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Revision as of 06:04, 6 November 2023
| 22d Corps Signal Brigade | |
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 22d Corps Signal Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia | |
| Active |
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| Branch |  United States Army |
| Type | Signal Corps |
| Role | Expeditionary Communications |
| Part of | I Corps |
| Garrison/HQ | Joint Base Lewis McChord, WA |
| Motto(s) | Voice of Courage! |
| Mascot(s) | Eagle (Griffin) |
| Engagements | |
| Decorations | Meritorious Unit Citation |
| Commanders | |
| Brigade CDR | COL Charles D. (Dean) Smith |
| Brigade CSM | CSM Daniel (Dan) P. Costello |
| Insignia | |
| Distinctive Unit Insignia |  |
The 22d Corps Signal Brigade is a US Army Signal Brigade located at Joint Base Lewis–McChord, Washington.
Subunits
Current
Headquarters & Headquarters Company
51st Expeditionary Signal Battalion[1]
Former
Before its inactivation, the 22nd Signal Brigade had five active duty battalions and a headquarters company.[2]
17th Signal Battalion (inactivated 17 August 2006)
32nd Signal Battalion (inactivated 22 May 2007)- 440th Signal Battalion (inactivated 22 May 2007)
History
Post war and Cold War
The 22nd Signal Brigade was constituted as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 22nd Signal Service Group on 14 November 1945 with duties supporting the Army of Occupation, and later deactivated on 20 June 1948 while under the command of Colonel Frank J. Schaal.
On 27 September 1951, the unit was redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 22nd Signal Group and allotted to the Regular Army. The Korean War saw the activation of 22nd Signal Group in October 1951. The 22nd Signal Group took part in five campaigns and was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation and Streamer, embroidered Korea. The Group was inactivated in Korea on 13 May 1955.
In February 1964, the newly reorganized 22nd Signal Group assumed its first operational mission by taking over the Edingen High Frequency Radio Station and eventually 43 planned frequency sites. By the time the last site was under the 22nd Signal Group's control in August 1964, the group had become a subordinate unit of the US Army Strategic Communications Command – Europe, thus severing its ties with United States Army Europe.
When France made the final decision to withdraw from NATO, the 22nd kept communication channels open to withdrawing US forces until 16 March 1967. The brigade was inactivated as a TO&E unit until 13 November 1967 and was organized under a Table of Distribution and Allowances (TDA) as the Signal Group 22, supporting United States Army commands until 12 August 1974, when Signal Group 22's colors were furled in Mannheim, Germany.
In April 1980, a provisional signal brigade was established. On 16 September 1980, the 22nd Signal Brigade was placed on the active rolls in an augmentation carrier status. A reorganization of the assets of the 32nd Signal Battalion (Corps) to create the Brigade Headquarters and the 17th Signal Battalion followed.
The 22nd Signal Brigade (Corps), a major subordinate command of Headquarters, V Corps, was activated on 16 March 1981 by its first commander, Colonel Theodore W. Hummel. The 22nd Signal Brigade consisted of three battalions: the 17th Signal Battalion (Command), the 32nd Signal Battalion (Radio) and the 440th Signal Battalion (Area). The brigade's headquarters, along with 17th and 32nd Signal Battalions, were headquartered in Hoechst, while the 440th Signal Battalion remained in Darmstadt. The V Corps G6 office was located with the V Corps Headquarters in Frankfurt.
Gulf War
In 1990, brigade soldiers (Charlie Company 17th Signal Battalion located at that time on Gibbs Kaserne in Frankfurt) in support of 143rd Signal Battalion 3rd Armored Division deployed to Saudi Arabia as part of Operation Desert Storm. The 22nd Signal Brigade was re-equipped with the Army's Mobile Subscriber Equipment in the Central Region of Germany immediately after Desert Storm and successfully weathered Army force reductions in USAREUR, reorganizing into its final structure.
In late 1993 the Brigade Headquarters began its physical relocation from Camp King in Oberüsel Germany to Kelly Barracks in Darmstadt Germany, along with its 32nd and 440th Signal Battalions. During this move the enlisted barracked soldiers of HHC and G6 were temporarily housed at the Ernest Ludwig Kaserne in Darmstadt, where they were the soul occupants of this small enclosed one square block military facility. The 17th Signal Battalion Headquarters was in Kitzingen, at Larson Barracks. The Corps G6 office was moved from Frankfurt to Heidelberg when the V Corps Headquarters moved there.
