SPECIAL OPERATIONS
SUPPORT COMMAND
SOSCOM mission is to plan and coordinate with
Theater Army (TA). SOSCOM, and ARSOF to assure
combat service support (CSS), health service
support (HSS), and signal support to ARSOF
supporting the warfighting CINCs during
deliberate and crisis actions. SOSCOM is a
Major Subordinate Command (MSC) of the
United States Army Special Operations Command.
As an MSC, the SOSCOM Commander is responsible
for the administration, training, maintenance,
support and readiness of assigned forces.
SOSCOM is comprised of a headquarters staff,
six forward deployed Special Operations
Theater Support Elements (SOTSEs),
the 528th Support Battalion,
the 112th Signal Battalion,
and the USASOC Material Management Center (MMC).
Special Operations Theater Support Elements
The SOTSE is the staff coordinator for ARSOF
support requirements at the Army Service
Component Command (ASCC). Embedded in the ASCC,
the SOTSE staff has knowledge of the resources
available to all other Army forces apportioned
to the theater. Working with theater logisticians,
the SOTSE can thereby identify requirements
and plan for and coordinate ARSOF sustainment.
528th Support Battalion
The 528th Support Battalion's mission is to
provide rapid deployable CSS and HSS to ARSOF
as directed. The 528th Support Battalion's strengths
lie in its capability to support ARSOF unique and
low density weapons and vehicles. The 528th
complements ARSOF CSS, HSS, and signal units.
The support battalion consists of a headquarters
and main support company (HMSC), three forward
support companies (2 active and 1 reserve component)
and may receive augmentation from Theater Army.
HMSC capabilities include:
Operates a Supply Support Activity (SSA)
for Class II, IV, VII, and IX.
Airdrop services to rig 80 personnel chutes daily
and limited heavy drop rigging.
Provide food service support to 500 personnel.
Contracting services that provides payment for
host nation supply, services, and facilities.
Provide medical Level I and Level II care,
has a 20 patient holding capability,
provide advanced trauma management,
emergency dental, and limited preventative
medicine and x-ray facilities.
Forward Support Companies capabilities include:
Class I: Receive, store and issue 4.24 short
tons (ST) daily. Provide food service to 500
personnel daily. Class III: Establish and
operate FARES, capacity to store 50,000
gallons, receive and issue 30,000 gallons daily.
Class II, IIIP, IV, VII, IX: Receive, store and
issue up to 25 ST daily. Class V: Operate one
ammunition transfer point, transload 20 ST daily.
Water: Purify 24,00 gallons daily with limited
distribution. Maintenance: Direct support (DS)
maintenance on wheeled vehicles, small arms,
power generators, and engineer equipment with
limited recovery capability.
Transportation: Movement control
and Arrival/Departure Airfield
Control Group (A/DACG), 200 personnel
in one lift; 8000 gallons
of water in 500 gallon blivets.
Base support services: Supervise establishment
of base, maintain and operate base, with limited
vertical engineer construction. Medical Service:
Advance trauma management, ground evacuation
(8 personnel), limited preventative medicine,
limited dental, limited lab; receive, store,
and issue 2.25 ST of Class VIII.
Theater augmentation provides:
Mortuary services
Laundry and bath services
STAMIS integration
Base security
Strategic resupply
Backup DS and GS maintenance
112th Signal Battalion
The 112th Signal Battalion supports deployed
joint and Army task force special operations.
Capable of providing signal services to two
theaters simultaneously, it ensures flexible
communications among unified commanders,
joint forces special operations component
commands, each of the subordinate service
SOF component commands, and other commands
as directed.
The signal battalion is made up of a
headquarters and headquarters company (HHC),
and two special operations signal companies.
The HHC consists of the battalion headquarters,
and four special operations communications elements
that are forward deployed in Panama, Germany,
Korea, and Hawaii.
Each special operations signal company engineers,
installs, operates, and maintains, two full
signal centers, normally located at the JSOTF
or ARSOTF headquarters. Each company
consists of a company headquarters, joint
special operations task force platoon
and a support platoon.
The JSOTF platoon is subdivided into the
following:
Platoon headquarters
Two satellite communications (SATCOM) teams
Four high frequency (HF) multi-channel
sections
Net radio interface (NRI) team
Switchboard section
Communications center team
Technical control team
Four special operations communications
assemblage teams
The support platoons consist of a
headquarters and the following teams:
Four HF multi-channel teams
Three SATCOM teams
NRI team
Communications center team
Technical control team
Three assemblage teams
Signal elements draw their logistic
support from the headquarters they
are supporting. The special operations
signal battalion provides motor and
signal maintenance for their own systems.
It can only provide organizational
maintenance on vehicles and generators
and up to direct support maintenance on
signal equipment. The TA provides Army
common repair parts on a nonreimbursable
basis to SOF.
Material Management Center (MMC)
The MMC provides the ARSOF with centralized
and integrated material management of property,
equipment, maintenance, logistic automation,
and repair parts and supplies
(less Class V and VII).
SPECIAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT COMMAND (SOSCOM)
SOSCOM mission is to plan and coordinate with
Theater Army (TA). SOSCOM, and ARSOF to assure
combat service support (CSS), health service
support (HSS), and signal support to ARSOF
supporting the warfighting CINCs during
deliberate and crisis actions. SOSCOM is a
Major Subordinate Command (MSC) of the
United States Army Special Operations Command.
As an MSC, the SOSCOM Commander is responsible
for the administration, training, maintenance,
support and readiness of assigned forces.
SOSCOM is comprised of a headquarters staff,
six forward deployed Special Operations
Theater Support Elements (SOTSEs),
the 528th Support Battalion,
the 112th Signal Battalion,
and the USASOC Material Management Center (MMC).
Special Operations Theater Support Elements
The SOTSE is the staff coordinator for ARSOF
support requirements at the Army Service
Component Command (ASCC). Embedded in the ASCC,
the SOTSE staff has knowledge of the resources
available to all other Army forces apportioned
to the theater. Working with theater logisticians,
the SOTSE can thereby identify requirements
and plan for and coordinate ARSOF sustainment.
528th Support Battalion
The 528th Support Battalion's mission is to
provide rapid deployable CSS and HSS to ARSOF
as directed. The 528th Support Battalion's strengths
lie in its capability to support ARSOF unique and
low density weapons and vehicles. The 528th
complements ARSOF CSS, HSS, and signal units.
The support battalion consists of a headquarters
and main support company (HMSC), three forward
support companies (2 active and 1 reserve component)
and may receive augmentation from Theater Army.
HMSC capabilities include:
Operates a Supply Support Activity (SSA)
for Class II, IV, VII, and IX.
Airdrop services to rig 80 personnel chutes daily
and limited heavy drop rigging.
Provide food service support to 500 personnel.
Contracting services that provides payment for
host nation supply, services, and facilities.
Provide medical Level I and Level II care,
has a 20 patient holding capability,
provide advanced trauma management,
emergency dental, and limited preventative
medicine and x-ray facilities.
Forward Support Companies capabilities include:
Class I: Receive, store and issue 4.24 short
tons (ST) daily. Provide food service to 500
personnel daily. Class III: Establish and
operate FARES, capacity to store 50,000
gallons, receive and issue 30,000 gallons daily.
Class II, IIIP, IV, VII, IX: Receive, store and
issue up to 25 ST daily. Class V: Operate one
ammunition transfer point, transload 20 ST daily.
Water: Purify 24,00 gallons daily with limited
distribution. Maintenance: Direct support (DS)
maintenance on wheeled vehicles, small arms,
power generators, and engineer equipment with
limited recovery capability.
Transportation: Movement control
and Arrival/Departure Airfield
Control Group (A/DACG), 200 personnel
in one lift; 8000 gallons
of water in 500 gallon blivets.
Base support services: Supervise establishment
of base, maintain and operate base, with limited
vertical engineer construction. Medical Service:
Advance trauma management, ground evacuation
(8 personnel), limited preventative medicine,
limited dental, limited lab; receive, store,
and issue 2.25 ST of Class VIII.
Theater augmentation provides:
Mortuary services
Laundry and bath services
STAMIS integration
Base security
Strategic resupply
Backup DS and GS maintenance
112th Signal Battalion
The 112th Signal Battalion supports deployed
joint and Army task force special operations.
Capable of providing signal services to two
theaters simultaneously, it ensures flexible
communications among unified commanders,
joint forces special operations component
commands, each of the subordinate service
SOF component commands, and other commands
as directed.
The signal battalion is made up of a
headquarters and headquarters company (HHC),
and two special operations signal companies.
The HHC consists of the battalion headquarters,
and four special operations communications elements
that are forward deployed in Panama, Germany,
Korea, and Hawaii.
Each special operations signal company engineers,
installs, operates, and maintains, two full
signal centers, normally located at the JSOTF
or ARSOTF headquarters. Each company
consists of a company headquarters, joint
special operations task force platoon
and a support platoon.
The JSOTF platoon is subdivided into the
following:
Platoon headquarters
Two satellite communications (SATCOM) teams
Four high frequency (HF) multi-channel
sections
Net radio interface (NRI) team
Switchboard section
Communications center team
Technical control team
Four special operations communications
assemblage teams
The support platoons consist of a
headquarters and the following teams:
Four HF multi-channel teams
Three SATCOM teams
NRI team
Communications center team
Technical control team
Three assemblage teams
Signal elements draw their logistic
support from the headquarters they
are supporting. The special operations
signal battalion provides motor and
signal maintenance for their own systems.
It can only provide organizational
maintenance on vehicles and generators
and up to direct support maintenance on
signal equipment. The TA provides Army
common repair parts on a nonreimbursable
basis to SOF.
Material Management Center (MMC)
The MMC provides the ARSOF with centralized
and integrated material management of property,
equipment, maintenance, logistic automation,
and repair parts and supplies
(less Class V and VII).
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