Senior Army leaders determined that communication and signal networks needed to be “interoperable with other Defense Department groups” (Costlow, 2011). Therefore, leadership in the Army Chief Information Office (CIO) G-6 developed plans to move from locally operated servers to consolidated service centers, which will reduce operational cost, improve network defense and provide consistent services in a net-centric environment (G6, 2015). Their decision to do so, contributes to the challenges that the 93d Signal Brigade face today with its workforce. Some of the functions and positions are being realigned and consolidated in the losing NECs in order to achieve such goals. Employees have a constant fear of losing their job. Most people know
