{{Use American English|date=November 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox military unit | unit_name = 2nd Theater Signal Brigade | image = 2SigBde SSI.svg | caption = 2nd Theater Signal Brigade Shoulder Sleeve Insignia | dates = 1944–1946<br />1946–1955<br />1961–1971<br />1974–present | country = {{flag|United States}} | branch = {{army|United States}} | type = Signal | size = Brigade | command_structure = 20px United States Army Europe and Africa | garrison = Lucius D. Clay Kaserne, Germany | garrison_label = Headquarters | motto = "Brigade of Excellence" | colors = {{Color box|orange|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|white|border=darkgray}} Orange and white | battles = '''World War II'''<br />'''Vietnam''' | website = [http://www.2sigbde.army.mil 2nd Theater Signal Brigade] | current_commander = Col. Michael R. Kaloostian | current_commander_label = Commander | identification_symbol = File:2_Sig_Bde_DUI.png | identification_symbol_label = Distinctive unit insignia }} The '''2nd Theater Signal Brigade''' is a military communications brigade of the United States Army subordinate to the Army Network Enterprise Technology Command with headquarters at Lucius D. Clay Kaserne, Germany.
The mission of the 2nd Theater Signal Brigade is to "deliver integrated and interoperable theater communications and cyber capabilities to enable decision dominance across all levels and phases of war in support of combat forces and mission partners in Europe and Africa."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.2sigbde.army.mil/About-Us/Mission/|title=2d Theater Signal Brigade - Mission Statement|access-date=10 November 2023}}</ref>
== Units == As of 2025 the 2nd Theater Signal Brigade consists of the following units:<ref>{{cite web |title=2nd Theater Signal Brigade units |url=https://www.2sigbde.army.mil/About-Us/Units/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113213610/http://www.2sigbde.army.mil/About-Us/Units/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 November 2018 |publisher=2nd Theater Signal Brigade |access-date=2 May 2023}}</ref>
* 24px '''2nd Theater Signal Brigade''', in Wiesbaden (Germany) ** Headquarters and Headquarters Company, in Wiesbaden ** 39th Strategic Signal Battalion (39th SSB), at Chievres Air Base (Belgium) *** 128th Signal Company, Schinnen, Holland *** 518th Signal Company, Linderhofe, FRG *** 132d Signal Company, Giessen, FRG *** 581st Signal Company, Bremerhaven, FRG ** 44th Expeditionary Signal Battalion (44th ESB), in Baumholder ** 52nd Strategic Signal Battalion (52nd SSB), in Stuttgart ** 102nd Strategic Signal Battalion (102nd SSB), in Wiesbaden *** 228th Signal Company, Frankfurt, FRG *** 232d Signal Company, Worms, FRG *** 261st Signal Company, Hanau, FRG ** 509th Strategic Signal Battalion, in Vicenza ** 6981st Civilian Support Group (6981st CSG), in Germersheim
The 509th Strategic Signal Battalion supports U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa.<ref>{{cite web |title=Army Southern European Task Force, Africa |url=https://www.setaf-africa.army.mil/about |publisher=Army Southern European Task Force, Africa |access-date=2 May 2023}}</ref>
==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{{sfn|Raines|2005|page=27}}
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{{sfn|Center of Military History|2011}}
'''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 *Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2004-2005{{sfn|Center of Military History|2011}} *Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2009-2010
==References== {{reflist}} * {{Cite web|last=Center of Military History |url=https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/sc/0002scbde.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902153924/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/sc/0002scbde.htm|url-status=|date=2011 |archive-date=2 September 2024|title=HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 2d SIGNAL BRIGADE - Lineage and Honors Information |website=history.army.mil|access-date=2026-05-02}} * {{cite web |last1=Raines |first1=Rebecca Robbins |title=Signal Corps |series=Army Lineage Series |url=https://history.army.mil/Publications/Publications-Catalog/Signal-Corps/ |publisher=US Army Center of Military History |date=2005}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.2sigbde.army.mil}}
{{United States Army Europe and Africa}} {{Authority control}}
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