Balkans deployment
In 1995, under the operational command of the 1st Armored Division's Task Force Eagle, the 22nd Signal Brigade Headquarters, 440th Signal Battalion, elements of the 17th and 32nd Signal Battalions, and 1AD's 141st Signal Battalion, deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina in support of Multi-National Division-North. Brigade Signaleers were the first elements to fly into Tuzla Airbase and cross the swollen Sava River during that first frozen December. The Brigade Task Force went on to install over 11 MSE node centers and over 43 small extension switching teams in support of US, Russian, Turk, and Nordic Polish forces throughout the Task Force Eagle area of operations in Bosnia. TFE Signaleers broke new ground in providing reliable voice, data, and video teleconferencing capabilities to MND-North's dispersed forces.
After returning to Germany in December 1996, the brigade quickly reestablished itself as the premier tactical signal brigade in the Army. The brigade has been at the leading edge of tactical and technological innovations while supporting a vigorous USAREUR and V Corps exercise and training program. Beginning in 1995, 22nd Signaleers were continuously deployed in support of both the 1st Infantry Division and 1st Armored Division in Bosnia, US EUCOM's national support element in Hungary and NATO's Task Force Able Sentry in Macedonia. In May 1998, the brigade once again deployed the 440th Signal Battalion to Bosnia as the 1st Armored Division's Task Force Eagle Signal Support Force. In 2003, the brigade deployed all of its battalions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Operation Iraqi Freedom 05-07
After returning to Darmstadt, Germany, 22nd Signal Brigade recovered, reconstituted, and retrained with V Corps on various exercises from 2004-2005. The Brigade again deployed to Iraq for its second brigade-wide deployment from October 2005-September 2006. The Brigade, Commanded by COL Frederick A. Cross and CSM Thomas Clark, formed the base of ‘TASK FORCE ADLER” which consisted of HHC, 22nd Signal Brigade, 32nd Signal Battalion, and 440th Signal Battalion all from Darmstadt, Germany, were joined by 29th Singal Battalion (Fort Lewis, WA), 40th Signal Battalion (Fort Huachuca, AZ), 136th Signal Battalion (Texas Army National Guard), and Delta Company, 111th Signal Battalion (South Carolina Army Reserves) and 842nd Signal Company (Florida Army Reserves) with over 3000 Soldiers at full strength. As one artifact states…”Forged in Combat, Task Force Adler set the stand for multi-discipline, full-spectrum sign support to combatant commanders. The Brigade’s unmatched and unwavering commitment in support of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM 05-07 rotation, greatly contributed to the resounding success of Multi-National Corps Iraq, and the Multi-National Force Iraq in meeting their operational and strategic goals.”
The brigade returned to Darmstadt, Germany in September 2006 and began preparations for inactivation of V Corps and the brigade. On 22 May 2007, 22nd Signal Brigade along with 32nd Signal Battalion and 440th Signal Battalion, were inactivated, closing this chapter of “Victory’s Voice!”
Reactivation
On 16 November 2021, the brigade was reactivated and redesignated as the 22d Corps Signal Brigade (22 CSB) headquartered at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM). The brigade was assigned to FORSCOM as a Direct Reporting Unit and under Training Readiness Authority of America’s I Corps. At a ceremony on 22 November 2021, 22 CSB assumed Command and Control of 51st Signal Battalion, co-located at JBLM. COL Charles D. (Dean) Smith and CSM Lisa M. Gandy assumed command of the brigade, both having served in the brigade previously. COL Smith served as the last HHC, 22 Signal Brigade Company Commander during the last deployment and inactivated the brigade in Darmstadt in 2007. CSM Gandy served with 22d Signal Brigade and served as a Solder in 51st Signal Battalion.
References
- ^ Wasickanin, George (24 November 2021). "New Signal Brigade activates at Joint Base Lewis-McChord" (Press release). 22d Corps Signal Brigade Public Affairs. United States Army. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
The activation ceremony included a special re-patching segment as the 51st Expeditionary Signal Battalion reorganized as a subordinate unit to the new brigade. The battalion was previously aligned under the 35th Signal Brigade, Fort Bragg, N.C.
- ^ "USAREUR Units & Kasernes, 1945 - 1989". usarmygermany.com. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
Further reading
- Dausen, Peter G. (25 January 1999). "CHAPTER 2 SIGNAL PREPARATIONS FOR OPERATION JOINT ENDEAVOR IN THE FORMER REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA". In Johnson, Douglas V. (ed.). Warriors in Peace Operations. Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College. pp. 3–29. ISBN 978-1423544227. JSTOR resrep12134.5. LCCN 98049232. OCLC 44371183. OL 11848784M.
- Howard, Richard A. (Fall–Winter 1993). "22nd Signal uses TACSAT to the fullest extent". Army Communicator. 18 (3). US Army Signal Center: 40–43. ISSN 0362-5745. LCCN 76644306. OCLC 495077190 – via Google Books.
External links
- "22nd Signal Brigade | 440th & 32nd Signal Battalions". 5 May 2005. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2022.