USAREUR Units - 93rd Sig Brigade

The 93rd Signal Battalion was inactivated in September 1972 in Germany. On 2 January 1980, under the Echelons Above Division concept, the 93rd Sig Bn was reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 93rd Signal Brigade and the 93rd was formed as a provisional command at Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart. The VII Corps C-E Officer, Col David Partin, was designated its commander.

Because of lack of physical space to accommodate the entire headquarters, the Brigade Hqs was moved in June 1980 to Karls Kaserne, Ludwigsburg.

On 20 February 1981, Col Billy Thomas assumed command.

On 16 March 1981, the 93rd Sig Bde (Corps) was officially activated and established itself as the backbone of communications for VII Corps.

The brigade supported VII Corps with three subordinate battalions: the 26th Signal Battalion (Corps Area) at Heilbronn, Germany, the 34th Signal Battalion (Corps Radio), and the 51st Signal Battalion (Command Operations), both located in Ludwigsburg.

The 34th Sig Bn, located at Krabbenloch Kaserne, had already been a VII Corps units prior to the formation of the 93rd. On March 16 1980, the 34th (with four companies) was officially recognized as a part of the 93rd Sig Bde. The unit's mission was to provide Multichannel Radio and Radio Teletype communications to the Corps Message Centers.

The 51st Sig Bn was formed at Nellingen and Krabbenloch Kasernes and joined the 93rd on 16 March 1981. The Battalion became the VII Corps Command Operation Signal Battalion with the mission of providing terminal communications facilities (message centers, data transmissions, air and motor message service, teletype) for Corps Headquarters, Corps Rear and the Corps TAC CP.

The 26th Sig bn at Wharton Barracks, Heilbronn, joined VII Corps on April 16 1980. The mission of the 26th Sig Bn (four companies) was the installation of three Corps Area Signal Centers. These centers provided telephone and record communication which linked Corps Headquarters to the Division Field Artillery Brigades, higher headquarters and lateral corps headquarters.

In 1990, the brigade deployed to Saudi Arabia with VII Corps in support of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. During it's service in SW Asia the 93rd earned three more battle streamers: Defense of Saudi Arabia, Liberation and Defense of Kuwait, and Cease Fire.

The three battalions were later inactivated in Germany and the 93rd Signal Brigade colors were returned to Fort Gordon for the brigade's official inactivation on 5 December 1991.

The brigade was subsequently reactivated on 16 February 1998 at Fort Gordon .