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HISTORICAL SUMMARY
FISCAL ·YEAR 1962
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HEADQUARTERS
UNITED STATES ARMY SECURITY AGENCY ARLINGTON HALL STATION
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA 22212
US ARKY S£CURITY AGENCY
ANNUAL HISTORICAL st.'Q!MARY
rISCAL YEAR 1962
Prepared by Office of t:he Assistant Chief of Staff 9 G2
(Reports Control Symbol CSHis-6(R2)) .
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ADMINISTRATIVE HIGHLIGHTS
Command ••••••••• Organization • • • • • • Personnel • • • • • • • •
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Units ••••••••••••••• Electronic Positions - World~Wide .• Target Exploitation (TARI:X) •••• Training • • • • • • • • • • • • • Budget - rY 1962 • • • • • • • • •
USASA FIELD ACTIVITIES AND OPERATIONS
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATCS
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R&ea.pitulation of Tor and TD Units • • • • • • • • • • s 1st USASA field Station • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 12 2d USASA Field Station • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • 12 52d USASA Special Operations Command • • • • • • • • • 13 317th USASA Battalion ••••••••••••••• • 14
EUROPE Organization Chart •. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 15 Manpower and Finances • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 17 Training • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 17 Equipment • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 18 Operational Highlights • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. 19 Special Missions • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 26
·PACIFIC Organization Chart • • Manpower and finances Training • • • • • • • Operational Hiehlights Special Projects • • •
ALASKA
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Organization Chart • • • . . . . . . . • • ....... Manpower • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Operational Highlights • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Special Assip;nments • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
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USASA YIELD ACTIVITIES AND OPI:RATIONS (Contd)
CARIBBEAN Organization Chart and Summary • • • • • • • • • • • • 148
Ar'RICA ~th USASA Tield Station • • • • • • • • • • • • ..... Man power • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ~.• • • Operational Highlights • • • • • • • • • • • • ••••
ANNEX A • Recapitulation of USASA, Europe TD Units
ANNEX B - ~ecapitulation of USASA, Pacific TD Units
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INTRODUCTION
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(U) This ls the geventeenth year of the .US A,.,,,,, Security Agency.
To those concerned with day-to-day operations, t~ls report of proeresa
· and majo!" acc01QPl!.shaient is suh21ltted.
~ Notevorthy durinc this period {l ~uly 1961 - 30 June 1962) is
augiuentatic:m of the Agenc-Y•s si~nal intell,ience effort in South VietnaM .
and the introdu~tion of a USASA element in 'nlailand to train the Thai .
With world attention focused. on ml.ssile tecbnology in the Sovie't Union~
and developments lu Cuba, the Agency's units had a remarkably a~tive year~·
Hany important tecbnieal ach.ievement& were re.alh;ed of value to the
national cryptologic co111111unlty.
~ If auy one ~bing is to be remembered for this fiscal year. it
is the technical experhnent in airborne directiQf\ finding which produced
such excellent resulte. 'nils COHl?lT technique, developed by Agericy per-·····
sonnel, was instr\ll'!lental in providing hishly accurate fixes on position•
controlled by the Communist Viet Cong. It was just prior to thi5 improve-
111e~t ·in tactical Dr capability that an ASA man beca1:1e the fiJ'."'St US A'f'fftY
casualty of the var in South Vietnam.
(U) This historical summa!"y hlgblights the principal developanents
of i~port to continuous ccverage of the Agency•g progress in fulfillin"
its ~i•sion.
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ADMINISTRATIVE HIGHLIGHTS
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Chief, US.ASA - Maj Gen William M. Breckinridge, USA, 017210 (1 Jul 60-30 May 62) Brig Gen Orman G. Charles, USA. 029954 (Acting) (l Jun 62-30 Jun 62)
Deputy Chief, USASA - Brip, Gen Orman G. Charles, USA, 029954
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Chief of Staff, USASA - Lt Col Keene N. Wilson, GS, 01290864 (Acting) (1 Jul 61-25 Sep 61) Col Robert T. Walker. GS 1 031368 (25 Sep 61-30 Jun 62)
Chief, USASAEUR- Col Robert E. Schukraft• SigC, 0187114 (1 Jul 61-30 Nov 61) Col James H. K'ller, Inf, 021871 (1 Dec 61-30 Jun 62)
Chief, USASAPAC - Col George A. Godding, Inf, 040790
Chief, USASAAL - Lt Col Ben B. McKibben, Jr •• AS(Inf), 01319304 (1 Jul 61-11 ,Jul 61) · Lt Col Norman B. Rolle, Inf1 0~9715
Chief, USASACARIB - Lt Col Chester W. Tuckerman, ASCArm.o.J\) 1 01825992
ORGANIZATION
Headquarters, LISASA remained located at At1inp,ton Hall Station,
Arlington; Va during the period under review. Organization of head-
quarters along vertical com~and structure lines continued; however• among
headquarters components, the following changes occurred:
1. Office of the ELSEC Officer (Communica~ions and ELSEC Division) was discontinued effective :n.Jul 61. · Functi.ons were trans-ferred to ACofS, G3 ancf
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-· USASA Liaison Group, Fort Meade vae organia.d1 .l Jul 61' discontinued, l Sep 61.
s. GENS-1 was redeslgnated A-l, 15 Dae 61& discontinued, l Apr 62.
6. Office of the Assistant to the Chief 1 USASA tort .Meade waa discontinued, 1 Jul . 61. Operational Control Officer dia~cntiaued• 1 Jul 61.
7. USAS~ Manpower Control Board, ACofS, Gi ·was diacontinued 1 1 reb 62. . .
PERSONNEL
r-sl AB of l Jul f.il, actual etren'gth of the Agencj- (world-wide) " ..
11.lOO Officer&, 253 WO, and 191 265 EM. DA Civilian• to Include graded,
ungraded and local natlonab stood at 1365. Aggregate total• ., · 21 1283~
Dy 30 Jw 62 1 assigned at renst;h had adjusted to 173~ Of ti~,.. 1 ·21f 8 VO, . . . - .
. and 11 1605 EM. · DA Civilian strength, all categodea1 ~ot•led litOI.
'Aggregate totals 21f,~91.. Due t ~h• sensitivity of dµd• baYOlved, •
total of 21,96AI personnel investigations w~re initiatedi . 33,395 · aecurlty ·· · . .
~learancea vere granted. Cle~r~ces denied or revoked totaled 699.
UNITS
foe;) Aa of 1 Jul 61, there woe a total .of 63 TD unite. OB 30 Jun 62, ..
there vere 80 TD units (e~clusiV. of STRAf). In the Contlntmtel United
States, three Agency .TD units ve~ redeslgnated, seven ~·re organised• and
three were discontinued. tn add~ tlon 1 four TO'E unf ta· ., .... aotlvate·d.
(U) Seriousness of the Berlin si~uation, ln the aUmller o~ 1961 1
prompted the call to active duty of the following AS-US#Jt unites
325th USASA Battalieo· 311.lth USASA Battalion l97th USASA .Company (Op A).
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EU:CTRON1C POSITIONS • WORLD-~IOt
(s11veee) COMINT - Installed Manned
(SW"QQQ) . ELINT - Inst~lled Mann~d
Sir..SEC - Installed Manned
COMCM Installed Kanned
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4th Qt'?', rv 62 »
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foGJ. TAREX activl des continued to provide valuab_le. infoMlat'ion to
the US SIGIHT• SIGSEC and £~ efforts. Thi& Information vaa obtained:
primarily ~hrough clandestin& collection tecltnlques not employed by other
eleaie'nte of USASA. Aware of the valuable contribution .made by .TAREX and
its future needs, Chief of St_.!!ff • USASA authorized an l _ncreas• In peryionnel
of 23 spaeea •.
· ·· . · ttnvee&+ In Tebruary 1962, the us lntelliaence community under the
direction of CIA, established the Carlhbe;m Admissions Center Kt Opalocka., ·
rlorida. The mission of the center was to sereeri and in-terroga'!-"e ell Cuban
refugees and .defectors arriving in the United Stntes. US~SA TAR.EX partici-
pat1on ·in the mter :comr.ienced in H~rch 19&2 1 as Operation DIM VIEW.
t'elfYeee). A TARI:X detachment ·vaa estllbllshed In Saigon, South Viet_naa
in December 1961 to support USASA operations in Southeast Asia. Arrange-
.aieots vere 111ade with the SOOth tn1:elllgence Corps Group -H~adquar.ters· in ·
Japan to assign a TARtX officer to the ~O.Oth's .detachment in Saigon. Major
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accomplishoen1: of this unit was detailed inte rr;c:>sat ion .,~- a V let Cong
signal officer and resulting reports \.'Mch w!lf..e appraised -~ belng most ~ .·.· '
valuable by NSA. . .
