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Every mission depends on communication._x000D_
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The Signal Corps challenge coin honors the Soldiers who make that possible._x000D_
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From tactical radios and battlefield networks to satellite communications, data systems, long-range connectivity, and command-and-control architecture, Signal professionals provide the links that allow formations to operate as one force instead of several disconnected pieces moving in roughly the same direction._x000D_
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When Signal works, everybody else gets to focus on the mission._x000D_
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When Signal fails, everybody suddenly becomes very interested in Signal._x000D_
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Communications are often invisible until they stop working._x000D_
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The successful Signal Soldier rarely gets noticed when every radio, network, server, antenna, and link is functioning exactly as designed._x000D_
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That changes immediately when somebody cannot connect._x000D_
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Signal troops understand the ritual._x000D_
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Then discover somebody unplugged something important twenty minutes ago._x000D_
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Connectivity is not glamorous._x000D_
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It is essential._x000D_
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Signal goes early because everybody else depends on what comes next._x000D_
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A formation with weapons but no communications has capability._x000D_
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It does not necessarily have control._x000D_
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Signal turns individual systems into a networked force._x000D_
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The branch connects headquarters to subordinate units, command posts to maneuver formations, sensors to decision-makers, and Soldiers in the field to the broader enterprise supporting them._x000D_
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That connectivity creates tempo._x000D_
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It creates awareness._x000D_
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It creates synchronization._x000D_
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And it allows commanders to make decisions before the situation has already changed._x000D_
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Signal Corps Soldiers build and maintain the digital nervous system behind the force._x000D_
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Not because communications are convenient._x000D_
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Because modern operations simply do not work without them._x000D_
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This Signal Corps challenge coin is designed for Army Signal Soldiers, communications specialists, network professionals, satellite operators, radio operators, signal officers, NCOs, veterans, retirees, and anyone who has spent a career keeping the Army connected._x000D_
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Because every mission needs command._x000D_
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And command needs a voice._x000D_
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First to the Fight._x000D_
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The Voice of Command._x000D_
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No comms. No mission. Plenty of blame.
Price range: $12.99 through $25.99
