Marine Communications In Desert Shield and Desert Storm: U.S. Marines in the Persian Gulf, 1990-1991

This book is an account of the role of communications within the I
Marine Expeditionary Force an the Marine Forces Afloat during the 1990-1991
Persian Gulf War. It is one of a series covering the operations of the I Marine
Expeditionary Force; the 1st Marine Division; the 2d Marine Division; the 3d
Marine Aircraft Wing; Marine Combat Service Support; Marine Forces Afloat;
and Marines in Operation Provide Comfort.

Communications by its very nature is an elusive subject. The technology behind
this specialty has changed rapidly in recent years, leaving the individual who
comes into only occasional contact with it often perplexed and intimidated by its
seeming complexity. This situation is made more difficult by the very nature of
tactical communications, which cut across most of the other specialties in the
Marine Corps. I is rarely a topic of separate study in military historical writing,
except when its inadequacies are said to cause or to contribute to failures on the
battlefield.