~ Erectiqn of the 3erlin Wall in Augu~t 1961 had .pronounced effect
u:pon TARI:X collection of ·intelligence lnfonnat ion throuf?h;: clandestine.
ineans; however, it produced a refinement .in covert .~ollecti~ techniques.
Prior to the wall, mnny explol table operational laada and project a V.re . . ... -;..•
neglected ·by collateral agencies, including TAR.EX• due _. to heavy ~lhnca
on the .veal th of .lnforD1ation obt_ained fr0tn defectors .~d -refuge~. · · After .
the wall, projects vere. coordln~t&d· between DCSI USARtul\~ -0sASAE, :and th•
5l3th" Intellige1'c e Corps Groul' to obtain ·data frOllll source• heretofoff
neglected. Despite the erectioa of the wall, TARI:X, ·Europe- collected ,:·
5,969 more reports during ·rv 1962 than iY 1961.
TRAINI?fG
~ A totai of 4-.so .P.r:sonnel gradu01ted frOVl .the USASA . T:raini_ng . . .
Center and School. In effectt 110\ of prograol!)f!d active· Army "input and . ·· ..
lo-.\ of progralllt!led active AMlty output were obtained. At ·the US Al"IQy
Language School. !4ont.rey • C&1ll_fornia, the actual input vu 775 student11
·which e:xceeded the proRNI~ input ·by 62. A breakdotm .·follciVss
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Chinese-Korean Russian Satellite Others
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Input (Programst1ed)
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·("&2 USASA CONUS units participated in 12 field t~aining DA/USCONARC-
directed exercises. Additionally, US ASA uni ts supported various types of ·· ·
exercises in o\ferseas US AJ"t;ly col!Illlands. Exercisei;1 part icipr:ited in were
aa follmman~ers to USASA _suppo~t was very f ~vorable and __ in each case, the ' .
support rendered· was well accepted and requested for· tutu.re. oxerclses • .
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USASA exercise objectives for the year were succesaful~J. attained.
(U) The C'lief of Staff approved the est:ablishment. of ·~. languQge .:·.· ... ·
labor.atory progru~ within USASA to provide a means .for linguistic person-
nel to maintain language proficiency. Laboratories ~~~ scheduled to be ."~ ".'.' .......
set up at USAS A Training Center and School; Arlington . Rall Station; Two
Rock Ranch Sta.don; USASA• I:urope (2); and U5ASA 1 Pacific.-
(U) Annual ~ctive duty training for AS-USAR was conduc~ed at the
following place:s: Carrip Dru111, !lY; rort Br"g~~ NC, and Fort George G.
Meade, Md.
BUOOI:T - iY 1962
~At the start of th• year, the Annual rundins ' Progra'tl ·:C~P) wu
established at $32 1105,ooo. On the basis of conaider~le increases in
misaion tasking and of unprogrammed requirement& for mabili~ation af
Reserve uni ts, the establishment of Special rorcea units•· and support of
$outheast Asia operations 1 the Agency requested and obtained" fundinE
increases of over $12 ,ooo .ooo. The rev i:Jed AFP afll
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.. ~. E~uipment in the aJ'JIOunt of $612,373 was furnished C9fltractors,
princ.$.pally to the Electronic Defense· Laboratories for Project PROFtRr;
to the A~erican Electronic Lilboratories f or Project SILVER LANCE; and to
Northeastern Engineers for installation kits for MCT-88 positions.
· ~ US ASA c.onstruction was budgeted $3,500 ,0.00 for the y•ar.
$2 .. 600,000 was progra111-eied for execution during n 1967. Funded Mill'tary Cqnstruction-Anny (HCA) for USASA. r-equirements completed during the year
vaa $4,eoo.ooo. At the end of the year, HCA projects under construction
totaled Sll,600,000 •
. ~ ~ing the 2d quilrter~ three USASA ~eserve units were ordered to
activ~ duty: neceasitatinR redistribution of equi·p~nt . froa th~ .317th
USASA Battalion and other cm;us units·. I:quipment requirements ~or these · . .
units "'ere also met from assets available fr0111 USASA ·controlled ~ignal
accounts. funds made available to these units includet;h $3,385,000 for
the 325th USASA Battalion and the l97th USASA Comp~ny, and $3 1 4ll 1 000 for
the 32~th and 317th USASA Battalions.
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~ A recapitulation of USASA unit~ in CONUS durJ~a· period l Ju1 61 -:~ .: ·
30 Jun 62, follO'ols:
TOE UNITS
UNIT DESIGNATI ON L.OCATION
303d ASA Battalion (Corps) Camp Wolters, Tex
Co111pany A (Div Spt)( Armd)
Company B (Div Spt)( Inf)
313th ASA Battalion (Corps)
Company A (Div Spt )( Abn) .
Company B C Div Spt) (Ahn)
Company c (Div Spt )(Inf)
Company D (Div Spt)( Armd)
J26th ASA Company (Op A)
330th ASA Company (Op A}
Headquarters, USASA
USASA Board
US Army Garrison, AHS
USASA, fort Heade
USASA0
Liaison ·Group. tort Heade
fort Carson, Colo
fort Benning. Ga
fort· Bragg, NC
fort ·Brags, 'NC
rort Bragg, NC
TRRS; Petaluma, Cal~f .
rort Hood, Tex
Fort Bragg, NC
Camp Wolters• Tex
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AHS 1 Arlington, Va
AHS• Arlington, Va
Arlington• Va
fort George G. Heade, Md
fort George G. .Meade, Hd
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Act eff 15 Jun 62. -~ ..... .
Act eff 25 Jun 62.
Act 25 Jun 62.
Act. eft 25 . Kay· ~2.
Act eft 25 May 62.
Act eff. 25 :'May 62.
A~t · aft .25 May ·.s2.
Act·· eff 25 May 61.
Act i.tt 2s" May 62 •· Act atf .25 Jun 62.
Redesig from USASA Suppart .Element, NS~ eff l Sep ·61.
Di~c aft l ·Sep 61.
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USASA.Special Pro,ects Unit :
USAS.A Supply mtd Ma!nte-nmice cen~er
-80th . uSASA Special · · Operet~~na Unit
lst .Operatie)fta Det ·
2d .perationa Det
3d ·. Opera'tions bet
~th Operations Det . .
'00tb US.ASA Sj>9clal Operetians · ~t (Abn)
lfOlst USASA Speclal· Operations .Det ( Abn)
1102d USASA Special Oper~~iona Det (Abn)
~08d USASA Special Oper.atio~ Det ( Abn)
~10th USASA Special Operation& Unit
2d USASA field Station
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TD .UNITS
LOCATION
rort Georee G. Meade. Hd
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RCRARKS
Vint Hill fat'WI Station. Warrenton. Va
VHrs, Warrenton. Va
VHFS• 'Warrenton, Va
VHrS, Warrenton, Ve rort Dragg• .NC
ro!'t Buckner, Okin ave
fort ·BJ'ag, NC .
Bad Tolz, Gel"tDany
Fort Brags• MC
rort e'uckner, Okinawa
fort Bragg, NC·
Bad Tolz. GerMany
fort Bragg, ~4C
fort George G. Meade., Hd
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USASA Training Center and School
317th US>SA Bat~al!on (Corps)
Cot11pany A (Op A)
Operations Platoon {Special)
Company B ( Oi v Spt )(Ahn)
Company c (Div Spt )(Ahn)
Co111pany D {Div Spt)(Infl
Companr t (Div SptHinf)
324th USASA Battalion
325th US>.SA Bat~alion
197th USASA Company
TD UNITS
"LOCATION
F0.rt Devens. ~ass
rort Bragg, HC
ror1: B!"agg., NC
TRRS • Pe1:a 1 uria, Calif
rort Bragg, MC
rort Bragg_. HC
TRRS, Petaluma, Calif .
