516th Signal Brigade The 516th Signal Brigade is a forward based major subordinate operations and maintenance command of the 311th Signal Command . The Brigade supports the United States Army Pacific ( USARPAC ) . The Brigade has five signal battalions , located in Alaska , Hawaii , mainland Japan , and Okinawa , Japan . The brigade mission is to provide and defend the Pacific LandWarNet and expeditionary communications capabilities as part of U . S . Pacific Command ' s Theater Information Grid and the Army Enterprise in support of Joint , Combined , and Army Forces , enabling the battle command and information superiority to the Warfighter . Vision . Team Signal . . . the Army ' s premier Theater Signal Brigade ; professionals trained and ready to support wartime operations ; ready to provide worldwide reliable , agile , and assured voice , data and video communications from sustainment bases to deployed command posts . History . The 516th Signal Brigade and its battalions were reactivated on 16 October 1992 , assuming the former missions of the 1106th Signal Brigade and its battalions , which were discontinued 15 October 1992 . The 516th is a Modified Table of Organization and Equipment , or MTOE command , while the 1106th was a Table of Distribution and Allowances , or TDA command . Today ' s brigade headquarters therefore traces its legacy in two directions : On the MTOE side , the 516th Signal Brigade was originally activated as the 3367th Signal Service Battalion on 25 November 1944 at New Guinea ; and on the TDA side , the 1106th Signal Brigade was a successor to the United States Army Strategic Communications Command - Pacific ( STRATCOM - PAC ) , which was activated on 1 September 1964 at Schofield Barracks , Hawaii . During World War II , the original 516th ( then the 3367th ) earned battle streamers for the campaigns of New Guinea , Leyte , Southern Philippines , and Luzon , with another streamer recognizing the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation . Following WWII , the 3367th Signal Service Battalion was redesignated as the 516th Signal Service Battalion in Guam . It was re - designated as the 516th Signal Group in Germany on 10 February 1954 , deactivating there on 13 November 1967 . Each of the 516th ' s Signal Battalions — the 30th today located in Hawaii , 58th in Okinawa , 59th in Alaska , 78th in Japan , and the 307th Integrated Theater Signal Battalion located in Hawaii and Alaska — also earned World War II battle streamers in their original incarnations . The 30th , 59th , and 307th participated in the European Theater , while the 58th and 78th were in the Pacific Theater . The 1106th ' s other predecessor command , STRATCOM - PAC , had communications - electronics responsibilities during the 1960s and 1970s for the United States Army in Vietnam , Korea , Japan , Okinawa , the Philippines , Taiwan , and Thailand , as well as Hawaii — a geographical area spanning one - third of the earth ' s surface . During this period , more than 27 , 000 soldiers and civilians were assigned to the command , with approximately 21 , 000 of them assigned to STRATCOM - PAC ' s 1st Signal Brigade in Vietnam . Over the years , many reorganizations changed the command ' s missions and names . It became the 1106th Signal Brigade on 1 October 1989 , eventually having five signal battalions in Alaska , Hawaii , Japan and Okinawa . During 1990 - 91 , nineteen soldiers from the 1106th Signal Brigade were deployed to Saudi Arabia to support Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm . Since then , the 516th has deployed soldiers to Somalia , Kuwait , Haiti , Honduras , Bosnia , East Timor , and other locations to support United Nations and United States efforts there . Since 2002 , brigade soldiers and contractors have deployed to Iraq , Afghanistan , and various other U . S . Central Command and U . S . Pacific Command geographical areas in support of the Global War on Terrorism .