This manual serves as a basis for signal support to theater Army (TA)/echelons above corps (EAC) doctrine and training. It is to be used in conjunction with FM 24-1 and the Joint Publication 6 series for the planning, installation, operation, and maintenance of communications at the theater level. FM 11-45 encompasses the concepts of the Force XXI vision discussed in TRADOC Pam 525-5 and FM100-5 to provide the TA/EAC with the doctrine necessary to function and carry out their mission. Chapters include signal support to the operational commander, theater composition, organization and mission of the USASC, organization and mission of the TSC and the HHC Theater Signal Brigade, strategic signal organizations, and theater communications network.

FM 11-45 1999 (OBSOLETE) Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.