE facilities and control the flow of requests for DF ” {nformat ton in Sccordance with current aission assignments. At stations - equipped with computers for mission control functions, the control of the flow of requests for DF information will ‘oe {amediately processed in eccordance with programs written specifically for that computer operation end in accordence with @ission control concepts. 7+ bo. rection Finding. The OIC of DF Ket Control stations will be Gelegeted With pperetional Casking eonereok- end; ‘technicel ‘supervisttn~ot ell OF our stat borb ithin his respective net. Adequete audio intercoemunics- PER Lities, €o include signsl piping, wil be estsbiished : WNP, DF net control fecilities. Optimum procedures will be eaployed Ce ing Be rapid end secure handling of DF ‘Ureffic. Separate OF flesh 2 2 Pomunications will be seintained end eperated in cccordance with w ns directives contained in OTD 6lp4 or successor documents when Os Smtinuous wave (CW) epcrations. & combined flash/report fecility wilt bi Seale fax for oneline teletype (TTY) operations. — The following Gut lines spect Ac functions of the DF effort. ¥ ¢ rations. The flash circuit will be utilized nate Net Control Stations (where applicable), or by designoted flash etaci end will normally be reserved exclusively for the trenazaission of fieshemipr directives regerdin signals ta the remainder ef the net. Each designated control or flesh stetion must de capable of simultaneously pessing traffic to ell other acecions | in the DF net vis the flash cireuit. (1) ~DF_Flash Circuit: by Net Control Stations, al
3 ee Sas | :."MSASA Reg 895-13 - . 4 = ; -_—_ . tee . roe . “aye ~ Loe (2) DE Flesh Position. The flash por:tion provides # @sans for che trananiarion of pertinent AMMS dste to the DF net. Transa@ission of the | Clagh data end trecking Qe Vill ec in accordance with existing | USASA directives or succensor docvuaents for both on-iine teletype and recico CW operations. a ‘ (3) ‘DF_Report Circuit Operation. The report efireul2t {fe the {intranet coemunicetions channel used primarily for the return of besring observations to tne net control or alternate control {if epplicable). This circuit will be used by the net control ss « sesns of exercising operational control over the net and for the transmiss of operaticmsal/administrative traffic per- tinent to GREE hunits supported by the net. If adequate report circuits have not been provided for this purpose, an alternate means cf communicetions, such es the DF flash circuit, say be used for this pur- pose on 8 non-interfering esis. (4) DF Report Position. The report porition provides # means for meintaining control over the DF report net and the receipe of bearing returns. Report cireuit operations end bearing return formats will be in accordance with existing Usacsa cicece--e: OF SuCCeSEOr documents. . i (S) Plotting end Evaluation. Processing and evaluation of DF results will be accomplished by the plotting/evalustion section in accordance vith current directives. Where coemunicetions \facilicies permit timely forwarding of fix results from the designated net control £0 the flash originstor(s), ell plotting will be accomplished by the dexigneted Net Control Station. . Computer plotting will be accomplished in accordance with programs uritten for the system utilised and will not be altered in any way by field units without written approval of this Headquarters. The following provides pro- cedures/guidance to be utilized when performing msnual plotting evaluation: S
(6) OF Ouestations. ‘The OIC of OF Net Control Stetions will insure ° the following procedures wiil be adhered to in order to insure thst each DOF outstetion schteves opt aun performance, on e continuing basis. {#) DF Site Installation. ‘Each OF site outside che CONUS will be tested and installed in accordence with TECHINS 1050, USASA Regulation 105-11 or successor documents , end Sppropriate “Squtnment instruction asnuals. . 0) Outstetion Supervision. Zsch USASA ‘OF outstation will be super- -vised by an experienced DF NCO. The DF cutstation supervisor is responsi- ble for insuring that his particular fecility is meeting required standards and perforaing st asximm operetional efficiency om @ continuing besis. The adzinfstrstion and supervision of rat aaa ltiiah eaten nae accomplished in USASA Regulecion | 105-11. . 10. MTS TOM CONTROL. @. Generel. oF tasking will be accverpitened in” eccordance with TECHINS 1056 er successor directives.. (1) _The oF officer will be responsible for the operational ead xechnicel control of che DF mission. (2) ‘Lecet and analytic or aission control off cers will de responsible for keeping the DF officer informed gaas caeeea,, inforastion