Fort Huachuca. Ariz
ror.t Dev~~s • Mass ·
rort Oevena, Mass
rort Devens, Hass
ntac_::\ett 2 ... .. May 62, pen ugd to· 313th ASA Bn _(Corpe)·· ·
DU~c eff 21f Hay 62.
Disc etf ·21t May 62. ·. :":: ' .. ..
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AS~USAR unit · called to active duty.; . Mobilbed 1 Oct 61.
AS-US AR unit · ca1·1ed. to a ct.i ~ •. .-c:hrty. Mob 1117.ed 15 Oct 61.
AS-USA1f unl 't· called. to actiw duty·~ ·Hoblli.zed
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S2d USASA Special Operations rort Huachuca, Ariz Co!'llnland
Redea.ig rra1-_ USASA Oper•tiooal Center erf
Det A, S_2d USASA Sp Op Com~ .. ·
lOOth USASA Security De~ ·
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Fort H~achuca, Ariz Org aff 23 Mar 62.
-Wlii te Sands Missile Disc eff . 23 Kar 62. Rang•, .Hl4ex eilr'f:\ .~·r:easgd ,.'to Det . A.
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33d US~A Ln Diet
' lift~ USASA Ln ·Dot
35th USASA Ln Oet
36th USASA Ln Dot
USASA Personnel Procurement & .Proceseing Detachme.nts:
TD UNITS
LOCATION
Governors Island, NY
fort George G. Meade, Md
fort McPherson 1 Ga
fort Sam Houston, Tex
Chicago, Ill
Presidio of San francisco, Calif .
rort Dlx• NJ
fort Jackson,- SC
fort Leona.rd Wood•
fort Ord, Calif
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· ~Actual .strengths for CONUS at · the beginning oi the fiscal y.aar ·
were 779 Of_f, 112 WO, and 601f2 I:M for a total of 6933 .• By 30 Jun . 62•.
these figures had adjust&d to 873 Off, 119 wo, and ·aa21 El'f, a total of
9813.
(U) US Ar-Diy Garrison, Arlington ·Hall Station, Arlington, Virsinia
pro•ided support to Headquarters 1 US ASA and other· ~s.signed or attached
units located .oo post. Tenant units included the follow·lngi
US Arey Signal Co~unications Security ARency US Ar:riy Signal. lntelli?,ence Agency US Arny Strat•eic CDKlmunications Command
. us Arey Transportation Intelligence Agen~y 126th Transportation Det
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Operational traffic, vaa also passed by
TEL£COM while the Soviet Missile Range Instrumentatlan Ships· (SMRIS) were
deployed In the Pacific OceMl in support of extended range ICBM teata.
Results frOlll St1RIS act.i vity have been eJCcellent in ~ost cases;.
Morse Section had three opetat!onal
positions throughout the year 'lli1:h missions assigned to (:bin.Se . SIGINT .
taf'geta, Hexlean Military .rorces, San Salvador. Rµssian Illi~i·t_ , . lind .
Russian N~val communlcatlqna.
S2d US.ASA Special Operations Ccml!land ·
~- The S2d USASA Special Operations Co~mand field· tested and evaluated
eyste• to determine C4lpab11ities and llmltat1on.s, and recoiamended e111pl0j-
ntent in US ASA operations or:- for adoption. by · other elements of . the US Arr•i•
The comt11and's rr 1962 oper:.itlng program consisted of 30 p.rojecta ·cootlnued
frC. 'f"'t 1961 1 and 33 new projects, n' 1967. In addition . to ELSEC 11onitorlng
and ana·ly.:sis .activity at rort Huachuca, the CC1111X1and fumhhed trans11tisidon
security monitorina. analysis. reportini.l' imd adv1s~ry services to Whit•
Sand.a ~issUe Ran~ (WSM~) aa req.uested~ Slxteen COKSEC 1110nitorinR posid.ane
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cessfng a nd preliminary ~naly61s of Cuban ·Ground ·r orce89 and ·saiect~d . .
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I I ••• I"~ I I 182d USASA 183d USASA l84th US ASA . Ops co (A) Ops Co (A) Ops . Co (A) ...
tvro~ frOt11 1 Jul 51 to. 30 !fov 61. Colonel Jo"'°s H • . K•ller, Inf• 0218711
u~au11ed coinH1rid 1 . ·1 Dec 61, .and re1'1ainad as Chief, USASA, Europe thr~ah the·
end of the fheal year. Tb• •bcaion :.was to supervhte. and· coordinate ~11 ·.
COHI.lfT, COHJAM 1 COJl'.SEC 1 ti.INT 1 ·ELStC, . SlGStC, SIGINT collecdon and SXT and ...
TARt~ ectJvit!es within U5 Army, EuJ"Ope. · Kq UGASA, .turope provided t~chnical . .
aas!stonce and su.Dttrvis!Nl to thea'ter collection fndUties1 pl"O,,!ded USASA•
fort Meade and DIP.H~A vlth poaf t!~n reports of actions tak,n by USASA. Europe
units to improve the ftffectlveneaa of collection ef'fort•a supported US AM!l'/e
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phone, t .eletypevri tu·, and convention al telephone comlllunications to detect
violatiooa of transmission security and inforniation that vas Vulnerable to
interception.
' ~Hq U~ASA1 Europe provide~ direc~ support to US AM:D)' 1 turope. Sub-., ordinate eleJDents ·provided support as follow• I
USASA Unit . Surported Unit
S07th USASA Gp (fld Army) ll9tb ·US ASA Bn (Corps) 319th USAS·A Bn. (Corps) 600th USASA Co (COHS£C ~ COMCM) l02d USASA Scty Det ( COMSEC)
103d USAS·A Scty Oat (SlGStC)'
. Seventh. US Aray V US Arrny COrpa VI I us Ansy corps US.A Southam Iuropean Task force Hq USA~UJt ' USAs.A Sp Fqr-cee (less ·USACOMZEUR)
·ttq USACOHztUR Hq us !:urcpeaa Com11an~
. ~ Organizational changes during tb11 year. were aa ·.follows a· .
1. Effective 10 Jan 62 1 ~q . USASA 1· Turkey "91.iaved free ~ssiif'~nt to Hq USASA' and assigned Hq us.As~, E.urope;· dlscontinued ·etf ecti ve 1 "ar ~1·. ·
1. lSO'th and·"lBlst USASA Conipany•s discontinued effective . .. · 11 Sep 61; CO..pany'a A and B. 320t.h US~A Bn organised
· : concurrent·ly.
3. · E;tfe-cti ve 15 Sep 61. , 276th USASA Company . redesip11ted . 5th ·USASA Fld ·Sta.
~. Orsan1zed effective 15 Sep 611 15th USASA Operaticns Co USAG. fltanzar11U Stat.ion (Disc eff 26. Nar 62) 5th USASA Oparttiii.'IQs .Co . . USAG 1 Diogenes Statlan (Disc eff 26 Mar &2) USAG, ICaanew Station C Disc eft l.5 jun 67)
s. ~02d USASA Special Operations .Datachllt8nt {Abn) organi~d· .. effective l feb 62.
6. Hq, .15th ·uSASA .Fld Sta redesignated Hq 1 USASA Turk~/. 15th USASA rld S:ta, eftecti ve l ." HB 62. · · ·
7. USAG 9 Men~ith Hill Station discontinued effective 15 May 62. · ·
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· ~ Assigned strength figure& for USASA, turope, FT 196,., followst
Officers WO EM OA .Civ Indigenous
1 .Jul 61 30 Jun 62
263 303
Sii 70
t+860 62"0
32 3~
1130 1133
~ Personnel probhrns 11 predoll'llnantly operational, we!"e- ~hortege of
Ger.nan and Russian linguists. and analytical personnel; crltlcal. shortage
of radio oper'9tors, MOS 053; lack of quaHfied maintenance personnel for
SIGSf.C equJpment unde1• field condh:ions. Personnel probleM, general in
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Al.so• all sites manned by th• ba"ttalicm. were ·surveyed .for . .
the . pu~e :i>~ :ins~allll'.'g permanent . antennas ... · _An~ P?Sltlof! was :in~;tall~d .
