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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

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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 • • •

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Organization Chart • • • . . . . . . . • • ....... Manpower • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Operational Highlights • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Special Assip;nments • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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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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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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·("&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 ' .

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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 -:~ .: ·

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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 25 Jun 62.

Act 25 Jun 62.

Act. eft 25 . Kay· ~2.

Act eft 25 May 62.

Act eff. 25 :'May 62.

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Act i.tt 2s" May 62 •· Act atf .25 Jun 62.

Redesig from USASA Suppart .Element, NS~ eff l Sep ·61.

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USASA.Special Pro,ects Unit :

USAS.A Supply mtd Ma!nte-nmice cen~er

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lst .Operatie)fta Det ·

2d .perationa Det

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'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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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

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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

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"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

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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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35th USASA Ln Oet

36th USASA Ln Dot

USASA Personnel Procurement & .Proceseing Detachme.nts:

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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•

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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

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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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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

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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

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263 303

Sii 70

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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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gandlnakaya Oblast of the Kazakhstan SS~, in the Soviet Union.

~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 '---~~~~~~--'

National Intelligence effort.

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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CO~SEC support vae furnished Seventh us· AMflY durlna · ~be follDWlna

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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. to ·tef!lt. terrain conditions sill'lilar t .o those which noi:-mally exist bet:ween

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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cases~Drainboard l!nd Shoeshine--vere acquired. Thro.ugh···ha coord!natioo . . ..... ··~. ·~·:·. . . . . .

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

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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- ·

eribe the tapes. Since a continued increase fn CDll'lnlun'is:t ·,It llh;atlon of D communlcatlons is expected, ·it will ·be necessary to increase the training

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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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\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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•. ~ac2di ti.on. USASAPAC Dr fact u ties were. used ·to assist in ae.•rchea· for losi . . ·· . .. ... .. .

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frl:endiy~ 'fii.i:cr11ft and ships. .·· . . .. . .

"'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: . ,· ; "

extendlne .'~he boise line of th'e w.HITt ~r·R~'H nr ·Net: by .. . ~~tii• :;alt•~ atj ·and j I and est~lishi':'g .. a j j con~~i~~ .. ;~. ~et:~ .,,.~rm-1-ss_i_a_J·

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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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~\'>.':;~ .. ~ . :· . 0ur.!~f: th.• · year, a new

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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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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t~ld. ~~. serYe ~ a trainin11 · vehf~i~, ·but it. ~rovlda,d tha· instructor ~ . . .

· . 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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' . ' .:~~fJ:·, :~: ' ' the USASATC,S. It was necessary to de~ise absolute rules: and ordei"e of·

;{,.~.;_.; : .. 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.

' :~,l -f.-.'1 ' None . ot; ·the· atudeota had

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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

to ·the desirability of the intercept.

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ALASKA

Hq USASA, Alaska

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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

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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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· (~ There were two Ct.INT special searches cMducted· during the· . . .

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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operatiC... designed to test the r.;0vement efficiency of a reinforced rifle

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company by the USAr. USASAAL personnel ve~ deployed with both the ·us ·.

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

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~On 6 and 7 ~ug 61, intercept facilities were .diverted fl"OBI ·- .

. 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

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lfTH-"USAsA rIELD STATION, ASMARA, ETHIOPIA ·

(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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OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

~ 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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accep'taoce 'tes't of 'the equipmen't was made. Recommenda'tlons were made 'to

'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