Theater Signal Command

As executive agent, the 311th TSC had command
and control all participating signal units. The 311th
TSC is also provided signal support staff to the U.S.
Forces, Korea (USFK) and the Eighth U.S. Army (EUSA).
Exercise participants include active Army, Army Reserve
and Army/Air National Guard Signal units. The exercise
reflects the Army’s total force integration initiative,
with Reserve Component units training with their active
counterparts. Signal units during GF99 provided communications
connectivity to the various locations of several major annual
training exercises, such as Golden Medic by the 3rd Medical
Command; Golden Kastle by the 372nd Engineer Group; Global
Patriot by the National Guard Bureau; and Summer EX by the
EUSA in Korea. Throughout the GF99 exercise, signal connectivity
extended to more than 27 different locations at home and overseas.
Units deployed in phases, validating whether their planning
efforts will lead to a successful assessment of their mission
capabilities. Such validation ensures that, when called to
serve, the communications resource of today’s military can
provide the connectivity necessary for command and control
during deterrence and conflict.

Constituted on 26 January 1944 in the United States Army,
the 3112th Signal Service Battalion was activated on 1 February
1944 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. On 7 June 1945, the 3112th
was reorganized and redesignated as the Headquarters and
Headquarters Company, 3112th Signal Service Battalion,
in Germany. The unit was inactivated on 5 December 1946.

The Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3112th Signal Service
Battalion was redesignated on 27 May 1952, as Headquarters and
Headquarters Company, 311th Signal Group and allotted to the
Organized Reserve Corps. This unit was activated in Baltimore,
Maryland on 10 April 1963. On 26 April 1954, the unit was
reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters
Detachment, 311th Signal Group. The detachment was inactivated
on 20 February 1963.

The Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 311th Signal
Group was redesignated as the Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 311th Theater Signal Command on 5 May 1995. The
311th Theater Signal Command was activated on 16 June 1996
at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.

Campaign participation

World War II service in Normandy, Northern France,
Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe.

The 311th TSC was redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 311th Signal Command on 16 June 1996 and activated
on 22 June 1996 at Fort G. Meade, Maryland.