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U.S. Army establishes LandWarNet University

Frank Tiboni writes in FCW.com:

The Army has pumped millions of dollars into the Army Signal Center this year to revamp the center’s communications curriculum so that soldiers get more education and training in operating more mobile IP networks, service officials said.

Lt. Gen. Steve Boutelle, the Army’s chief information officer, said the service earmarked $30 million during the past six months to update the training and structure at the Army Signal Center at Fort Gordon, Ga. The funding includes the establishment of the LandWarNet University to give soldiers education and training in operating more mobile IP networks. The 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq was the first to use the networks, which the Army is fielding servicewide.

Boutelle announced the creation of the university earlier this month at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual conference in Washington, D.C. He and other service officials spoke more about it this week at the Milcom 2005 conference. LandWarNet is the Army’s name for its networks.

The university will teach and train soldiers to operate, manage and defend the Joint Network Node (JNN), the more mobile, IP-based communications system that provides voice, video and data on the battlefield, said Brig. Gen. Carroll Pollett, the new commanding general of the Army’s Network Enterprise Technology Command and 9th Army Signal Command located at Fort Huachuca, Ariz. He added that soldiers in Iraq are using JNN now.

posted by Fergie @ 10/20/2005 01:29:00 PM