The 7th Signal Brigade was a

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of the

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subordinate to the 5th Signal Command located in Germany. By the end of 1965, all USAREUR communications duties, and even the position of USAREUR Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications–Electronics had been transferred to the STRATCOM-Europe sub-command. The Signal transformation trend continued through the 1970s; 7th Signal Brigade was activated in 1970 from assets of the deactivated Seventh Army communications command. STRATCOM-Europe assumed operational control of the brigade in June 1972 and was redesignated as

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(ACC-E) in October 1973. During the summer of 1974, when ACC-E reorganized as Headquarters, 7th Signal Brigade remained under 5th Signal Command's operational control. In 1981, it was officially assigned to 5th Signal Command. The

7th Signal Brigade The 7th Signal Brigade was a military communications brigade of the United States Army subordinate to the 5th Signal Command (United States), 5th Signal Command located in Germany. By the end of 1965, all USAREUR communications duties, and even ...

comprised the 1st Signal Battalion (Deactivated and cased colors at Kleber Kaserne on 1 April 1993), the 26th Signal Battalion, 44th Signal Battalion and 72nd Signal Battalions. Since the 1990s, 7th Signal Brigade has maintained a consistently high operational tempo. During

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and

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, 5th Signal Command deployed elements of 7th Signal Brigade to the

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. The 268th Signal Company from the 72d Signal Battalion, a subordinate of 7th Signal Brigade also deployed and were attached to

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’ 93rd Signal Brigade. In July 1991, the 7th Signal Brigade supported the humanitarian relief and protection efforts for the Kurds during

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. From January through December 2004, Headquarters, 7th Signal Brigade and 72nd Signal Battalion deployed to

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and Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 2, providing tactical communications in support of Combined Forces Land Component Commander in Doha, Kuwait. In March 2005, 7th Signal Brigade deployed Task Force Lightning, comprising elements of 44th and 509th Signal Battalions, to

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for

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in support of the

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. On 4 November 2016 it was announced that 5th Signal Command would be decommissioned.

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7th Signal Brigade Lineage and Honors

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