The United States Army Signal Command: Past, Present, and Future

Abstract

No longer facing a single global military threat, the United States Army has been undergoing profound change as it evolves into a full dimension strategic land force for the 21st Century. In the process of this change, the Army is reviewing its organizational structures to adapt to the envisioned global environment and regional battlefields of the coming centuries. This new Army will leverage the exponential growth in digital information and information systems technologies to succeed in future missions. Central to this ongoing change in the Army's structure is the role of the United States Army Signal Command (ASC), located at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. what is the role of the Army Signal Command in the changing environment? What missions should be assigned to the ASC of the future? This study will review the past and present role of ASC, and propose the future role. It concludes that the ASC has an important strategic role in the Army of the 21st Century, leveraging information age technologies for the warfighter and providing necessary strategic leadership to achieve information superiority.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 10, 2000
Accession Number
ADA378118

Entities

People

  • Michael J. Guthrie

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Command Control Communications And Computer Systems
  • Computer Networks
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineering
  • Information Systems
  • Military Communications
  • Organizational Structure
  • Strategic Communications
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • United States European Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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