Contingency Communications Planning For The Force XXI Army.

Abstract

America's Army is focused on the 21st century. It is transforming from an industrial to an information age force. A forward-deployed Cold War army has become a power-projection force based largely in the United States. It is therefore now more critical to plan properly prior to deployment. A contingency communications planning doctrine is needed to assist our Signal Corps planners in supporting U.S. combat forces. This study addresses the current roles, missions, and organization of our contingency combat forces and the signal units which provide their communications support. It proposes a contingency communications planning doctrine and concludes with suggestions for a methodology to implement this signal doctrine.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 18, 1995
Accession Number
ADA295063

Entities

People

  • Harold S. Schmidt

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Combat Forces
  • Combat Operations
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Command Control Communications And Computer Systems
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Military Communications
  • Military Operations
  • Military Strategy
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Special Operations Forces
  • United States
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

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