· · · ·at: ' ~ahrd~f~ cemsistlng of an AN/ALR-8 re~~.Y-lnR :set, ~~ : A)J'/APA-9 ant~na · .. : ·, ~ ... ..
. . ··. $ytttem, ·and a "Lo'g Periodic .'mtenna ( 100-1000 snc)., Tbe' · 3l9th's tLINT. Sect!~ " ·
. . . l!ad d! ffieu~:tY in obt11.inlng parts for the follO'o'ing equipment:
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scrambler system nnd other fully synchronous systelll8· that ••y b• &MSed in the future. in addition to 'lllOl'e conventional systems ~rently la uae. An
additional piece of newly inst~llod e~uipment was used: to obtain perfo..-ated
tape copy of computer data transmissions. With the additlaa ~ thla equl~
ment (XRlS-6)• the 13th USASA field. Station was able to double its cap.a-
bilities of printing computer data transmissions.
OPtRATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
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"tM¥) During the year, USASA, Europe's CmUNT Section vu tasked with
providing tip-off to the US in'telllgence Community of mlsai~~lated
activity on the Kapustln Yu (~TR) an4 Tyu~ Ta• Mi*•~le . Tut bop• (TnfrR) and the Sary Sha,gan Antl-ai'ssile Teet Range c0.ple1e (sSATC).
~ A probable launch of at leut five Rusalma !:Artb S~telUte
Vehicles (ESV's) Jn•olving all three of the above rani98 occurred. _21 Oct
· 61.· Although all of theae ac:tl vltiea could not defiidtely' be · correlated . . - . .
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u ane Inter-range operation, they were tenta:tlvely determined u two ballis~lc idseila leunchinga frem • dcnmPange launeb pllde and ,mt least ane .
anti-missile from SSATC.
C"T9ew.l On 16 Mar 62, Sputnik XIII vas launched fl'Oll ~Jn'I. followed
by the launc:Mngs of Sputnik'• XIV and xv on 6 and , .. Apr '62 • . ·respectively.
On 26 Apr 62, Sputnik XVI was launched froe . TI"HTR and NCO~red three days
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~The successful launch of Sput:nik XVII fro• l
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Tests were made to detercihe if the radio horhon couid-·be extended to
permit intercept of Soviet tactical maneuver communicatlcma. Use of the
airborne platform provided valuable COMINT not heretofoN available frOlll
border intercept sites.
~!-'lesion of the Manual Morse Section was to collect, analyzet
and report all morse, voice and rad!oprinter transmission• originated by
Russian, Romanian and Dul~llt'ian targets. Prit:ie tar~ets w.re Russian Hili-
· tary nets includinp. the
11\e section contributed a great deal to the portion of the '---~~~~~~--'
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l"S'eW-) Stuales made to improve Mercury Gras• collec:tloa.t.Cllltlea
proinpted recolllQendations for ne.w equipment eonflguratlane.
Et.INT:
~ Puring the year there vas an increase in the nutiber of t~ans~
mitted telemetry intercepts from orbital vehicles. ~ to increased senai-
ti vi t"y of general search equipment, the number of rad.llr 1Dt•rC4pta in the
developmental and unidentified classes increased over .past yeara. The hi3b-
light_ of the yea~ for ELIHT was the euccesaful intercept ofl
l's.> Emphasis ~as pl~ced on the development of mobll• £LINT operations.
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'Seventh US-Army. An £LINT team partfctpated in the Seventh US Arrtty CPX
CHC~ATt._ ·Its missJon vaa to s·upply players frot11 se .. ntb US Army, V Corps·, .
and VIi Corpa with £LINT infor~ation pertainin2 to the deployJAent of
~ Rat1ult11 of I:LINT operations were aa follows:
1. New surface-to-air missile (SAH) s1tee were located at Lud-
vigsluat, Schwerin and Perleberg. Thes e areas were carried aa suspected
SAM sites for several weeks by [LINT analysts be!ore visual s~ghtlnga con-
f lrmed their existence.
2. 'nle SAM site at We1mar vaa located by tLINT fix .. on 11.
kll0111eters from its actual location.
3. A nev operational SA" site at Gotha waa l0ceted by. the use
of ·£LINT DF fixes•
If. Fire li-'heel (AAA associated radar) siROals vere intercepted
e!Yl\at-ina froa .Czechoslovakia during the ilarslN Pact exercise in tbe Fall
of 1961. Tiies• intercepts were the firat indication that ·soviet troops
were sent to Czechoslovakia durini the exercise. Tbe presence of Soviet
troops was later confirmed by visual observations.
s. During the Warsaw Pact exe!'Cise , [LINT intercepts. in con-
junction vith visual si~htin~. indicated a mobility exercise involvln1
an SA-2 Guideline missile facility.
6. The USASA £LINT intercept team a't Pft. He~ssne~ obtained the
-. first 1.__ ____ _.I radar intercept frm Cast Germany.
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exercises: ~ ·.• ....
1. t"SJ CoU-'!Dunicat:fons Exercise HIGHPOLE - -~ppOrt fumiahed included jnte~cept of 10th Specisl rorces Group's tra.naal.salon•.
'l. ('SJ Unconventional llarfare communicat!ciu Exerct.e SPARX-PLUG - Tes ted communications of Special rorces operational detachaenta. Difficultv was experienced in receiving signals froe dist11nt Special torcea teaRtS. · ·
3. ("SJ CPX CHECK"ATt - Tested the freR1119Gtttd ~and post concept.
q. ~ Operation ETE:BALL - Tested Seventh US Ar;y air-ground collll9unication& and air request nets. · ~--, '
S. ~ CPX GRAND SLAM I - Tested fra81119nted collalln4 post concept.
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5. ~ M'X tvtREADY. II .. A Berlin Battle Group enrelse. con-ducted in Grunwald roreat, 8el'.'Un fra111 · 1 e-20 Oct til. ·llcaltoring cow rage used mobile equipment assigned the Wlit.
7. (~ Df.VILSPRl:AD - A 10th Special rorcee Group eoamunication• exercise• conducted at Bremerhaven 1 G4tl"'llWm:Y ff'om 2-22 ~ 11. us-inil •ob!le radio aud teletype positt~a •
. a. 'tc.l. ROAD30UMD XII - A noo .. combatant evacuation .. or-der and relocation of non-tactical unit• e~erciae, cenducted .hoo• 2-9 Apr 62. Monitoring of MP imits vas provided by an HRGZ-3 poaitic. •t Pinaaaen•• Geraany.
9. ~ rIERY CROSS - A 10th Special rorcea Group COSlllllQDicationa exerclse conducted fro111 29 "•y-2 Jun 62. "onitoring coYel"•• us•d fi•d radio positions and nobile RLBZ poaitfona located at· M.0nh•1• 1 Germany.
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~ tt.SI:C support wa& f urnished tvo batt5lions of th• lat US Ar.y
Missile Collll!land, Southern European Task rorce during r'fX XING NCPTUME II.
The objectives of the ~is3ion vere to determine s ignal strength of spurious
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f.lrtng .batteries. and possible foreign el~ctronic intercept sites.
~ Results of the mission were:
" l. Frequencies of :the missile· guidance radars and trans• ponders had to be considered co~proniised.
2. Non-communications emitters associated with the weapons ·system provided targeting data.
3. Contrl of missiles by firing elements could be rendered uselel'!ls by · hostile coimnunic~tions countermeasures.
4. Various phases of the operations could be dete~ined by hos.tile intercept agen.cies~
5. Speci fie types of emltt:era could be identified by ar1elysls of SiEl'lals intercepted.
~) TAREX derived extensive and valuabl'.e collateral Intelligence.
through technical debriefings of knowledgeable refugees and .. defeeton.
Reports puh~ished _by . 'J'ARE·X as a result of these debriefings · c911tairied
detailed information, such as radio . ope~atlons 9 sigrial operating inetr~c:tions,
. and. net structure of the Georgian Border Guard· District 'of· the USSR. In
anottier ease. TAREX· was able to p~ovi~~ technical assistan(!e in the de~
br.Ie1'ing of. a clan des tine ·source who had . iaensh: i ve ·:current i nformadon per--. . . . . . . '
talnlng to recent developments In advanced cryp~ographic and tranemlasion
syste11s, allegedly being ·incorporated in an Ir-on Curtab c~ntry. The . .
inf.onnation was highly slgni.ficant to ' NSA and ~sulted ·in SIGIMT tar.getlng·
in an attempt to Intercept and exploit thle system • .
