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2nd Signal Brigade (United States)

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Active
  
1 June 1974 – present

Allegiance
  
United States Army

Size
  
Brigade

Country
  
United States

Type
  
Signals brigade

Part of
  
5th Signal Command

2nd Signal Brigade (United States)

The 2nd Signal Brigade is a military communications brigade of the United States Army subordinate to the 5th Signal Command and located at Clay Kaserne (Wiesbaden, Germany).

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Composition

  • 2nd Signal Brigade
  • Headquarters & Headquarters Company, Wiesbaden, Germany
  • 39th Signal Battalion, Chievres, Belgium
  • 44th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, Grafenwohr, Germany
  • 52nd Signal Battalion, Stuttgart, Germany
  • 102nd Signal Battalion, Wiesbaden, Germany
  • 509th Signal Battalion, Vicenza, Italy
  • 6981 Civilian Support Group, Mannheim, Germany
  • Lineage

    Constituted 24 October 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 3348th Signal Service Group, and activated in France

    Inactivated 13 March 1946 in France

    Activated 9 May 1946 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey

    Redesignated 14 March 1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d Signal Service Group

    Allotted 1 March 1949 to the Regular Army

    Reorganized and redesignated 16 December 1949 as Headquarters, 2d Signal Service Group

    Reorganized and redesignated 25 March 1953 as Headquarters, 2d Signal Group

    Inactivated 4 April 1955 at Camp Gordon, Georgia

    Redesignated 27 April 1961 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d Signal Group

    Activated 21 June 1961 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

    Inactivated 23 October 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington

    Activated 1 June 1974 in Germany

    Redesignated 1 October 1979 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Signal Brigade

    Campaign participation credit

    World War II: European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription

    Vietnam: Defense: 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

    Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1965–1967
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967–1968
  • References

    2nd Signal Brigade (United States) Wikipedia