CP Tango / Command Post
Tango
3731N 12659E
Command Post (CP) TANGO is the primary warfighting headquarters for
the Korean theater. The Joint Staff, DISA, and DA directed PM DCATS
Product Manager DSCS Terminals to replace the four existing AN/TSC-86
terminals located at Landstuhl GE, Ft Detrick MD, Torii Station Okinawa,
and CP Tango Korea. The new terminal will use existing HT/MT equipment
and components, which eliminates costs for establishing a logistics
system to support the terminal. The system was built and has successfully
completed acceptance, and DISA Certification testing at TYAD. The
AN/TSC-86B terminal is a fixed configuration and installed at CP Tango
Korea. For the Eighth US Army command staff, being able to communicate
using Video Teleconferencing [VTC] in a timely manner from separate
strategic locations is critical to the prompt execution of EUSA operations
as well as the operation of military units scattered throughout US
Forces Korea. The northern hub, based at CP Tango controls and distributes
VTC slides and briefings and then forwards them down to the southern
hub, based out of Camp Walker, which provides CP Oscar with the VTC.
With up to 15 VTC sites on the Korean peninsula, it is vital that
the operators have the VTC equipment operational for every scheduled
and unscheduled brief that might arise.
The FASTBACK system that was
replaced in Korea is reflective of the typical legacy mw systems
used by the US Army to support worldwide long haul communication
requirements. The FASTBACK system (seven individual links) provided
a secure reliable means of transmitting bulk data collected along
the Demilitarized Zone to command groups located in the southern
part of the country. The equipment (i.e., radios and multiplexers)
supporting the FASTBACK system had been in operation for over
fifteen years, utilizing technology that was over twenty years
old. The FASTBACK system consisted of an AN/FRC-162 radio and
AN/FCC-97 multiplexer. In the late 1990s it was replaced by a
high speed (155 Mbps) SONET digital microwave radio that utilize
the digital data multiplexer (DDM)-2000 OC3 multiplexer. The Digital
Microwave Upgrade DMU Phase I is a good example of what occurs
when the link bandwidth is increased (8 DS1s to 84 DS1s (three
45 Mbps DS3)) with high speed SONET digital microwave and interface
requirements to existing older, low speed mw technology. The Yongsan
to Madison, Osan to Madison, and Camp Humphreys to Madison FASTBACK
links were replaced during Phase I with the Harris MegaStar 2000
SONET radio. The remaining FASTBACK mw links between Madison and
Kamaksan, Kangwhado, and Songnam, and Kamaksan and Yawolsan, were
replaced during DMU Phase III. In conjunction with the DMU, the
digital patch and access systems (DPAS) at Yongsan, Osan, and
Camp Humphreys were upgraded to support up to three DS3s each.
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