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' ·~-~~}> . · atld Tratnload--were neutralized or otben.iee deactlva:t~~fi:- v~!le_ two new
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in these cases, TAR.EX gained access to se'lfe1"al pieces of operetianal equip-. .. ·:~.; . . . ... ... ,:.. ,.
ment . etiP.19Ye4 by these double ugents, including the tr~ceiver ·utilb!!td
_by Pink Lady. eub8equant to his being furnished with - ~et equ!pme~~ by his · .... .. .
J TA'RDC continued coYerage of fairs, Ublbite · an~ · l!IJll'- · >-~~~~~~~~~
pos.lums vith the dual purpose of, (1) insuring that brOchures and othe~ ·
~echnical infor111ation conceminR the latest developmenta::in · the telecosa--
wnications, cryptographic and ele~rordc fields ware ·~rougbt .t .o "th• attention of appropriate consumers; and -(2) establish!"hp, nirtf· pers0nal con-
tacts in these fields for possible future exploitation. In ~dd!t!on, TAREX
established and continu.ed overt c~tact with r.uropea:n . . lnduatrialia"ts,
bU9inessmen and engineers to provide information on reaeai:c:b and development,
produetf.on 9 eng!neerirtfh testing and utllizaUon of' all ~s of ·-electronic
equipment 1nanufactured by ·many. of. W!19.e_tern .r:u:rope·•s le:adfog flMIB. TAREX
developed illld 111aintained .. factllties for complying with a ~Ide· r.nge of
specif.1-c requeets ·for . informat:ion as levied by· NSA-ASA ele•nts. These
facilities provided timely support vhen illll'Dediate inf9rmation, euch as the
hurried laying of new pipe by GSrc,: was needed by USASA .. Europe units in
their operations.
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l'!'&.). HU'SCAP .. An airborne ELtNT platform located at ._I __ ..,,..-____ _.
until Hay 1962, when it was U1oved to ._I _---.-____ ....11 H~~(:AP'9' 11t1ssion was . . .
to conduct directed and general se~r.c~·aeainst ~argets suspecte.d of beina . . . associated with Soviet euid~d·misslle p:r-0g;mn:e 1 with operational priority. . ' again•t their anti-~~rie m~!>JS't1e ~rogra•. Secondary misaiona vere directed
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. · · ·1 .... ·Soviet guided missile R&O pro~rams Ct.)llducted on the • Tyura Tam Missile Test Ranee.
·· 2. Special CLINT collection.
3. · CLINT on Soviet Electronic OB.
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~-- !ts primary mission was to act as backup .for HUBCAP. lllissi'on~·~&f.'9 against•
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····"th~. ;~~~metere for radars associ-ated vith anti-ballistic: missile "1eapon systeins developed and tee;ted ln the Sary Shagan area of the Soviet Union •
~ Prolect 3ACKBONI: - A ?rogra~ designed by. tnL to_ develop a
j missile detect!an system/
('P9H¥eee) BAMBOO TRtt - ror the past severa.l yeare the S.lGINT col-
lection effort in Berlin has produced a tremendous amount of otheJ'."'lae
unavailable intelHe•nce. However, based upon t.h• possibility· of a Soviet
blockade of Berlin. the Joint Chiefs of Staff directed the USAT to iaat•ll
a ncn-jammable navigati~nal a1d system an.d associated tropoepheric scatter
communication& net at TeJnplehof for use in tha event.an airlift becoaea
necessary. It was expe~ed that this equip1111Gnt vould c~use_ eoneidel'able _ ~f:
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during rr · 1962 • . The mission vaa to collect, process and caatrol C()f'tlNT,
CLltlT 1 ELSCC.,. C0!4SEC 1 TAJ:U::X and. S ?T t acf U ~lea, : This 1 nf or.at lon ·vu clb-
se~lnated tn desi(!J1ated consu111ers and hleh•~ USA.SA beadquartere and NSA.
Hq USASA, Pacific:: exe.rclsed staff supervision over procueing and reportlng
v!thln the command and furnished guidance to suborcUn11te fleJ:d unl'ts In the·
accompllsh11ent ~f 1Dlealons rel8tlve t•rgete located in ·C~l~t China•
North Korea, Russia and Southeaat Aala 1 e•r-eclally Yletn•••
~ Organi&ation~l ch~ngea during the ye•r ~are as follOW'St
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1. US A~ Element 11 Jolnt.SIGINT Pl"Ocessin~ Center, Okinawa organized, eff 7 Aug 61~ redesignoted US Army Element• Joint Sobe Pr0cessing Center. 1 eff .15 Sep 6ll discontinued 1 eff 1 reb 62 •..
.. · 2. Or.gan-ized effective 20 Sep 61: 14th USASA Operations Company. . Hq & Svc Co,._ 14th USASAF'S. (Disc eff l Jun 62) 9th USASA Operatjons Company . Hq t Svc Co, 9th USASArS (Disc etf 1 Jun 62}
. 92d USASA Special Oper~tlons ·.Unit
3. ·Organized effective 24 Sep· 61 i 11th USASA Operations Co~pany
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{U) Training was conducted in accordance wlth directives ·from Hq.
USASA and USASAPAC. Testing of all emergency plans vas included in· the
.t:raininR program. In addition, e~rct!Ses were developed to measure unit ·
combat effectiveness !n certain s1 tuat ions. Special course• vere given
in theater schools to increase capabilltle:o; !n the varioue· fields of
activity. Instructors and inetr.uctions were constantly supervised to
insure the highest degree of training possible.
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Ugence information on .North Korean Order o~.B'attle and ~n · .'~arly wamlng :'- : ·
s~urce .. of possible North Korean l'llOV!tm~ts • . The probl~D\:oi ide~ti~yingd : ,, , , · I ' •
s~ationB vas minimized this yea~.aS - the Communists ~ade .~o.callsign_or · . ' .
frequen.cy changes. During .t1ie period June-August ~9~1; . sporadic intercept~ • ,, • I I '
. . ' _of Chine~e Communist Oaignal.B vere mad_•• The;slgn&la ~manated from the . :
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east em coast. of China as. far south as Amoy, Q~pos!.te ro-a. Tb!~ int:e~ I f ' '
cept was the free vct;M:'s oniy source o~ ~.t'neae Oco~nicatlons from
that .u-e·a. Durin~ the year, the en.tire [j collectf~n: and pr~esalng ._effort . . . . ,.
vas · hampered by the inability of US S(:hool-tralned "Hn .. ~bts to .cope with · . . . . . . .. . . . . the .idioms illl~ d-i1'1hcts of languages used. Thie made it necessary · for
USASAPAC to rely on ~rit,lcal Millt~ry Speclallsts to translate ·and trans- ·
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of US persdnnel ln the r.iethods of Intercept 1 transcription and transht!on
if USASAPAC COMINT effort is to reach the deal:red operational level.
'"'t'9QU. Mercury tot"k .- On 1 Jul 61 1 thle comrnunlcatlone entity under-
vent a CGlll9unieat:lona change reeultln1 la previous fixed mos-s• eallslps
being replaced wl th dally changing call.signs 1 different fl>&ed printer Ull-
Mord_s ~elng ~•played, dally ehanglns frequencies and dally chnglnt voice
callvords. Intercert of Mercury rork re•ained h1Rh from "July through the
end of Sopt_elllber• at which "time 1 links bacmne Inactive 411\d were not heard
except for sporadic intercept through February. HoweY9r 1 activity of the
network· Increased · cm 20 reb 62 and by l Aprll 9 four llnJas were 11N1lntatnln1
dally ee>11111W\lcatlona. Activity remal~ed •t .• _hlgh level through .5 June.
. ""f9S'ill. Other COMINT intercept was directed agalnat ~actlcal "¥Glee c~
•unlcatJons .nets serving North Ko:rean tactlca). unite deployed along the DMZ.
Partlc\llar areas of interest v•re .callslgn uaage • · frequenciH 1 ad schedule•
tor b~tc · conttnulty etudt ...
