United States Army Cyber Center of Excellence: Signal Platoon (ATP 6-02.2) - 2020 Edition, Offense and Defense, Support to Operations, Logistics and Sustainment, Information Services, Security

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this is a reproduction of the December 2020 edition of Signal Platoon, ATP 6-02.2. It provides doctrinal guidance for leaders who are responsible for planning, preparing, executing, and assessing operations of signal platoons. This publication serves as an authoritative reference for personnel developing doctrine, materiel, and force structure; institutional and unit training; and signal platoon standard operating procedures.

Chapter 1 - Organization * Section I - Role of the Signal Platoon * Signal Platoons * Capabilities and Limitations * Section II - Duties and Responsibilities * Platoon Leader * Platoon Sergeant * Section Sergeant * Signal Teams and Operators * Section III - Signal Company Organizations at Corps and Below * Brigade Combat Team Signal Company * Multifunctional Support Brigade Signal Companies * Division Signal, Intelligence, and Sustainment Company * Corps Signal, Intelligence, and Sustainment Company * Section IV - Command and Support Relationships * Organic * Assigned * Attached * Operational Control * Tactical Control * Technical Control * Chapter 2 - Planning in the Platoon * Section I - Planning Considerations * Planning * Preparation * Execution * Assessment * Section II - Troop Leading Procedures * Executing Troop Leading Procedures * Step 1 - Receive the Mission * Step 2 - Issue a Warning Order * Step 3 - Make a Tentative Plan * Step 4 - Initiate Movement * Step 5 - Conduct Reconnaissance * Step 6 - Complete the Plan * Step 7 - Issue the Order * Step 8 - Supervise and Refine * Abbreviated Troop Leading Procedures * Section III - Rehearsals * Rehearsal Purposes * Rehearsal Types * Methods of Rehearsals * Precombat Checks and Inspections * Section IV - Training in the Platoon * 8-Step Training Model * Chapter 3 - Support to Operations * Section I - Offense * Command Post Operations * Single-Channel Radios and Retransmission * Section II - Defense * Command Post Operations * Single-Channel Radios and Retransmission * Emergency Destruction * Section III - Command Post Displacement * The Need for Frequent Displacement * Command Post Displacement Standard Operating Procedure Considerations * Coordination and Handover Between Command Posts * Section IV - Operation in a Contested Environment * Enemy Electromagnetic Attack * Enemy Cyberspace Attack * Chapter 4 - Logistics and Sustainment * Section I - Responsibilities * Platoon Leader * Platoon Sergeant * Section Sergeant * Signal Teams and Operators * Section II - Functions of Sustainment * Classes of Supply * Property Items * Development of the Platoon Sustainment Plan * Resupply Methods * Maintenance * Chapter 5 - Core Competencies and Essential Capability of the Signal Corps * Section I - Network Transport and Information Services * Network Transport * Information Services * Section II - Department of Defense Information Network Operations * Network Management and Enterprise Systems Management * Cybersecurity * Information Dissemination Management and Content Staging * Section III - Spectrum Management Operations * Spectrum Management * Section IV - Visual Information and Combat Camera * Visual Information * Combat Camera * Section V - Communications Security