military communication
Wartime information exchange
Military communication is the transmission of information between armed forces units, commands, or personnel.
It encompasses voice, data, and visual signals through radio, satellite, encrypted networks, and traditional methods like flags or runners.
Security and reliability are paramount: The enemy jammed our military communications.
The field has driven innovations from the telegraph to the internet.
- walkie-talkiesPaired handheld transceivers
- field radioPortable military communication device
- Morse codeDot-dash signaling system
- semaphoreFlag-based signaling system
- spy networksOrganized covert intelligence operations
radio · radio transmission · over and out · telegraphy · coded message · code · satellite phones · dispatch · call sign · antenna · cipher · dead drop · need to know · command posts · order · signal flags · situation report · SIGINT
military communicationfamily communication
Interaction between relatives
personal correspondence · private correspondence · social media · casual conversation · business communication
military communicationcasual conversation
Informal spoken exchange
small talk · idle chatter · gossip · loose talk · pillow talk
military communicationopen communication
Unrestricted exchange of information
public broadcast · public discourse · public announcement · mass media · cleartext