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"f'ei. Tactical &LINT . Collectlon-lmpJ'Ove-nt in the direction of -the
collection effort• collection ahea, and operational capablli ty of field
unite resulted ln marked proare•• in the ~ac~lcal· ELillT. field. Teaklna of
t•ctical units was l!llproved and standardised v!tb the implementation ,of
TECHINS 1056 • "Intercept Tasking Inatructiona." DIIOISA retained control
over one podtlon at the 226th USASA Operations Co•pim1 ad '1&8ed it for •
~eral search effort vlth •controlled frequency •d ti• co,,erap ·plM.
The S~9th USASA Group was designated ae an lntennedlate tasking authority
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over the retiialninS? seven CLINT J)ogidons in Korea. it~lUsASAPAC i,ti~itored
the tasking of the group's resources and established. •:···r.qul~lilent f~ a -: . ... •·'
monthly .tLINT Taskine and Effectiveness 'Report {MCTtR').:. · ~·.
~ A etaff visit by personnel from. Control· Divla~·on. Hq USASAPAC
reve.aled that the 508th USASA .Group had no effect_ive -~. of c0111111uni~atlng
·betw~en Intercept sites. thus .making s~multaneous lnt~reept ~~·., tv~- .or_ 1110N sites a coincidence rather than· a p°lanned or norr.ial o~cul"nnc. .. and ·or cuts
.w~re seldom taken. The g~uj> besan._ operations of an: ELIIM' tip.o-ot:~. net . : ....
late in.the year designe~ to.J?roYide a simultaneous i~terc•P,t and l>F capa-... ·'
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~Coverage of Hort~· Korean. non-communications ··ea.taalens by, tLlNT
\Jn·ita of 508th Group was limited be~~use of. locat10ns of: iotei;cept sit~.· ·:. . . .,,. . .
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equ_i_p18.ent end Jnatructors. ·
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"'K.l At th• begJ..nnine of the y41ar, OSASAPAC mai1'tained . a North. DF.:· Ue-t .. _.... . . which Gtretched f?'om Shem)r~·, . .A_laska to· Xyu.shua Japan; participated in . t .he,
. . and est.abllstied the . WHITt· BiRCH Dr. Ne·t ·to .. e)l!,j)lolt tarl'•t• ln Sovth Vi9't1ia. · ·.
~The Nor~h Or Net was f.a~d ."1th two veaknesse~. rl~t, the e~te
located at S~emya waa substandard· 1D its accuritcy· end resp00ae · levels~·
Results of t~sts c~ducted. to dete~lne th.o" best available slte lndlcatect ·.
that Adak, Ala~ka was superior in both hea~abillty and accuracy. AiJ a . .
result t effecti.ve 1 ~Un 62 1 the ·!'i"he.mya Or site was l:nacti.•at"ed and Adak. Vll!IS : 33
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field Station•
adequate coYe·!".ige of ·targets assigned ."t;t~h• ·1~'th lJSASA . . . . ~ . .
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Tests ·"'ere conducted to detel""lll.in~ a· ~:at~•'· vh!ch · volll.d .
dld not provide
provide the 'J"equired .coverage. ReaulU 'indicated th.it~;th• .net's · fl.X
. potential would be greatly i111proved by· establishing a ·~nwm~~ ·.1.~e on I •
· Okinawa. As the year ended .• plans called:· for reserY.1-:tl an• ~itloa in ·· . . ,; . . .
· .~h~ US Navy CDAA (Wullenweber) Dr installetion at ·s~b·~ Okl~.iwa : ~OP use ·~~ ~. by the North or Net • .. ·::: .. r------___:__ _ __:__~··· .· ___:__.....::._·..___..· .......____
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* ', • ' ' •; • .:·I • .. .. ' .$outheaiS.t Asia• a plan · was :cie,,.l.bP,d. to fonn two interl~klni · w ·netll· in
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the area ·~·llYOlving PZ:DAL P~.sHE.R . ~~d ~IT~ B.tRCH • .. The" pl~ . cal.led '~ • •• . r: . ,· ; "
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vas .~ranted an~, by the end of the year:,.warn: Bt'.RcH ·or Net was receiving
line bearing .support froT&'~~~~~~~~---1
·~The co11sr;c mission of USAS,t.PAC was to assist the supported c~
mands in achieving the maximum desree of tran3misslon, cryptographic, and
physical security. Mission was accomplished through monitoring and analy-
sis.
("S.) The. three main types o! support missions . werei
1. General - 'i':Outlne monitoring of all units in eupported command.
2. Special - Special purpose reques'ted by supported G2 • S2 • . ~lgnal Officer, higher USASA headquarters, or within sup.ported USASA unit Itself • . ·
3. Search - A· contlnuoU$ 1110ni torlng on .certain bands to discover new tarset frequencies .•
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~ Tilroughout Korea, COMStC monitor personnei perfonaed da!ly support
flliesions on all types of commµnications syste~.- A,Jtho~h only a small · .
~ercent~Re of all transmissions were ~onitored, this supp~rt enabled analysts ..
to .evaluate the status of transmission security for each command aupport•d.
"fGJ ·nie final transmission security ~nalysis report, on . CO~Sl:C support
provided the USASAPAC »orth Dr Net durlns A~ril 1962, shoved no·signlficant .
discrepancies. Hovever, on a requested vulnerablllty study of the JOC-AGL Kan earoo Net, l t was found that. operators ·vere cont inu8lly gl vln~ lnforma-
tloJ'! in the clear. · This nat vas d.rsigned to p:rovi-da clo8e · air support
dur!ng til!le8 of Korean hostf.l.ltiee, and unlel!SS · protected by encryption
devices, it would eive ene~yanaly~te little.trouble detei-irilnlng what type,
wh_en, and where, strike rcis~ions wou.1-d occur. Use of· OPCODES or crypt,o-
p,raphlc devicea were recoml'llended.
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~ f.LSEC Branch, Hq USASAPAC devoted ~ost
ment of l:LSI::C policies• proeedu.res, and doctrine.
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operational direct! ve was puhl:lshed to provide a flex!~l~·; ~nd :reall"tlc
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~ tasking requi ttment •
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However, because ·of shortages t~:.progrn~d i>ersormel
. and equipment. suhord in ate uni u could not provide ef.fec:ti • t~tc .support. ~·Three ELsr:c 1111ssions were conducted in Korea· .. utillzlna ELlNT
aquip111ent cin a dmr. .... eharing basis. Results proved · tnc~clai,,. sl~ee only
!a limited tir.e was diverted ·from r:LIHT to ELSl:C~ In · ~d1tion • no realistic
electromagnetic radiatl~ studies . could be made .vltho~~·~:p.r . .:q'uipment.· . . . . , .. ·. .. . ~While workin~ ,~ ways ~o provide
USASA units witb realistic and worthwh!.:ie ELSEC support1···the ELSEC Branch" ... .. . .. , \ . . ga·l~ed insight into the ·proble• by perfonnine, map loat·ar prcije_ct11 9 throuih
. the US~ Of emitter listings and ~y developing a card .file ·Ngi~tey: s'ystelll 1 . .· · . ' . . . ~
which would provide the I:LSEC neophyte vi th immediate ·and uae'ful inf·o!"llu••.
tfcn on the different typas of non-coqnmications emi.tteni. ·: · . ... ... :
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~ TAREX was tasked with the following rHporu~ibl.lit!eat the .. col-. .
lection of collateral infol'111atlon concerning foreign cl')'ptol~.lc co111111unica-• ·· f
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tl0ns and· electronic activities . in · th,"Paciflc theat•rl· .the ~.ltorins o.f •:' • .:::.,:'. • I ·' ... . .;• .
reports ~d requirement• ·'~o ineun that all . . . . ~. . : current collateral inteiii~ence
pertinent available information "'as pl"Ovided field prOce.alng · ~!ta._ f0r use
1-n the execution of thelr SIGIHT 111.!ssion; providing EEI'~~ · :or state1nenta· of,
USASA/USASAPAC areas. of lntereat . concerning co1111111mlca~i~·. ·and electronics
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. ~~!nap.t to comm.and intelligence agenclee; the R.aintenance of liaison
_with ·tbe supp0rted commands ·and allied inte~ligenc. producers; and finally•
th• pl'Ovidina of photographic support to th•· USASAPAC. C01111r1and.
