Nicknamed “Lightning Warriors,” a reference to the speed at which modern telecommunications operate, the 93rd Signal Brigade has been inactivated four times since it was originally constituted as the 93rd Signal Battalion in November 1941. In addition to four World War II campaign streamers (Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe), the Brigade also earned official credit for participation in all three Campaigns of the Southwest Asia conflict: Defense of Saudi Arabia, Liberation and Defense of Kuwait, and the Cease-Fire.
The Brigade was inactivated after in December 1991 following Operation Desert Storm. When it was reactivated in 1998 at Fort Gordon in Georgia, it became one of the Army’s first units to include not only individual Soldiers, but also entire elements from non-Active Duty components of the Army. Designated as a “multi-compo” unit, the 93rd had nearly a third of its positions filled by National Guard or Amy Reserve personnel by October 1999. In April 2007, the Brigade was inactivated at Fort Gordon (now known as Fort Eisenhower) and re-activated the following year at Fort Eustis in Virginia as part of two Signal Brigades operating under 7th Signal Command (Theater).
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