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Signal Corps |
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century will require instant global communications to support high-tempo operations
anywhere in the world. This presents tremendous leadership challenges and
opportunities for the men and women wearing crossed Signal flags. Signal officers are vital members of the combined arms team responsible for ensuring Signal support for Army, Joint, and Combined Forces operations. Signal support is the collective, integrated, and synchronized use of information technology in the form of systems, services, and resources. Signal Corps is one the Army's larger branches. Each year, high-quality lieutenants from all academic backgrounds enter this dynamic career field. Professional development begins at the U.S. Army Signal Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia--"Home of the Signal Corps Regiment." here, lieutenants attend the Signal Officer Basic Course where they learn tactical and technical leadership skills in preparation for their first assignment. Signal lieutenants serve as platoon leaders and staff officers providing Signal support at all levels of operation. They are responsible for planning, employing, and operation state-of-the-art voice, imagery and data distribution systems, and networks--from combat net radios, local area networks and switching systems to tropospheric and satellite communications systems, and wide area networks that span the globe. From the forward edge of the battlefield to the White House, Signal officers provide the Signal support required to project, sustain, and protect our forces, and win the information war! |
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