SPtCIAL PROJECTS
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(Stl¥eee) In order to provide information that vu aW.table for tactical
exploitation• it vas necessary to fix tarpt transadtter location• to wi.17
sriall aNu. In Vietna11. standard US AntY short range equipment (AH/PRD-1)
v .. utilized on a number of ~obile or missions vith li.Jslited accu.recy. For
th• mOBt Pa.rt• results of theae miasiODa were negative. In ol'd•r to obtain
a _usable .or bearing . vith tbis equipwnent, it v~• necesaasy to approach th•
taraet transmitters so closely that the low level DF teS.. were canataratly
·, . (SttVeee~. This proble~ .of obtainina sm•ll area fixe• remained un:r'eeolftd
ondl the .. arrival in March 1.962 of prot0tYP9 ·a!rbome Dr equipm.nt. Tbia
fix.a ,of on• kllOt:Deter radius or less vere canaistentl1. obtained. These
~oc.tion8 ware ~ed by Co1Mlsndar, Vietnam
(~MUSMAcv) · to &elect targets far taetical exploitat:lon by South ~ietnames•
Ar~d r_orcea.· ·.Several large scale c09lbat operations vere . based Pit locatfoa•
auppliad by WHITC. BIRCH ~irbome Dr. Ia June, two ~ddltiGAal i,..2o•s vitb
Dr equipmen~ arrived at the 3d RRU to aug1119nt the expanding DF ·operation.
fslfli'BCOl. Detore the end · of the . fiscal" ye~r, .odificaticn· of the AN/PRD-1
vas underway to i::nprove its effectiveness against the type of t"21rR&t en-
. countered 1n South Vietnam. The use of a space-loop antenn• systn was
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:~.m~~; ... known Viet Cong target6 CJnd was found to produce us~le:~ t)ijarlnp .ft'Olll •
range of ~12 kiloroeters. This was a notable lmprove~~:o.-r· the : standar-.1 .·· :
AN/PR~l. Hod.ific.ation Hts were prepared for inetalla~;lO..-.ttM.(11.ould pro-. . . . .
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vlde WHITE BIRCH ..,.ith a groWld based Goblle Dr effort cap:.ble. c,f produ~ng . ' . ~.-.. -....., ...
short range• small area fixes. Although the airborne ·Pf' _ .p~am satisfied .
all ·current needs for Sll\alJ are·a fixes. 8 ground based ca.pabilify was stil°l
considered a requirement.
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("S) SAOERTOOTH I was organ! zed as - an instructional tea to·· pr:o~'ide ... ,
tPainina for the A.nay Rep~llc of VietnaJrl ( ARVR) pers~l ln the t•cb~
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personnel for &~~ERTOOTH I training was the dlff1culty .it) . obtaining security
clearance• for · pro?osed Gtudents. Thi6 vaa due to senslt:iwity of COMINT
cj,.rad on11 t1n
ARV!if s"aleded 120 men, none were cleared dur~n[~ the ·period• It feb-·30· .Jun ~2.
SABER.TOOTH It
.~The mission of SABERTOOTH II was to configure vi.thin,_ the structW.. ... .
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of t~e .... I ____ --=-_______ __JI an organization capable of providing di via ion t~~!e'al .COMIHT support and sufficiently fl_exlble to allow inde- .
pendent· .oper"-tion against clandestine traiun11ltters sU&pected of · operll'ti.n_I
: ..... ~. · ·· ·~l:~~in ;~ha. ge~~~~p~~~~~- ~j.~~~-- o.tj . I : ....... - - • - - ... J - .. !" - ... . - ...
.... ~-. rr~ Nov:9~er -i961 through Jan~~~ l962, an ori•l'!tatica course
. .,- ; ... --~~ -~~~~~~~~~ · i~; --~h~ -~~~.;..;1~;,ry -- ?8nit.ln~~ -~; · tritl.__ __________ __J Soc:Url:ty. _Center. Priiaary e1::1phasls wu placed on Traffi'c_ Analya-ie_ but it
·:u&o served to lnt~uce interce?t equipllllent and· procedures. ApprO&iaately . .· ..... ·:·: 17. of~ic;i8~ and 111oen attended the :'d_;al:lf· two .. ~ou~ aessioae~ N,ot only d:id
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· . p9~~~l with adv_anc~ knowledge of problems that would be encountered ..
durlng. tbe course.·
.. ~ ~gular ciassea began 1 Mar . 62 in Tr~fflc ln.tercept a_nd Anal.ysi•-1 ·
. w_.\h ~.--tu~en~s. -g~ad~atlng llf Jwi 62. !he Ana1ysla Couree baeicall.y
.. followed ~at c,onduct:ed at USAS·A '.!'raining Center and. School for aimil.ar . . . .
job specialty, but modified to lTJclude 1Ubjecits -considered Mndatory in . . ~ . .
the · edutisti~ · ot'Q ;>ereonne_-1:, -~d .excludln.g . ~rohlbl ted .sut?ject:a. · The·
course pr9\'lded an introduction to Traffic Analyels and p_rOduced analysts
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;{,.~.;_.; : .. s'\roe~s.~ion to provide a logical approach to the sol..ud.aa::of practieal
exercis~~~ · 1~ ____ _,jnad an ln~enint lack of imaglnaf~~, ed ~~rdaed little Initiative. They learned only by rote.
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any knowledge of military ech_elon or- command relatiooeh1pi' -th• ·majority
had never seen a map or compass; none had ilny experience- or background
ln electronics or communications. Any $ubject that' . depeiid~d· cm e. aasocia-tion "11th, or an ele101entcary knowl~ge of these subjecta-' 'bad to be thoroughly
.. ·· .. _·.~.·.,. explained and a basic associat(on developed before tb•·;'l>rogra!Uled 1!'9.terial. . . ' . .
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could be presented. In many instances• the· presentat!o:n- 'at the pre-: .-."·:"= . ·: •
requisites required a3 muc.h time a.a did the course material. ".
~ The Intercept Course ·followad basically the ·fpnwst· .. of. thilt given_
.st USASATC&S with s~e adjus:tments for the local situation~ The- cour.se
·produced intercept operators with intermediate skill and ability. It waa .
necessary to saturate the students with. morse code t.r-aining ·tn the first
portion of the course isince no other facilities ';'Elr~· availcible. for the .
conduct of their- equ1pinent annexes. The students were "handloapped in · . .
developing their- s kill .becaus~ no experienced operator&:: were avail~le
for additional on.:..the-job. training • .
ruu:eox cg 1961 •.
(S8 "CQO) This was a mobil~ · SlGlNT spectrum se•rch covering · the
conillunicatlons and ncn-cOfD!llunicatlons frequency range fl"Oil 50 to l0,750
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· megacyc;les. The 508th USASA Group (FA) was charged ~.f.th the re,sponsibilhy .
fol' cariducting tho operation which began 16 Aug 61 and tenoinafed 22 Nov 61.
It ~as etihducted. at three··sites along the west coast of._! _____ _.I reed-back fr0m DlR."ISA va.s in the form of guidance and conf'imation or denial of
the field f~ndings. feedback ~as poor. and the reoul~s of intercept were
unconfirmed at the ond of the test.
riREBOX ~ 1962
-'~UY~O) It W8S considered imperative by NSA to resU'lll9 the·rIRE&OX·~.
spectrun: search operation in 1962 in light of the greatly increased cap~
bility of the Chinese Communists to employ a more sophisticated means of
co111J11W'lication. MSAPAC and US ASA.PAC were charged .with joint Nsponeibility
fort~• .1962 operation. They planned the ?Dethods of collection and.analy-
sis and selected three intercept sites located on Che1u-.do Island, at
Kunim--Ni (mainland), and on Pyaengyang Do Island. on the west coast of Korea.
Operations began 15 May 62. Operations at the f-irst site selected0 Ch~j~
·do• appeared to be successful, and the feedback was very careful~y, compared
with that received during the pl"'evious year's operation.
WHtEt.aASt foe.) 1961
few;eee) This was a mobile limited spectrum se.arch from Hokkaido•
started 11 Au~ 61 and termin1tted 11' Oct ol. The pro:)ect was executed· by
the 12th USASA Field Station. As with FIREBOX ~searches, the problem·
of timely fee~back was encountered with no real indication froro DiRNSA as
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~Lt Col Ben D. HcKibbon. Jr •• 0131930~~ AS(lnf>. CO!llllaftded USASA. . .
