User:RelentlessRecusant/Joint Signals Battalion

The Joint Signals Battalion is a novel organizational innovation in the order of battle (ORBAT) of the UNSC Defense Force, formed in the later years of the Human-Covenant War. Part of a UNSCDF-wide flagship initiative to increase interoperativity between its disparate uniformed services, the Joint Signals Battalions were modular signal support battalions that could be flexibly deployed to augment any UNSC ground warfare force, whether drawn from the UNSC Marine Corps, UNSC Army, or even the UNSC Colonial Militia or municipal law enforcement agencies. There is a labile pool of Joint Signals Battalions that report directly to the UNSC Unified Ground Command — at the specific direction of UNICOM, they are habitually or temporarily assigned to any Army or Marine task force. At least one Joint Signals Battalion is semi-permanently attached to each Marine Expeditionary Brigade, serving in its Forward Logistical Support Regiment.

The mission of Joint Signals Battalions is manifold — most fundamentally, they provide high-frequency radio and SATCOM communication capabilities to up to an entire Division (either Army or Marines), enabling field units to communicate with one another and enabling the Division commander to correspond to higher headquarters and liaise with laterally adjacent headquarters.