This important Army field manual has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction: U.S. Army Signal Soldier's Guide - Field Manual FM 6-02.43. 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 decisionmaking 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.

Contents: Chapter 1 * Signal Soldier's Roles and Responsibilities * Signal Soldier Responsibilities to the Commander * Battalion S-6 Officer * Brigade S-6 Officer * Signal Company Commanders * Division Command and Control * G-6 Responsibilities at the Division * Command Posts * Division G-6 Officer Roles and Responsibilities * The Corps * Corps Command Posts * G-6 Responsibilities at the Corps Command Posts * Corps G-6 Officer * Network Systems Maintenance * Army Force Generation Model * Chapter 2 * Signal Planning Process * Signal Leader's Role in the Military * Decisionmaking Process * G-6/S-6 Troop Leading Procedures and the Military Decisionmaking Process * Additional Signal Support Equipment Checks During Operations * Chapter 3 * The Network * Global Information Grid * LandWarNet * Network Command and Control * Network Operations * Information Protection * Network Service Center * G-6/S-6 Network Operations * Current and Future Networks * Chapter 4 * Theater Operations * Leveraging Theater Operation Assets * Providing "Other" Service Support * Section I - Major Commands * NETCOM/9th SC(A) * Section II - Strategic and Fixed Station Elements * Strategic Signal Brigades * Section III - Signal Operations * Organizations for the Modular Force * Chapter 5 * Transport Systems * WIN-T Increment 1 * Mobile Subscriber Equipment * Tri-Service Tactical * Chapter 6 * Federation Of Networks * Introduction * Blue Force Tracking * Army Battle Command System * Combat Service Support Very Small Aperture Terminal * Public Affairs Office Digital Video and Imagery Distribution System * Global Broadcast System * TeleEngineering Operations Center * Standardized Integrated Command Post * System * Appendix A * ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS * Appendix B * ARMY BATTLE COMMAND SYSTEM * Appendix C * SIGNAL MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES * Appendix D * SIGNAL ANNEX OF AN OPORD * Appendix E * MAINTENANCE

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.

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