Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the U.S. Army Signal Corps (Paperback)

Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the U.S. Army Signal Corps (Paperback)
Author: Rebecca R. Raines
Publisher: Department of the Army
Total Pages: 492
Release: 1996-06-19
Genre: History
ISBN:

CMH Pub. 30-17. Army Historical Series. Traces the history of the United States Signal Corps from its beginnings on the eve of the American Civil War through its participation in the Persian Gulf conflict during the early 1990s. Shows today's signal soldiers where their branch has been and points the way to where it is going.

The Signal Corps

The Signal Corps
Author: Dulany Terrett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 410
Release: 1956
Genre: World War, 1939-1945
ISBN:

The Signal Corps

The Signal Corps
Author: Dulany Terrett
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2017
Genre: Government publications
ISBN: 9780160934940

Getting the message through: A Branch History of the U.S. Army Signal Corps

Getting the message through: A Branch History of the U.S. Army Signal Corps
Author: Rebecca Robbins Raines
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Total Pages: 488
Release: 1996
Genre:
ISBN: 9780160872815

Getting the Message Through, the companion volume to Rebecca Robbins Raines' Signal Corps, traces the evolution of the corps from the appointment of the first signal officer on the eve of the Civil War, through its stages of growth and change, to its service in Operation DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM. Raines highlights not only the increasingly specialized nature of warfare and the rise of sophisticated communications technology, but also such diverse missions as weather reporting and military aviation. Information dominance in the form of superior communications is considered to be sine qua non to modern warfare. As Raines ably shows, the Signal Corps--once considered by some Army officers to be of little or no military value--and the communications it provides have become integral to all aspects of military operations on modern digitized battlefields. The volume is an invaluable reference source for anyone interested in the institutional history of the branch.