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1st Signal Brigade (United States)

Field	Value
unit_name	1st Signal Brigade
image	Emblem of 1st Signal Brigade (United States).svg
caption	1st Signal Brigade unit insignia
country	United States
type	Signals brigade
branch
dates	1966–present
command_structure	Eighth United States Army, 311th Signal Command
size	Brigade
garrison	Camp Humphreys, South Korea
motto	"First to Communicate"
battles	Vietnam War
anniversaries
commander1	COL Byron J. Brown
commander1_label	Commander
<!-- Command Sergeant Major -->	commander2	CSM Calvin James
commander2_label	Command Sergeant Major
notable_commanders
identification_symbol	[[File:1 Sig Bde DUI.png]]
identification_symbol_label	Distinctive unit insignia

The 1st Signal Brigade ("First to Communicate") is a military communications brigade of the United States Army operationally controlled to the Eighth United States Army and administratively controlled to the 311th Signal Command in Fort Shafter, Hawaii, and located at Camp Humphreys in South Korea.

History

Vietnam War

The 1st Signal Brigade was activated on 1 April 1966 in South Vietnam. The brigade's mission was to originate, install, operate, and maintain a complex communication system that fused tactical and strategic communications in Southeast Asia under a single, unified command. The formation of the brigade brought together three signal groups that were already in South Vietnam.

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.

South Korea to present

On 7 November 1972 the brigade was relocated to the Republic of Korea under the United States Army Strategic Communications Command. On 29 January 1973 the 1st Signal Brigade was reestablished by General Order 56 from HQ, USASTRATCOM. The brigade's mission in South Korea is to provide communications support to the 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.

Organization

1st Signal Brigade, at Camp Humphreys
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company
- 41st Signal Battalion, at Camp Humphreys
  - Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
  - USANEC-Casey, at Camp Casey
  - USANEC-Humphreys, at Camp Humphreys
  - USANEC-Seoul Air Base, K-16
  - USANEC-Walker, at Camp Walker
  - USASA-Carroll, at Camp Carroll
- 304th Expeditionary Signal Battalion - Enhanced (304th ESB-E), at Camp Humphreys
  - Headquarters and Headquarters Company
  - A Company
  - B Company
  - C Company
- U.S. Army Communications Information Systems Activity, Pacific, at Camp Humphreys

Lineage

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

;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

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

References

Special Unit Designations
Raines, p 371
1st Signal Brigade
Raines, p 380
Raines, p 383
"About us". 1st Signal Brigade.

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