. ▁Army ▁Information ▁Systems ▁Command ▁( USA IS C ), ▁the ▁new est ▁iteration ▁of ▁Fort ▁Hu ach uca ' s ▁strateg ic ▁communic ations ▁organization , ▁on ▁ 1 ▁May ▁ 1 9 8 4 . ▁ ▁U . S . ▁Army ▁Information ▁Systems ▁Command ▁Post ▁Des ert ▁Storm ▁Army ▁down s izing ▁and ▁organiz ational ▁review ▁focused ▁a ▁critical ▁eye ▁on ▁command ▁structure . ▁A ▁general ▁per ception ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁among ▁major ▁commands ▁( MA COM ) ▁and ▁the ater ▁command ers ▁held ▁that ▁USA IS C ▁central ▁management ▁dep riv ed ▁them ▁of ▁needed ▁command ▁and ▁control ▁over ▁regional ▁and ▁the ater ▁information ▁systems , ▁computer ▁system ▁ac quis itions , ▁and ▁signal ▁assets . ▁The ▁Department ▁of ▁the ▁Army ▁agreed ▁and ▁moved ▁to ▁dis m ant le ▁USA IS C , ▁re leg ating ▁the ▁organization ▁to ▁major ▁sub ordinate ▁command ▁status ▁under ▁U . S . ▁Army ▁Forces ▁Command , ▁and ▁re - design ating ▁it ▁as ▁U . S . ▁Army ▁Sign al ▁Command ▁( US ASC ) ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 9 6 . ▁ ▁U . S . ▁Army ▁Sign al ▁Command ▁Army ▁MAC OM s ▁and ▁the ater ▁command ers ▁worked ▁independently ▁to ▁resource ▁their ▁own ▁Information ▁System ▁requirements . ▁This ▁decent ral ization ▁and ▁der eg ulation ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁pro l ifer ation ▁of ▁non - standard ized ▁command , ▁control , ▁communic ations , ▁and ▁computer ▁( C 4 ) ▁systems ▁and ▁an ▁un