INTRODUCTION
BATTLEFIELD COMMO IS EVERYONE'S JOB
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Brigade Combat Team (BCT) success depends on effective communication throughout its battlespace. Signal personnel are the experts, but everyone in the chain has a role to play. Battlefield play at the NTC challenges the communication skills of soldiers and leaders alike. NTC stress ultimately strengthens signal team skills, but training weaknesses are equally exploited. Whether this stress forges well-trained crews ultimately decides the battle.
Many training steps must be taken before arrival at the NTC. Reception, Staging, Onward movement & Integration (RSOI) mandates a relentless march toward combat operations and a myriad of communications tasks. Brigade and Battalion Signal Officers (BSOs) and their sections as well as the Mobile Subscriber Equipment (MSE) Company are immediately tested. Commanders, operations officers, signal officers, communications chiefs, and MSE companies/teams can benefit from the signal lessons learned and the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) presented here. These TTPs have worldwide application.
| As a previous NTC Commander, Operations Group (COG), once said, "If you don't have communications, you're just out camping in the desert!" |
See if you really need to read this material. The answers are given below so that you can assess your performance.
1. To confirm that your unit is prepared for combat operations, you must conduct a _____________________.
2. The Brigade Signal Annex must contain what information:
3. What report tracks the status of all communications assets?
4. The acronym PACE is used to plan communications. PACE stands for:
5. What process produces the greatest integration, coordination, and synchronization for an operation and minimizes the risk of overlooking a critical aspect of the operation? ____________________________
6. During which step in the Military Decision-Making Process does the Brigade S6 develop his initial communications plan? _________________________
7. Generally, different courses of action for the MSE Signal Company will have different _________________ and/or different _____________________ for signal teams.
8. The _______________________ is the basis for MSE network flexibility and is the initial step in planning for signal site security and force protection.
9. What type of offensive operation requires the signal plan to have more flexibility? __________________
10. What are the two types of risks that must be considered in the Risk Management Process?
11. At a minimum, how often should signal teams conduct Pre-Combat Checks and Inspections?
ANSWERS
1. Communications Exercise (COMMEX).
2.
Concept of Communications Plan.
Retrans Plan and Signal Architecture.
Remote Access Unit, RAU, Coverage Plan.
3. The ORANGE Report.
4.
P - Primary
A - Alternate
C - Contingency
E - Emergency
5. The Military Decision-Making Process.
6. Step II - Mission Analysis.
7.
Network Diagrams.
Schemes of Maneuver.
8. Signal Site Reconnaissance.
9. The Movement to Contact.
10.
Operational.
Safety.
11. Daily.
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