11th Signal Brigade
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| 11th Signal Brigade | |
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 11th Signal Brigade Insignia |
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| Active | N/A |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Type | Communications |
| Role | EAC Communications |
| Part of | Army Signal Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Fort Huachuca |
| Nickname | The Thunderbirds |
| Motto | "Flexibility, Dependability" |
| Battles/wars | Operation Desert Storm Operation Restore Hope Operation Iraqi Freedom |
The 11th Signal Brigade of the United States Army is an element of the Network Enterprise Technology Command and 9th Army Signal Command (9th ASC/Netcom). It is based at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. The unit mascot is the Thunderbird, a hawk-like bird perched upon a globe shooting thunderbolts out of its eyes. Soldiers in this unit call themselves "The Thunderbirds"
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[edit] History
Designated Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 11th Signal Group, 4 September 1964, to support the Joint Chiefs of Staff worldwide contingencies. The 11th Signal Group was originally assigned to Fort Lewis, Washington, as part of STRATCOM, the U.S. Army Strategic Communications Command. The group became a regular participant in exercises in Alaska.
On 25 April 1966 the group was reorganized and redesignated Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 11th Signal Group. The following December, the group was reassigned to Fort Huachuca, AZ its current home.
As the 11th Signal Group the unit contained: HQ, HHQ, and four companies, 505th 521st, 526th, and 557th Signal Companies.
Units of the group participated in Operation Power Pack in 1965.
The group was designated 1 October 1979 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 11th Signal Brigade.
After Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, the 11th Signal Brigade (minus two companies that remained to execute other contingency missions) deployed to Saudi Arabia in support of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
[edit] Subordinate Units
Four battalions make up the 11th Signal Brigade:
- 86th Signal Battalion
- 40th Signal Battalion
- 504th Signal Battalion
- 54th Signal Battalion (headquartered in Saudi Arabia)
[edit] Capabilities
The 11th Signal Brigade provides echelon-above-corps signal support (EAC). It has the capability to install, operate, and maintain a tactical communications network supporting either joint or Army organizations, establish command center communications nodes, area signal centers, and small extension nodes. It provides installation, construction, and test teams on a worldwide basis during peacetime, war, and operations other than war, and in response to emergency requirements to restore or expand information systems facilities. Also, the brigade provides on-site training in the operation and maintenance of new or modified non-tactical information systems and limited commercial-off-the-shelf communications equipment and systems at worldwide locations.
Due to its total communications capabilities, the brigade can support the full spectrum of operations ranging from combat to peacekeeping to humanitarian. Since 1990, the brigade has participated in numerous contingency operations. The entire brigade took part in Operation Desert Shield/Storm. At the height of that operation, the brigade controlled more than five signal battalions and operated the largest tactical communications network since World War II. For its service during these operations, the brigade was awarded the Department of the Army Meritorious Unit Commendation. The brigade also took part in Operations Restore Hope and Continue Hope in Somalia from December 1992 to March 1994; Operation Intrinsic Action/Southern Watch in Kuwait from August to October 1992; and Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti from September 1994 to March 1996. Brigade soldiers have also supported operations in Korea, Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba, and Saudi Arabia. Most recently, the brigade supported Operation Desert Thunder in 1998 with a brigade task force.
The principal communications capabilities of the unit include tactical satellite, tropospheric scatter, super high frequency, and ultra high frequency line-of-sight transmission systems, and voice, message, and data switches. The brigade's communications networks are compatible with the mobile subscriber equipment communications networks found at corps and division level.
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