The 253rd Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group (253 CEIG) is located at
Otis Air National Guard Base
Otis Air National Guard Base is an Air National Guard installation located within Joint Base Cape Cod, a military training facility located on the western portion of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. It was known ...
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, USA.
Mission
The primary mission of the 253rd Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group is to train, advise, and direct combat-ready units. A secondary mission is to provide a ready militia to protect life and property and provide peacekeeping services in the U.S. if called upon.
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The group is available to deploy anywhere in the world on short notice and provide communications, engineering and installation services in support of the Air Force. Upon mobilization, Air Force Space Command
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would assume operational command of the 253 CEIG.
History
The 253rd Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group relocated from Wellesley, MA to Otis in 1996 due to mission and equipment changes.
Post Cold War
Desert Shield
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/Storm began on 7 August 1991 after the invasion of Kuwait
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. Within ten days the 253rd Combat Communications Group units were involved in deploying equipment to support the Air Force
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and coalition forces in the Gulf. Volunteers from the 267CBCS, solicited by the 253rd Combat Communications Group Readiness Center, joined other Group members to deploy and support Desert Shield.
Global War on Terror
In 2001, the 267 CBCS, collocated with the 253rd Combat Communications Group, facilitated the first use of the Theater Deployable Communications Equipment during Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) was the official name used synonymously by the U.S. government for both the War in Afghanistan (2001–2014) and the larger-scale Global War on Terrorism. On 7 October 2001, in response to the September 11 at ...
. More than 20 personnel mobilized for the mission from September 2001 to July 2003. They augmented the Headquarters Air Combat Command staff in filling requirements for the U.S. Air Force/ANG.
Previous designations
*253rd Combat Communications Group
Bases stationed
*Otis ANGB
Otis Air National Guard Base is an Air National Guard installation located within Joint Base Cape Cod, a military training facility located on the western portion of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. It was known a ...
, (1996–present)
* Wellesley, Massachusetts (1960–1996)
Equipment operated
* Theater Deployable Communications Equipment suite[World Airpower Journal. (1992). US Air Force Air Power Directory. Aerospace Publishing: London, UK. ]
References
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