Headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany, provided forward-based deployable command and control communications supporting theater, joint, and combined forces.
The organization expanded from 1961 to 1964, adding 22nd and 106th Signal Groups, with theater responsibilities extending from Belgium, through France and Germany, to Italy.
STRATCOM-Europe assumed operational control of the brigade in June 1972 and was redesignated as Army Communications Command-Europe (ACC-E) in October 1973.
Additionally, the Command relocated to Taukkunen Barracks, Worms, Germany, in August 1974, and the 12th Signal Group was inactivated by July 1975.
The closure of the Worms military community brought the command to its current home at Funari Barracks in Mannheim in September 1996.
The closure of the Karlsruhe military community required 7th Signal Brigade and assigned units to relocate to Sullivan and Taylor Barracks, also in Mannheim.
In July 1991, the 7th Signal Brigade supported the humanitarian relief and protection efforts for the Kurds during Operation Provide Comfort.
2nd Signal Brigade provided major satellite platforms to sustain the operational base in USAREUR during each of these missions.
[2] Since 11 September 2001, 5th Signal Command's role as USAREUR's communication arm has become even more critical in the effort to support the Warfighter.
The process to build the infostructure in Europe as part of the larger GIG continues to evolve while our nation is at war.
This reachback extended the GIG and enabled the commander on the ground to: see friendly and enemy movements; disperse forces and conduct split-based operations; reduce the operational footprint; provide in-transit visibility of supplies, personnel, and equipment; and exploit information dominance.
From January through December 2004, Headquarters, 7th Signal Brigade and 72nd Signal Battalion deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 2, providing tactical communications in support of Combined Forces Land Component Commander in Doha, Kuwait.
[3] On 4 August 2017 5th Signal Command held a color casing ceremony at Lucius D. Clay Kaserne, Wiesbaden.