text: *FM 6-02
  Field Manual Headquarters
  No. 6-02 Department of the Army
  Washington, D.C., 13 September 2019
  Signal Support to Operations
  Contents
  Page
  PREFACE..................................................................................................................... v
  INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ vii
  Chapter 1 OVERVIEW OF SIGNAL SUPPORT ........................................................................ 1-1
  Section I – The Operational Environment ............................................................. 1-1
  Challenges for Army Signal Support ......................................................................... 1-1
  Operational Environment Overview ........................................................................... 1-1
  Information Environment ........................................................................................... 1-2
  Trends ........................................................................................................................ 1-3
  Threat Effects on Signal Support .............................................................................. 1-8
  Section II – Fundamental Principles of Signal Support ..................................... 1-13
  Operational Focus ................................................................................................... 1-13
  Interoperability ......................................................................................................... 1-14
  Agility ....................................................................................................................... 1-14
  Trusted Systems ...................................................................................................... 1-15
  Shared Networks ..................................................................................................... 1-16
  Network Situational Awareness ............................................................................... 1-16
  Objectives of Signal Support ................................................................................... 1-17
  Core Competencies of the Signal Corps ................................................................. 1-17
  Section III – Signal in Army Operations .............................................................. 1-18
  Support to Joint Operations ..................................................................................... 1-18
  Army Strategic Roles ............................................................................................... 1-18
  The Army Operational Concept ............................................................................... 1-19
  Support to Command and Control ........................................................................... 1-20
  Support to Other Warfighting Functions .................................................................. 1-21
  Multinational Interoperability .................................................................................... 1-21
  Strategic and Operational Reach ............................................................................ 1-22
  Chapter 2 SIGNAL SUPPORT BY ARMY ECHELON, CORE COMPETENCIES, TRAINING,
  AND THE ARMY NETWORK ................................................................................... 2-1
  Section I – Signal Support by Echelon .................................................................. 2-1
  Corps and Below Organizations With Organic Signal Assets ................................... 2-1
  Units Without Organic Signal Assets ....................................................................... 2-11
  Types of Signal Units Leveraged for Support .......................................................... 2-14
  Requesting Signal Support ...................................................................................... 2-17
  Support to Other Army Operations .......................................................................... 2-17
  Signal-Enabling Commands and Staffs ................................................................... 2-26
  DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
  *This publication supersedes FM 6-02, dated 22 January 2014.