1st Signal Brigade (United States)

January 2021 1st Signal Brigade Emblem of 1st Signal Brigade (United States).svg 1st Signal Brigade unit insignia United States 20px 311th Signal Command Signals brigade United States 1966–present 20px Eighth United States Army Brigade Camp Humphreys, South Korea "First to Communicate" Vietnam War COL Byron J. Brown Commander CSM Calvin James Command Sergeant Major 75px Distinctive unit insignia 200px 1st Signal Brigade Flag The 1st Signal Brigade ("First to Communicate")Special Unit Designations 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.Raines, p 371 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.1st Signal BrigadeRaines, p 380 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.Raines, p 383 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 HumphreysAbout us https://8tharmy.korea.army.mil/1sig/about 1st Signal Brigade 14 December 2025 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 http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/sc/0001scbde.pdf 1st Signal Brigade Lineage and Honors Pike John http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/1sig.htm 1st Signal Brigade Globalsecurity.org 20 May 2011 Raines Rebecca Robbins Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the U.S. Army Signal Corps 1996 Center of Military History, United States Army Washington, D.C. Special Unit Designations http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/spdes-123-ra_ar.html United States Army Center of Military History 21 April 2010 23 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100609010022/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/spdes-123-ra_ar.html 9 June 2010 dead External links Official homepage: 1st Signal Brigade Category:Military units and formations established in 1966 001 Category:Military units of the United States Army in South Korea Category:Military units and formations of the United States Army in the Vietnam War