(4) The DF sections will be responsi'-le for obtatning the desired gcesults and forvarding the product obtsine-I to the appropriate consumer ax required cn 3 timely basis. . (5) Analytical section chiefs end afssion control personnel will constantly review the DF essignment to determine if any deletions, or changes in relative priorities, should be msde. The OF officer will periodically review the DF mission end nominste sppropriste casking adjustments or deletions as required. s (6) Tf eny additions, deletions or prior{ty adjustments sre required, the enalvticel section chiets oz mission control officer will submizc to che DF sectiong;@iieeanaseammn delete! or adjusted outlining the specific aission objective and reletive {importance of the tssk or DF support. 4 b. DF Controller. All information concerning aission activity will originate with the station sectiims. Yn those instances vhere an automated coaputer system is utitized, the queuing sRgeemee vill be in accordence with the program written rpecifically for the device em- “ployed. For operations where no computer system is installed, the -tvick chief, in coopera, joe with the DF controller. is re Oe ee t insure chat the DF sectional a ae a arene ell (2) .Im eutomated situations, appropriate computer, progres pro- eadures will be followed by the DF controller. Lon,
_ . ay 3 . re “Ce Direction Find ing. then notified ww ermputer queue or when netified by the DF controller of oceivity sr s DF sissio, the OF flash -aperator will handle the in the following manner: %y- )- ote O (1) If a mission of higher precedence is current ly in Prouress on nec. the flash operator will £0 notify the TF _¢ a _ computer queuing will be handled om a priority ‘firstein £ .rst-out besis. \ (2) If a mission of lover priority is in progress, gaining eontrol of the net will be ss prescribed by OTD 6l-', or successor documents. (3) If no mission {s currently in pro;;ress on the net, the alert and trensmissioa of the fiash will be es prescribed by OTD 61-4 or successor documents. . “() lencdistely after the flash has been Cerminsted, the DF cut-* stations will be requested to transmit their observations to the control atation by the DF report circuit. ‘'(S) Ag soon az all DF outststions have returned the bearing obser- vationr to the DF control, the OF enalyet wlll glot the aission in the most expeditious manner so that results can be channeled back to the DF controller on @ timely basis. Coaputer Fix Computetion (FIXCOM) programs will be utilized when station facilities permit and processing will be Accomp] tahed on ao real-time basis.” - = ll. MISSION RESULTS. DF results will be reported in the format and vehicle prescribed and suthorized by NSA. Mission resul and feed’ ck on each mission will also be provided to am a ee oa When station computer facilities exist or when manual preparstion peraits, the DF section will provide local support es follows: a. Beitly recep of tip-off activity. b .zedeg ly recap of DF flesh, Line of bearing, and fix locstion activity. ¢., Periodic consolidated fix Listing. d. Feriodic Mission Management File Surveys.
USASA Reg 105-13.” oe The proponent of this Regulation (8 t!« Deputy Cilef of Staff Operations. Users are invited to sen! coments and suggested {mproveaents on DA Form 20°78 (Recommer-ded Changer to Publicetions) to this Headquerters, ATTK: TAOPS. FOR THE COMMANDER: -4- VERNON E, ROBBINS OFFICLUAL: - 8 . Colonel, GS i ( | ; e Chief of Staff. * . , re 7 _ rar oe ve . y M, WESTON, JR. / - Colonel ,ACC . t, . "adjutant General * DISTRIBUTION: \ . ABCE ° . an * : - of-, et. yee =