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Military unit
The 1st Signal Brigade ("First to Communicate")[1] military communications brigade of the United States Army subordinate to the Eighth United States Army and 311th Signal Command in Hawaii, and located at Camp Humphreys in South Korea.
History [ edit ]
Vietnam War [ edit ]
The 1st Signal Brigade was activated on 1 April 1966 in South Vietnam .[2]
At the peak of the Vietnam War the brigade consisted of more than 23,000 soldiers, in six Signal groups (including the 160th Signal Group ), 22 signal battalions and several communications agencies, making the 1st Signal Brigade the largest signal unit in the U.S. Army at the time.[3] [4]
South Korea to present [ edit ]
On 7 November 1972 the brigade was relocated to the Republic of Korea under the United States Army Strategic Communications Command .[5] Eighth United States Army , United States Forces Korea and the United Nations Command . The brigade was also given the mission of installing, maintaining and operating the Defense Communications System in South Korea.[3]
Subordinate units [ edit ]
1st Signal Brigade
Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC)
36th Signal Battalion
74th Signal Company
169th Signal Company
293rd Signal Company
501st Signal Company
41st Signal Battalion
201st Signal Company
275th Signal Company
362nd Signal Company
552nd Signal Company
304th Expeditionary Signal Battalion (304th ESB)
Headquarters Company
A Company
B Company
C Company
307th Signal Battalion
Headquarters Company
A Company
B Company
C Company
229th Signal (TACSAT) Company
U.S.Army Communications Information Systems Activity, Pacific
Lineage [ edit ]
Constituted 26 March 1966 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Signal Brigade
Activated 1 April 1966 in Vietnam
Campaign participation credit [ edit ]
Vietnam
Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase II
Counteroffensive, Phase III
Tet Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase IV
Counteroffensive, Phase V
Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Tet 69/Counteroffensive
Summer‐Fall 1969
Winter‐Spring 1970
Sanctuary Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase VII
Consolidation I
Consolidation II
Cease‐Fire
Decorations [ edit ]
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966‐1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967‐1969
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970‐1972
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2007
Citations [ edit ]
^ Special Unit Designations
^ Raines, p 371
^ a b 1st Signal Brigade
^ Raines, p 380
^ Raines, p 383
References [ edit ]
Pike, John. "1st Signal Brigade" . Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 20 May 2011 .
Raines, Rebecca Robbins (1996). Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the U.S. Army Signal Corps . Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army.
"Special Unit Designations" . United States Army Center of Military History . 21 April 2010. Archived from the original on 9 June 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2010 .
External links [ edit ]
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1st_Signal_Brigade_(United_States)&oldid=1191519201 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● M i l i t a r y u n i t s a n d f o r m a t i o n s e s t a b l i s h e d i n 1 9 6 6 ● S i g n a l b r i g a d e s o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s A r m y ● M i l i t a r y u n i t s o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s A r m y i n S o u t h K o r e a ● M i l i t a r y u n i t s a n d f o r m a t i o n s o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s A r m y i n t h e V i e t n a m W a r H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● U s e d m y d a t e s f r o m J a n u a r y 2 0 2 1 ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n i s d i f f e r e n t f r o m W i k i d a t a ● W i k i p e d i a a r t i c l e s i n c o r p o r a t i n g t e x t f r o m t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s A r m y C e n t e r o f M i l i t a r y H i s t o r y ● W e b a r c h i v e t e m p l a t e w a y b a c k l i n k s
● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 2 4 D e c e m b e r 2 0 2 3 , a t 0 1 : 3 3 ( U T C ) . ● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
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This article incorporates public domain material from 1st Signal Brigade Lineage and Honors (PDF). United States Army Center of Military History.
