Author : Rebecca Robbins Raines
Release : 1996
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Getting the message through: A Branch History of the U.S. Army Signal Corps - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Getting the message through: A Branch History of the U.S. Army Signal Corps write by Rebecca Robbins Raines. This book was released on 1996. Getting the message through: A Branch History of the U.S. Army Signal Corps available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.