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The ground hand signal: "Ready to fire: clear and ready to fire, indicated by pointing down range." Leaders of dismounted units use arm and hand signals to control the movement of individuals, teams, and squads. These signals are used by infantry and by combat support and combat service support elements organized for infantry missions.
As a subordinate element of the newly formed United States Army Materiel Command (AMC), ECOM encompassed the Signal Research and Development Laboratories, the Signal Materiel Support Agency, the Signal Supply Agency and its various procurement offices, and other Signal Corps logistics support activities. ECOM was fragmented in January 1978 on ...
Allied Communications Publications are documents developed by the Combined Communications-Electronics Board and NATO, which define the procedures for communicating in computer messaging, radiotelephony, radiotelegraph, radioteletype (RATT), air-to-ground signalling (panel signalling), and other forms of communications used by the armed forces of the five CCEB member countries and/or NATO.
A signal corps is a military branch, responsible for military communications (signals). Many countries maintain a signal corps, which is typically subordinate to a country's army. Military communication usually consists of radio, telephone, and digital communications.
The codes are intended for use by air, ground, sea, and space operations personnel at the tactical level. Code words that are followed by an asterisk (*) may differ in meaning from NATO usage. There is a key provided below to describe what personnel use which codes, as codes may have multiple meanings depending on the service.
ADP 1, The Army: 17 September 2012 [4] This publication supersedes FM 1, 14 June 2005. Raymond T. Odierno INACTIVE: FM 1: FM 1, The Army: 14 June 2005 [5] This publication supersedes FM 1, 14 June 2001. Peter J. Schoomaker: INACTIVE: FM 1: FM 1, The Army: 14 June 2001 [6] This publication supersedes FM 100–1, 14 June 1994. Eric K. Shinseki ...
The United States Army Signal Corps (USASC) is a branch of the United States Army that creates and manages communications and information systems for the command and control of combined arms forces. Established in 1860 by Major Albert J. Myer , it had a major role in the American Civil War .
A long exposure of a United States Navy Landing Signalman Enlisted (LSE) directing a SH-60F Sea Hawk to take off using marshalling wands. Despite efforts to standaridize aspects of aviation communication, such as terminology and language, hand signals used to guide aircraft on the ground still vary between various major organizations, such as the International Civil Aviation Organization [3 ...