CECOM SEC, ILSC complete trial phase of U.S. Army Signal School internship program

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command Software Engineering Center and Integrated Logistics Support Center wrapped up a two-part trial internship program with students of the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence Signal School Aug. 29, 2025.

The internship program was designed to provide Army officers who have graduated from the Information Systems Engineer Course with an opportunity to learn about the various resources, system support, and training opportunities CECOM provides to the joint force.

“We didn’t know all the connections and resources that CECOM, SEC, and ILSC had for the individuals in U.S. Army Forces Command units until we were here,” Capt. Ronald Phillips, a student at CCoE, said. “There are a ton of resources in the form of reach back for hardware issues, software issues, and new developments that we were unaware of.”

Soldiers learned about topics including agentic artificial intelligence; data analytics; centralized data sources; acquisition strategies; security assistance programs management; and logistical and technical support. Soldiers also received live demonstrations of projects being developed within SEC and ILSC.

“For me, it was interesting to see how the technical work supports the Army’s larger mission,” Capt. Deborah Wagner, a student at CCoE, said. “Just the knowledge that’s housed here at CECOM has been incredible to witness to see and how that feeds into problems that we experience every day as data system engineers.”

Following the conclusion of the trial phase, a decision brief will be presented to the CECOM commanding general and the U.S. Army Signal School commandant to determine if the internship program will continue in its current format or be further refined.

Capt. Hardin Cosner, a student at CCoE, would like to not only see the internship continue, but expand in a way that would be even more beneficial.

“I think the program should continue, because a lot of the things we discussed, I see as value added to what our military occupational specialty does, such as the cloud, AI and the other technologies that the Army is moving to,” he said. “I do think something that can be added is having folks from SEC and ILSC coming down to the schoolhouse so that our entire class can learn about everything rather than a couple of us coming to CECOM every iteration.”

With his participation in the program complete, Cosner expressed his appreciation for the opportunity to provide feedback on the different programs shared with him and for the experience of learning more about CECOM.

“I want to thank everyone that has given us their time this week,” Cosner said. “SEC and ILSC has been very welcoming to us, so I’m very appreciative of them taking the time out of their busy schedules to teach and share what they’re doing here. I have been sharing everything that is applicable to our MOS with our classmates.”