signaleer
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upright|thumb|right|A United States Army signaller erecting a 30-metre mast antenna upright|thumb|A Women's Royal Naval Service signaller with signal flags, 1940 A signaller, signalman, colloquially referred to as a radioman or signaleer in the armed forces is a specialist soldier, sailor or airman responsible for military communications. Signallers, a.k.a. Combat Signallers or signalmen or women, are commonly employed as radio or telephone operators, relaying messages for field commanders at the front line (Army units, Ships or Aircraft), through a chain of command which includes field headqu
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- Duties
- Air Forces
- Navy Forces
- Armies
- Australia
- Canada
- United Kingdom
- Modern age
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upright|thumb|right|A United States Army signaller erecting a 30-metre mast antenna upright|thumb|A Women's Royal Naval Service signaller with signal flags, 1940 A signaller, signalman, colloquially referred to as a radioman or signaleer in the armed forces is a specialist soldier, sailor or airman responsible for military communications. Signallers, a.k.a. Combat Signallers or signalmen or women, are commonly employed as radio or telephone operators, relaying messages for field commanders at the front line (Army units, Ships or Aircraft), through a chain of command which includes field headquarters. Messages are transmitted and received via a communications infrastructure comprising fixed and mobile installations.
==Duties== In the past, signalling skills have included the use of: Heliograph, Aldis lamp, semaphore flags, "Don R" (Dispatch Riders) and even carrier pigeons.
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