Al.aeka troe l J"1. 61 tbrough 11 Jul 61. Lt Co1 Norman B • . Rolle, 079?15,
lnt, asaUMd c~nd, 12 Jul 61.·
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M•igned •.trengtb f!gurea tor USASA• _Alu~a~ n 1962, followr
1 Jul 61 · 30 .Jun ·&2 . . -. -. .. . .. . .. . - ... oll Qo fH -- -Off WO fM - -Hq US.ASA, Alaa~~-- ·~ ·· 1 ?9th USASA SOU _
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C'sJ The operational miaaion of USASAe Alaska vas to cCinduct COMIMTe
~sec. CLDtT 1 CCK to include COHJAM and ICD, EL.Ste and· the cryptologic
phases of CCD activities in support of US Army, A~aaka.
'(TSGi'I). Th• primary mis.alon 1111u a directed ett~ for. the intercept~ . .
. proceaaing, and reporting of intelligence derl"9d fl"Olt the intercept of . . .
c0111111unication11 and nan-c0111F11unlcations type emlaslona from or in euppOrt of
the Soviet Guided "issile and Spaee ~xploratlon Prograa directed against
the So•i•'t Paclt'le Ocean Bard•r Guard District · coaiaUniCAltlon••
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'"T!S~.oh 6 reb 62t two traffic analysts participated in Exercise
GREAT )U:'AR, the annual US Arr;ry, Alaska winter maneu~r. Analysis· of. lnte~ . .
?lpted traffic of the Friendly force and the Aggressor Force was perfol"'!'Aed. . .
. COMINT play w35 not a success because of the distance between the two forc;es ··
and the short duration of the exercise. However, it was successful in pro-
vi ding the two analysts vi th valuable practical experience in -analysis of·
''toct-ical voice traffic.
t"fSGliO tL~t was conducted against the Tyura Tam Hi~silo Teet Renge •
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reporting porioc!. n.e first of these was in progress at the besinning o_f
t.be year and continued through the end of the year. This was a joint
USASA/ Af'SS C()o!lNT and £LIHT 111.lssion• wi/th USA.SA partici-padng i.n the.
£LIHT portion. Becau.se of_ the geographic
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Force and th.e Aggressor rorce. Results· indicated COHSF::C 1lloni toring and
intelligence collection activities ware located too far from the particl-
pating units for the suppcrt to be totally 'effective •.
·~ COMSF::C support was also provided units of the Alaska National
G.uard. Intelligence inforr..atlon revealed inforroatl~ about ·the mission,
capabillties, l11t1itations and current activities of the units.
SPEC I AL ASSIGMMtNTS .
t99S1.+.Special assignments participated in by USASA, Alaska included
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(U) Lt Col Ch.eater w. Tuckermari, 01825992, AS(A'l'Tllor), cocaiianded
USASA, Caribbean du.rlnn the period under NVi~v. Hq1 USASACAJUB •a
reloceted froat . fort Kobbe• CZ tc fort Clayton• CZ on fJ Dec 61. ···- --··-·-- ---- ...
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asalgned intercept facilities and COMIHT production resource•· ·· Specif!- .
eally, the mlsaion was to provide inte~p't, proce1ain1 and 1"8portin1 . an
asaigned Latin American c0111111unicationt5 n•tworke and to_ prod.de COMltn' .
aupport to include the de t ection and location of c1Andastb'4t acth•itl .. ·
within Lat-in America.
(GU\t&ee) 'The lntel'Cept mission usignmnt cowred .t ·h• followina
co~trieu Guatemala. NiC.raeua. C0111te Ric111 0 Honduru·, El $alvlldor,
Bolivia. Colollbia.· Peru, EcuedOt'• and Russian Illicit. Llmi~ed CO'fer•1• was p!'OYided on the rest ot South and Central Alllericm cotBltrid ail pa.rt
ot the search aiaslon.
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. their normal. RSsignmente to part-icipate in a special salaaim "Blast
rurnace/DU8ter," wh:i ch was the i ntercapt:ion of signal.a ··eaenated fl"Olll the
Soviet launched, manned space .vehicle, SPUTNIK XII.
upc:ft. orders fro~ Chlef • US~SA, a ·or team began oper~ticna- to, a.aiat · tbe
gQvernment· in locating a clandestine ·radio 'station .!NkJ.na' ~.~.t-90,,.l"l'uiient ' .
broadcasts. The project vas tendnated 29 ~ar 62 _. • result o~ ta~t
at•tlon non-activity.
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(U) Colonel William C. Nevman, OJS~q74 1 AIS, commanded the station·
durfog FY 1962, an~ was directly responsible to the Chief, US.ASA.
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~ The Somali problem ·centered 1tround Somall-£th~0pl~ border
clashes, usually beNeen tribes and. Sorn.i!li poli.ce. Tt:ie ill-defined border
separating the nio countries lent itself to 18Utual inc\lr.slon; and further
.s tra$ne~ relations. SIGINT re.v~aled an. at~empted .co~:·. cl~·•tat ~rgm.,.1sed by . ,• ·; :
. ·a group of low-ranking officers in the Northern Somali .re glen 1 and ·1ts sub.seq.uen t failure.
(!'Jl!Veee) On 15 Jul 61 1 · following the installation. · of the new CRITICOM
equipment, the station went over· to the CRIT.ICO!~ system~ · On 29 Hay. 62 1 an
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'the US .Arrri!/ S'tra'tegic Cammunica'tions Col'lll!land that 'the ei'te be accepted
without exception.
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" RECAPITUL.AneN USASA, EUROPE TD .UNITS.
UNIT DESIGNATION
Hq USASA. Europe
S07th USASA Group (Field Army)
318th USASA Battalion (Corps)
319th USASA Battalion (Corps)
320th USAS~ Battalon (Operations)
Company A
. Coapany B
182d USASA Operations Company (A)
l83d US ASA Operations Company (A)
184th USASA Operations Coznpany CA)
25lst USASA Pro~ssing Company
600th USASA Company
77tb USASA ~pecial O!;>erations Unit
78th USASA Special Operations Unit
2d Detachment, "10th USASA Specfol Operations Unit
l02d US ASA Security· DFltachment
i03d US ASA Securl ty Detachment
lt-02d USASA Special Operations Detac.hmant (Airborne)
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LOCAnON.
Frankfurt• Germany
Baumbolder, Germany
Herzogenaurach, Germany
Rothwesten, Germany
Bad Aiblins. Germany
Bad Aibling, Germany
Bad Albling. Germatiy
Herzogenaurach, .Germany
Herzogen aurach, Germany
Rothwesten, Germany
Frankfurt, Germany (Moved from Baumholder, Germany 6 Mar 62)
Vlcenza, Italy
Berlin t Germany
Frankfurt, Germany
Heidelberg. Germany
Orie ans, France
Bad Tolz, Germany
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UNIT DESIGNATION
5th USASA rield Station
5th USASA Operations Company
13th USASA r!eld Station
13th USASA Operations Comp~ny
Hq USASA 9 Turkey/15th USASA Field Station
15th USASA Operations Company
LOCATIOH
Sinop • Turkey ·
Sinop 9 Turkey
Harrogate, England
Harrogate, England
Ankara. Turkey
Ankara,· Turkey
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UNIT DESIGNAT~ON.
Hq USASAe Pacific.
SOttb USASA Group (Field l\rmy)
Slst USASA Special Operation.s Command
3d USASA Operations Company
32lst USASA Battalion (Corps)
Company A
Company B
177th US ASA Operations Company (A)
226th USASA Operations Company (C)
16th US ASA Special Operations ·Un! t
9lst USASA Spacial Operations Unit
82d USASA Special ~rations Unit
83d USASA Special Operations Unit
USASA COft!muriieatlons Unit. Japan
lO~th USASA Security Detachment
400th USASA Special Operations Detachment
9th USASA Field Station
9th USASA Operations Company
12th USASA Field Station
11th USASA Operations Company
12th USASA Operations Company
lqth USASA Field Station
14th USASA Operatlons C®tpany
LOCATION
Camp Zama. Tokyo. Japan
Sobe• Okinawa
Sobe• Okinawa
Ui jongbu. Kora a
Munsan • Korea
Tongduchon • Korea
Pyong Taek. Korea
Kanghwa-do. l