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 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 Desert Shield 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

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, 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

Operation Provide Comfort Operation Provide Comfort and Provide Comfort II were military operations initiated by the United States and other Coalition nations of the Persian Gulf War, starting in April 1991, to defend Kurdish refugees fleeing their homes in northern ...

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

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

and Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 2, providing tactical communications in support of Combined Forces Land Component Commander in

Doha, Kuwait Al-Jahra Governorate ( ar, محافظة الجهراء Muḥāfaẓat al-Ǧahrāʾ) is one of the six Governorates of Kuwait. It is the largest Governorate in Kuwait. It includes the town of Al-Jahra, most of the northern and western parts of Ku ...

. In March 2005, 7th Signal Brigade deployed Task Force Lightning, comprising elements of 44th and 509th Signal Battalions, to

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

for

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in support of the

Southern European Task Force United States Army Africa (USARAF), also known as the ''Southern European Task Force'' (SETAF), was the United States Army service component command of United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM or AFRICOM). USARAF's headquarters were located on ...

. 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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