Army Communicator - Articles

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Magazine providing information technology to the Signal Regiment and industry partners, allied signal services, other U.S. armed forces, ROTC and JROTC cadets.

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Leader development in the regiment.(Chief of Signal's Comments)(Personal account)

Jan 01, 2009; Foley, Jeff ... There is no more important task on my plate as Chief of Signal and Commandant of the Signal School than developing leaders. Not only am I responsible for developing leaders inside the brick and mortar of the school house at Fort Gordon, but also through all phases of the Army Force ...

Leadership and mentorship in the regiment.(CSM's Comments)(Personal account)

Jan 01, 2009; Clark, Tom ... Fellow Signaleers, this issue is dedicated to leadership and mentorship and I want to tell you about a real leader. One of the great questions in life is "if you could have lunch with anyone in the world, who would you choose?" During a recent visit to Fort Meade, I ate lunch with SGT ...

Reflections on leadership from deputy commander Joe Capps.

Jan 01, 2009; Capps, Joe ... When Craig Zimmerman asked me to write a piece on what I know about leadership, I was initially at a loss as to how I should approach the subject. The more I thought about the subject the more I realized that most of what I know about leadership I have learned from watching and ...

Reflections on leadership from warrant officer perspective.

Jan 01, 2009; Barr, Andy ... Several leadership articles are contained within this publication and are written from the noncommissioned officer and the O-grade (i.e., other than Warrant Officer) officer perspective. Although the Army consists of different categories of personnel serving and empowered by different laws ...

How the US Military Academy develops leaders of character.

Jan 01, 2009; Doty, Joe ... "At West Point, much of the history we teach was made by people we taught." The United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., is one of the premier leader developing institutions in the world. USMA prides itself on producing newly commissioned second lieutenants who are ...

Signal officer mentorship in the modular division.

Jan 01, 2009; Pugliese, John J. ... "When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves."--Victor Frankl In the very recent past our Army has evolved into the most lethal force in the history of warfare. It was only a short time after our Army began to realize that the Abrams ...

ROTC: 'leadership experienced'.(Reserve Officers' Training Corps )

Jan 01, 2009; Roe, Karen ... The benefits of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs are clearly seen throughout the Army during times of both peace and national crisis. Currently we are fighting in a multi-front conflict which is challenging our entire military structure and placing a specific hardship on ...

A failure in leadership.

Jan 01, 2009; Ellis, Kris ... In the May 2007 issue of Armed Force Journal, LTC Paul Yingling penned an essay entitled "A Failure in Generalship". Yingling's article built the case for a failure in generalship citing failures in visualizing the conditions of future combat, failures in explaining to civilian ...

Signal company focuses on junior officer leadership.

Jan 01, 2009; Daugherty, Jason ... The 7th Signal Company, Special Troops Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade, developed a Signal Leadership "virtual" Academy after it deployed to contingency operating base Adder, Iraq in October, 2007. The framework outlined ahead was used for a Signal Officer Professional Development ...

Professional development: Recommended Viewing List.(Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy)(Movie review)(Television program review)

Jan 01, 2009; Ellis, Kris ... In a recent issue of Army Communicator, I mentioned that film as well as print media could play a vital role in self-development. For this issue, I'd like to provide my Recommended Viewing List (Top 8). These films are all documentaries, but many non-documentaries are excellent as well: ...

Comcam hero.(SPC Michael Carter)

Jan 01, 2009; Everette, Sean ... You've just been inserted with the Special Forces team to which you are assigned. You're in a wadi, a dry river bed in Afghanistan, looking up a sheer cliff face you have to climb to reach mission objective. The cliff face is terraced, so you won't have to climb straight up the whole way, ...

A new LandWarNet e-University--changing the way we train online.(LandWarNet Update: Training updates from the Directorate of Training, 15th Signal Brigade and Leader College of Information Technology, Fort Gordon, Ga.)

Jan 01, 2009 ... As of January 2009, you see significant changes to the LandWarNet Training Portals. First, we are consolidating our LWNeU Army piece of equipment and cannot find it on LWNeU--request it! The LLC staff will find the training and put it on-line for you. Easier to navigate the ...

Tactical Services Manager.(TCM-N&S)

Jan 01, 2009 ... The Training and Doctrine Command Capabilities Manager Networks and Services is currently developing a Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System Capability Production Document titled Tactical Services Manager. The TSM describes an automated Application & Services Management ...

2008 Army Satellite Communications Architecture Book.(TCM-SNE)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)

Jan 01, 2009 ... The 2008 Army Satellite Communications Architecture Book is available for distribution in CD format to all Soldiers. The purpose of this publication is to explain in clear, concise terms the requirements and capabilities that shape the Army's SATCOM architecture from the present to the ...

Headline: Rifleman Radio tested at Army Evaluation Task Force.(TCM-TR)(Joint Tactical Radio System Rifleman Radio )

Jan 01, 2009; Mann, Tracy ... The Joint Tactical Radio System Rifleman Radio received the first operational user assessment by the Army Evaluation Task Force, Fort Bliss, Texas. On Nov. 4, 2008 the JTRS Handheld, Manpack, Small Form Fit team set-up an operations cell and delivered 29 engineering development model ...

Signal Conference 2008.(Conference news)

Jan 01, 2009; Brackett, Charmain Z. ... More than 800 signaleers met at Fort Gordon Dec. 3, 2008, to discuss the changes in the Signal Corps and look ahead to its future during the Signal Conference. LTG Rick Lynch, Fort Hood's commanding general and commander of III Corps, spoke to the group on Dec. 3 via live video ....

LTG Lynch brings Signal Conference keynote address.(LTG Rick Lynch)(Speech)

Jan 01, 2009; Brackett, Charmain Z. ... When LTG Rick Lynch was commander of the multinational forces in Iraq in 2007, he oversaw a space roughly the size of West Virginia with units in 60 different locations. Communications was an invaluable commodity, which was made possible by the Signal Corps. "You are ...

BG Albert Meyer accepts award at Signal Conference.(Conference news)

Jan 01, 2009; Edmond, Larry ... A crushing silence rippled through the crowd waiting to see who would actually accept a special recognition at the 2008 Signal Conference awards dinner Dec. 3 at the Gordon Club. Acknowledging that the recognition was 142 years overdue, COL Jack Bryant, U.S. Signal Center and ...

Nine Distinguished members honored in ceremony.(Distinguished Members of the Regiment)

Jan 01, 2009; Wood, Susan ... Chief of Signal BG Jeffrey W. Foley appointed nine new Distinguished Members of the Regiment in a ceremony held Dec. 3, 2008, during the Signal Conference at Fort Gordon, Ga. The Distinguished Member program was established at the onset of Regimental Activation to recognize those people ...

Win-t takes conference center stage.(Warfighter Information Network-Tactical)(Brief article)

Jan 01, 2009; Brackett, Charmain Z. ... A centerpiece of the Signal Conference surrounded discussions and briefings concerning the Warfighter Information Network and its function in the field. "The purpose was to allow the Signal Regiment and acquistions community to get together to share lessons learned in a series ...