Major Commands: NETCOM -> 311th Signal Command (Theater) -> 516th Theater Signal Brigade -> 307th Expeditionary Signal Battalion. History of the Unit
The 307th Signal Battalion was constituted on 27 May 1942 in the U.S. It was activated on 16 June 1942 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone. On 10 April 1944, it was converted and re-designated the 48th Signal Light Construction Battalion and was inactivate
d 29 November 1945 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. The 307th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion was re-designated on 26 February 1947 and was activated as the 307th Signal Battalion on 28 October 1953, and inactivated 15 January 1963. The 307th Signal Battalion was reactivated 1 march 1970 for the Vietnam Conflict, and inactivated 30 April 1971. On 31 July 1971, the 307th Signal Battalion was activated in Korea. The battalion inactivated in Korea on 1 October 1977; but was reactivated in Korea again 16 march 1988. On 15 October 2005, the 307th the Signal Battalion deactivated its 226th and 229th signal companies and became the Army’s first Integrated Theater Signal Battalion (ITSB) was re-stationed from 1st Signal Brigade (Korea) to the 526th Signal Brigade at Schofield Barracks, HI on 13 November 2006. The 307th ITSB’s mission is to install, operate, maintain, and defend tactical theater level communications systems in support of U.S. Army pacific, combined and joint task forces, and combatant commanders to support the full range of military operations. Three of the 307th companies are now located in Hawaii, with the fourth, Charlie Company, stationed at Fort Richardson, Alaska. In May 2009 the 307th Integrated Theater Signal Battalion began its’ transformation from an ITSB to an Expeditionary Signal Battalion (ESB), with a platoon from Bravo Company and sections from the Headquarters Company going through Joint Network Node (JNN) new equipment training and fielding. In February 2010, the Battalion received orders to deploy to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as part of the presidential force uplift. The unit executed an accelerated new equipment deployment and deployed across regional commands South and North and where the battalion headquarters became the regional network control Center-North in less than 120 days. On 16 October 2010 the battalion officially became an Expeditionary Signal Battalion, though it had been functioning as a true ESB since its June deployment when it supported three combat commanders (PACOM, NORTHCOM, CENTCOM) simultaneously. Charlie Company is one of three ESB Companies (Alpha & Bravo) assigned to the USARPAC Area of Operations. C Co is detached to JBER, Alaska supporting US Army Alaska and the 59th Signal Battalion.
