Episode 6: The Signature Management Leaders Course with Lucas Scher

In this month’s episode, Zach hosts 1stLt Lucas Scher. Luke is an infantry officer and currently the Course Chief for the Signature Management Leaders Course out at 1st Marine Division, Division Schools. Luke is also the author of one of our most talked about articles this year: Building a Grunt Friendly Spectrum Analyzer.

We have been fortunate to be able to highlight the excellent work being done by Blue Diamond Schools this past year. To learn more about their groundbreaking initiatives, also check out our podcast with The Division Gunners, and 1stLt James Fair’s article on C-sUAS.

During their conversation, Luke and Zach covered a ton of ground. Topics covered include:

• An overview of the SIGMAN Leaders Course curriculum

• The people and resources Luke and his team worked with in building out the course

• The current training schedule for the course

• The role of the GSB in the SIGMAN course

• The units Luke envisions using the GSB

• Permissions and authorities involved with building and utilizing a spectrum analyzer

• Who to talk to for guidance on properly using a spectrum analyzer

• Key lessons learned from the past year of the SIGMAN Leader’s course

• First Person View drone initiatives in the Marine Corps

• Luke’s visit to the Military International Drone Race in London

• Advice for companies and battalions interested in getting after SIGMAN

• And much, much more.

Got some feedback for Luke and the team at Blue Diamond Division Schools? Or do you have an idea to bounce of them? Maybe you are looking for access to the resources used at the SIGMAN Leaders Course? Luke can be reached at lucas.scher@usmc.mil or scherusmc@gmail.com.

Finally, here are some useful links and previous articles related to the discussion:

• Camouflage SOP

• EMCON SOP

• EMCON for the Infantry Battalion (2022)

• Technical Signature Management (2021)

Have ideas of people we should interview or topics to discuss? Please send along your recommendations and questions we should be asking!

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