This field manual, “Signal Soldier's Guide (FM 6-02.43),” is a pocket reference guide for signal Soldiers at all echelons. It is intended to help signal Soldiers understand and implement Army communications systems operations in a modular force construct. This manual addresses the roles and responsibilities of the signal Soldier and signal planning during the military decision making process. It also provides an overview of the Global Information Grid, LandWarNet and its transport systems, network operations and spectrum management. It also addresses the transformed signal structure from the maneuver battalion through theater level and the support provided between echelons.

The Army has decentralized most of its signal capabilities. Corps, divisions, brigade combat teams, and support brigades now have signal forces organic to the units who own, operate, train, and maintain their unique signal forces. Corps signal brigades and division signal battalions have inactivated leaving a large part of the Army force supported by pooled theater assets. Supporting the commander with reliable and vigorous communications is a direct result of detailed signal planning. Understanding the commander's intent is the most critical step for a signal leader. Signal Soldiers and planners are chartered to build networks that almost intuitively act on behalf of the commander's intent; networks where information is guaranteed based on policies aligned with the commander's critical information requirements and intent. To build this network, planners must successfully synchronize and integrate the assets to support the plan and the commander. Signal Soldiers have the great responsibility to facilitate the combined arms, joint, and multinational fight. This mission is critical to increasing the combat power in the modular force. The signal planner plays a critical role in enabling combat successes and prevailing in the information war.This field manual is a pocket reference guide for signal Soldiers at all echelons. It is intended to help signal Soldiers understand and implement Army communications systems operations in a modular force construct. This manual addresses the roles and responsibilities of the signal Soldier and signal planning during the military decision making process. It also provides an overview of the Global Information Grid, LandWarNet and its transport systems, network operations and spectrum management. It also addresses the transformed signal structure from the maneuver battalion through theater level and the support provided between echelons. Note. As of June 2007, the Joint Network Node-Network program has been incorporated into the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical program and designated as Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 1. When joint network node is used in this document, it refers to the equipment and not to the program. This publication applies to the Active Army, the Army National Guard (ARNG)/Army National Guard of the United States (ARNGUS), and the United States Army Reserve (USAR) unless otherwise stated. The proponent of this publication is the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). The preparing agency of this publication is the US Army Signal Center.

This field manual is a pocket reference guide for signal Soldiers at all echelons. It is intended to help signal Soldiers understand and implement Army communications systems operations in a modular force construct.

This professionally-formatted free-flowing ebook provides a complete guide to the famous Army Signal Corps, with reproductions of four major histories and documents from the Department of Defense.Concise History of the U.S. Army Signal Corps - Regiment * An Overview of Signal Corps History * A Brief History of the Signal Corps * Chief Signal Officers * Medal Of Honor Recipients * Chronology - This book traces the history of the U.S. Army Signal Corps from its beginnings on the eve of the American Civil War through its participation in the Persian Gulf conflict during the early 1990s. Over the course of its 135 years of existence, the Signal Corps has often been at the forefront of the revolutionary changes that have taken place in communications technology. It contributed significantly, for example, to the development of radar and the transistor. While accounts of the branch's service during the Civil War, World War II, and Vietnam have been published, little has been written about the rest of the Signal Corps' accomplishments. This book fills out the picture. It shows today's signal soldiers where their branch has been and points the way to where it is going. The reader, whether military or civilian, can follow the growth and development of one of the Army's most sophisticated technical branches. By telling the Signal Corps' story in a comprehensive manner, this volume makes a significant contribution to the history of the Army.Getting the Message Through - A Branch History of the U.S. Army Signal Corps - CHAPTER I - THE BIRTH OF THE SIGNAL CORPS * Early Military Signaling * Albert J. Myer - Father of the Signal Corps * The Civil War - Organization and Training * Signal Equipment and Methods * Wartime Operations * The Confederate Signal Corps * The Signal Corps Survives Its Baptism of Fire * CHAPTER II - WEATHERING THE POSTWAR YEARS * The War Clouds Lift. * The Signal Corps Becomes the Weather Service. The Stormy Years * Military Signals Weather the Storm . A Change in the Weather * CHAPTER III - FROM THE TROPICS TO THE ARCTIC * Organization, Training, and Operations, 1891-1898 * The War With Spain * Postwar Operations * Organization and Training, 1899-1903 * New Frontiers: Alaska and the Dawn of the Electrical Age * The Roots of Change * CHAPTER IV - THE SIGNAL CORPS TAKES TO THE AIR * Organization, Training, and Operations, 1904-1907 * Upheavals at Home and Abroad * The Signal Corps Gets the Wright Stuff * Radio - The Wave of the Future * Organization, Training, and Operations, 1908-1914 * The Signal Corps Spreads Its Wings * Bordering on War * CHAPTER V - WORLD WAR I * Trouble in the Air * "Over Here": Mobilization and Training * "Over There": Organization and Training * "Over the Top": Signalmen in Battle * The Signal Corps Loses Its Wings * The Signal Corps Comes of Age * CHAPTER VI - BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS * Organization, Training, and Operations, 1919-1928 * Research and Development * Organization, Training, and Operations, 1929-1939 * The Road to War * CHAPTER VII - WORLD WAR II: ESTABLISHING THE CIRCUITS OF VICTORY * The Search for Manpower and Brainpower * Marshall Reshapes the War Department * The Worldwide Network * Signal Security and Intelligence * Photography: Shooting the War * Equipment: Research, Development, and Supply * The Signal Corps' Contribution * CHAPTER VIII - WORLD WAR II: THEATERS OF WAR * Defending the Hemisphere, December 1941-June 1943 * Signal Support for the Pacific Theater, 1941-1943 * Passing the Test in North Africa and Italy * Signal Soldiers in Europe: D-Day and After * The Asiatic and Pacific Theaters, 1943-1945 * CHAPTER IX - THE COLD WAR, KOREA, AND THE COSMOS * Organization, Training, and Operations, 1946-1950 * The Korean War * Signals in Space * From Signals to Communications-Electronics * Force Reductions, Readiness, and the Red Scare * Organization, Training, and Operations, 1960-1964 * From Cold War to Hot * CHAPTER X - THE VIETNAM CONFLICT * CHAPTER XI - SIGNALING AHEAD

Excerpt from Military Signal Corps Manual The Camp Telephone and the Buzzer; Induction Telegraph Set; Radiotelegraphy; Radio Apparatus of the Signal Corps; Visual Signaling Equipment; Flag Kits; The Heliograph; The Acetylene Lantern; Technical Equipment of Personnel; Transmission of Military Information; General Instructions for Army Signaling; The American Morse Code; The International Morse or General Service Code; Instruction in Garrison; Visual Stations; Telegraphy; Visual Signaling in General; Signaling by Flag, Torch and Lantern, or Beam of Searchlight (Without Shutter); Signaling with Heliograph, Flash Lantern, or Searchlight (With Shutter); The Ardois System; Signaling by Two-Arm Semaphore; Signaling by Hand Flags; General Instructions for Locating and Operating Visual Stations; Letter Codes; Telegraph Code Books and Ciphers; Conventional and Preconcerted Signals with Rockets, Bombs, Small Arms and Guns; Flag Signals by Permanent Hoist; Emergency Signals; Conventional Telephone Signals; Signal Troops in the Field; Reconnaissance, Patrolling and Scouting; Military Map Reading; Signal Troops in Field Service; Field Lines; Camps; Company Guard Mounting; The Signal Corps and General Coast Defense; Coast Defense Information in War About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.