9th Army Signal Command ( United States ) The 9th Army Signal Command is the operational executive agent for Army - wide network operations and security . It is the single point of contact for Army network development and protection , providing C4 information management of common - user services in support of the combatant commanders and Army service component commanders . It is the numbered command for the Network Enterprise Technology Command . History . NETCOM / 9th ASC inherits its name from the 9th Service Company , originally formed , 14 February 1918 . It was organized two months later in Honolulu , Hawaii . The command mission was the installation and maintenance of telegraph , telephone and coastal artillery fire control communications . It was manned by a captain , five corporals and 15 Private First Class soldiers . The commands soldiers also served on Oahu at a number of commands including Fort Shafter , Schofield Barracks , Fort Ruger , Fort Armstrong , Fort Kamehameha , Hickam Field , Luke Field and Tripler General Hospital . The 9th Signal Service Company moved its unit headquarters from Honolulu to Fort Shafter in 1921 . The command became responsible for heavy cable construction within the Hawaiian Department . In May 1929 , the 9th Signal started passing radio traffic with the mainland and Manila . In August 1930 , 9th Signal established direct radio links with the War Department station in Washington , D . C . . World War II . Signal operations at Fort Shafter started to expand after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor . In 1942 , the 9th Signal Service Company began to send radio operators out to Christmas , Canton , and Fanning Islands . It also supplied radio operators for transports sailing between San Francisco and Hawaii and for inter - island vessels sailing in Hawaiian waters . In April 1943 , the unit was redesignated as the 972nd Signal Service Company . On 8 January 1944 , it was reorganized as a battalion and designated as the 972nd Signal Service Battalion . Its manning had increased to 643 personnel . The unit had also been reassigned to U . S . Army Forces , Central Pacific Area . The expansion of the offensive in the Pacific and the growth in signal requirements required reallocation of theater signal resources . The 972nd Signal Service Battalion became the " wire battalion . " Its mission was to furnish personnel capable of handling the installation and maintenance of communications for the Wire Division of the Signal Office , Central Pacific Area . Major elements of the battalion were employed on the Island of Oahu and detachments were set up on the Islands of Hawaii , Maui and Kauai . The Central Pacific Base Command awarded the 972nd Signal Service Battalion the Meritorious Service Unit Plaque ( later renamed the Meritorious Unit Commendation ) , for the period 1 March 1945 , to 30 April 1945 . The battalion also earned the Central Pacific campaign streamer for the period 1941 – 1943 . The battalion ' s Signal Photographic Detachment was awarded the Eastern Mandates campaign streamer . Post - war . In January 1947 , the battalion was reorganized , having increased in strength to 760 . A Headquarters Detachment , and Companies A and B were added to the battalion . In June 1948 , the battalion was again reorganized , adding a headquarters company to replace the headquarters detachment . At the end of 1948 , post war organizational reductions in force brought the first of several inactivations for the battalion at Fort Shafter , Territory of Hawaii . In May 1958 , the Chief of Signal ordered the 972nd Signal Battalion back to active service at Tobyanna Signal Depot , Pennsylvania . It was activated on 14 May 1958 , as the 972nd Signal Battalion ( Supply and Maintenance ) . The unit consisted of only a headquarters element with no assigned companies . In July 1962 , the 972nd was reassigned from the Chief Signal Officer to Second United States Army . In May 1965 , it reorganized from a headquarters detachment to a headquarters company . Vietnam . In August 1965 , the 972nd was alerted for overseas duty in South Vietnam . It was attached to the U . S . Army Support Command and located at Qui Nhon . The unit operated signal depots , supply and maintenance points September 1965 to October 1967 . The 972nd was inactivated on 20 October 1967 , only to be activated again at Fort Lewis , Washington in May 1968 . Its soldiers trained for a five months , culminating in the unit ' s second deployment to Vietnam in October . The newly organized 972nd Signal Battalion arrived at Long Binh , Vietnam , on 29 October 1968 , assigned to the 2nd Signal Group , 1st Signal Brigade , U . S . Army Strategic Communications Command . It provided contingency communications support throughout the Republic of Vietnam . In November 1968 , the 107th Signal Company ( Support ) was assigned to the battalion . Later that month , the 972nd gained the 267th Signal Company ( Cable Construction ) and the 327th Signal Company ( Radio Relay ) . During October 1969 , the battalion transferred control of the 267th and 327th Signal Companies to the 39th Signal Battalion , 2nd Signal Group . The command was preparing for another inactivation . In October , the 107th Signal Company was released for redeployment to the United States . In late November 1969 , the Army inactivated the 972nd as part of the redeployment of U . S . Army Forces from South Vietnam . During Vietnam , the battalion earned ten Vietnam campaign streamers . U . S . Army Vietnam also awarded the 972nd with its second Meritorious Unit Commendation . Re - activation as 9th Army Signal Command . For the next 28 years , the unit remained dormant on the Army ' s inactive list . On 16 September 1997 , the unit was reactivated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company , 9th Army Signal Command ( ASC ) , a major subordinate command assigned to U . S . Army Forces Command . Oct . 1 , 2002 , the Army re - designated the 9th Army Signal Command as the United States Army Network Enterprise Technology Command and the 9th Army Signal Command ( NETCOM / 9th ASC ) . On 1 October 2010 , 9th Signal Command ( Army ) became a subordinate command to ARCYBER , Second Army .