text: Signal Support by Army Echelon, Core Competencies, Training, and the Army Network
  Regional Satellite Communications Support Center
  2-161. United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command
  operates the regional satellite communications support centers. The regional satellite communications
  support centers are geographically distributed, multi-Service organizations. The regional satellite
  communications support centers provide planning, engineering, and satellite payload management for all
  military satellite communications systems. The regional satellite communications support centers’ staffing
  includes personnel from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and the Defense Information Systems Agency.
  2-162. The regional satellite communications support centers provide 24-hour satellite communications
  resources, systems engineering, and modeling support. The regional satellite communications support centers
  analyze requirements and develop solutions to support users in day-to-day management of satellite
  communications resources allocated for the combatant command. They also process satellite access requests
  to authorize the use of space and ground terminal resources via satellite access authorizations.
  Signal Battalion (Satellite Control)
  2-163. The signal battalion (satellite control) manages satellite communications networks and controls
  communications payloads on the Defense Satellite Communications System and Wideband Global Satellite
  Communications constellations. Signal Soldiers with specialized satellite network control training perform
  these missions. These centers enable satellite communications support for the President, Secretary of
  Defense, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Military Services, the Department of State, intelligence
  activities, combatant commanders, and selected allied forces during unified action.
  2-164. The wideband satellite communications operations centers support Army operations by—
  * Monitoring and controlling use of Defense Satellite Communications System and Wideband
  Global Satellite Communications satellites networks.
   Satellite link establishment.
   Satellite link quality monitoring and maintenance.
   Satellite link power management.
   Satellite communications earth terminal monitoring.
   Terminal positive control and subnetwork control.
  * Transmission and communications payload control of assigned Defense Satellite Communications
  System and Wideband Global Satellite Communications satellites.
   Payload command and telemetry.
   Electromagnetic interference detection and geolocation.
  2-165. Refer to FM 3-14 for more information about Army space operations. Refer to ATP 6-02.54 for
  more information about the satellite control battalion and regional satellite communications support centers.
  SECTION II – CORE COMPETENCIES AND ESSENTIAL CAPABILITY OF THE
  SIGNAL CORPS
  DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INFORMATION NETWORK
  OPERATIONS
  2-166. In the past, the Army and DOD have treated network operations as a task performed to manage the
  network. DODIN operations are not an individual or crew task, but multifaceted military operations that take
  place at all echelons. DODIN operations are arguably the most important and most complex operation the
  Army performs from day-to-day, since the network is the foundation for all other functions and capabilities,
  including command and control; joint intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; precision fires;
  logistics; and telemedicine.
  2-167. DODIN operations support both the generating and operational forces. DODIN operations ensure
  system and network availability, information protection, and information delivery to maintain freedom of