text: Chapter 1
  1-34. Satellite terminals provide commanders and Soldiers with assured, reliable, high-speed, high-
  capacity satellite terminal connectivity using military and commercial satellite constellations operating across
  the ultrahigh frequency, super-high frequency, and extremely high frequency bands. The use of SATCOM
  increases the operational reach and situational awareness of the entire force. The most common SATCOM
  enabled equipment and terminals supporting tactical ground operations includes:
  * The tactical communications node provides the principal network backbone element and support
  command post operations for the mobile tactical network. The tactical communications node has
  communication and networking equipment and allows Soldiers the ability to access a network at
  a variety of security levels. While at-the-halt, the tactical communications node is equipped with
  a variable height antenna to improve line of sight connectivity and specific satellite equipment for
  high throughput.
  * The command post node establishes a small to medium communications node that extends limited
  NIPRNET, SIPRNET, secret and non-classified voice and video telecommunications services.
  The command post node uses and a satellite transportable terminal to connect with a joint network
  node via line of sight connectivity.
  * Joint network node is a vehicle-mounted, satellite-based communication system. The system
  provides beyond line of sight access to NIPRNET and SIPRNET capabilities with secure and non-
  secure voice and video telecommunications.
  * The satellite transportable terminal is a trailer-mounted SATCOM terminal that provides network
  transport for the joint network node. It is designed to support tactical missions which require high
  throughput communications.
  * The Phoenix is a vehicle-mounted tactical satellite communications terminal. It provides a signal
  battalion assured access to SATCOM and operational flexibility in a tactical environment by
  providing a rapidly deployable capability. It has high capacity, inter-theater range for networked
  battle command and control information.
  * Global Rapid Response Information Package (known as GRRIP) provides secure, beyond-line of
  sight voice and video telecommunications without the need for local network infrastructure. It
  provides early entry capability and situational awareness in air-to-land missions and supports
  initial entry teams that require high bandwidth network capability in austere environments.
  * Transportable Tactical Command Communications (known as T2C2) are high-bandwidth satellite
  terminals designed to enable initial entry forces to connect to the Army networks. It provides
  voice and video telecommunications in an austere environment with limited infrastructure.
  * The Secure, Mobile, Anti-Jam, Reliable, Tactical–Terminal (known as SMART-T) is a protected
  band SATCOM system which enables commanders at brigade and higher to operate in a D3SOE.
  * Global Broadcast Service receive suite (known as GBS-RS) provides high-speed one-way
  broadcast of informative products such as video, imagery, maps, and weather data to deployed
  tactical operations centers and garrisoned forces without overloading host unit command and
  communication networks.
  1-35. Friendly force tracking is the process of fixing, observing, and reporting the location and movement
  of friendly forces (JP 3-09). FFT systems provide a commander the ability to track Army and joint units of
  all sizes. It integrates SATCOM and PNT to provide continuous joint FFT to combatant commanders,
  agencies, allies, and unified action partners. FFT improves situational awareness by providing the location
  and movement of forces equipped with devices that transmit position location information to the theater
  common operational picture (COP). Integrating the FFT information into the theater COP is of great
  importance if a friendly force unit needs to be reinforced or removed from a difficult situation. FFT systems
  provide the exact location information necessary to track units, and thus contribute to effective command and
  control, situational understanding, personnel recovery, and fratricide avoidance.
  Note: The COP is the primary tool for supporting the commander’s situational understanding. All
  staff sections provide input from their area of expertise to the COP.
  1-36. Commercial imagery. Unclassified commercial satellite imagery is used by joint and Army forces,
  other government agencies, and multinational partners in the combatant commander’s area of responsibility