362nd Signal Company
The 362nd Signal Company is a United States Army communications unit assigned to the 41st Signal Battalion, 1st Signal Brigade, in South Korea.
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Overview
The 362nd Signal Company, known by the nickname “Deuces Wild,” is a United States Army military communications unit based at Seoul Air Base in South Korea. It operates within the 41st Signal Battalion and the 1st Signal Brigade, supporting strategic command-and-control communications for United States and allied forces on the Korean Peninsula. Its current mission includes installing, operating, maintaining, protecting, and restoring joint and combined theater communications systems used by United Nations Command, the Republic of Korea–United States Combined Forces Command, United States Forces Korea, Eighth United States Army, and subordinate commands. The unit’s lineage reaches back to the 3263d Signal Service Company, which was constituted in the Army of the United States on 10 August 1944 and activated in England on 9 November 1944. It was inactivated in Virginia in November 1945 after the Second World War. The organization later passed through several reserve and Regular Army designations, including the 362d Signal Operations Company and the 362d Signal Support Company, before being redesignated as the 362d Signal Company in December 1954 and activated at Camp Gordon, Georgia, in January 1955. The company became particularly prominent during the Vietnam War. It deployed to South Vietnam in March 1962 and remained involved in the theater until March 1973. During this period it provided long-range tropospheric-scatter and microwave radio-telephone communications across a network extending from the Mekong Delta to the Demilitarized Zone, with a related communications site in Thailand. Its facilities connected major military locations including Saigon, Nha Trang, Qui Nhon, Da Nang, Hue, Pleiku, Ban Me Thuot, Soc Trang, Vinh Long, Phu Lam, Gia Nghia, and other locations. The network used systems such as the AN/MRC-85 tropospheric-scatter microwave system and TRC-90 microwave links. The 362nd Signal Company supported communications during numerous Vietnam campaign phases and received campaign participation credit for World War II’s Central Europe campaign and a broad series of Vietnam campaigns, including the Tet Counteroffensive, later counteroffensives, the Sanctuary Counteroffensive, Consolidation phases, and the Cease-Fire. The unit and associated detachments also received Meritorious Unit Commendations, including recognition for service during 1966–1968 and for Detachments 10 and 10A from June 1968 through March 1970. Following its Vietnam service, the company was reactivated in Korea on 1 July 1974 under the 1st Signal Brigade. It has since served as part of the communications architecture supporting the defense of South Korea and the readiness of United States and combined forces. The unit’s identity is therefore rooted not in consumer branding but in military lineage, operational continuity, and specialized communications support.
History
The 362nd Signal Company is a United States Army communications organization whose lineage begins with the 3263d Signal Service Company. That predecessor was constituted on 10 August 1944 and activated in England on 9 November 1944. After the Second World War, it was inactivated at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia, on 19 November 1945. The organization was redesignated as the 362d Signal Operations Company on 28 December 1950 and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps. It was activated at Savannah, Georgia, on 1 January 1951. On 1 May 1952, it was reorganized and redesignated the 362d Signal Support Company. The Organized Reserve Corps became the Army Reserve in July 1952, and the company was inactivated at Savannah on 30 April 1954. On 3 December 1954, the organization was redesignated the 362d Signal Company, withdrawn from the Army Reserve, and allotted to the Regular Army. It was activated at Camp Gordon, Georgia, on 28 January 1955. The company deployed to Vietnam beginning in March 1962. There it operated as part of the Army’s theater communications structure, initially associated with the 39th Signal Battalion and, during at least part of the later Vietnam period, the 73rd Signal Battalion. Its communications mission covered a broad geographic area, from southern Vietnam to positions near the Demilitarized Zone, and included a site at Udorn Air Force Base in Thailand. By the middle of 1964, the company operated microwave communications sites in locations including Soc Trang, Vinh Long, Phu Lam, Nha Trang, Qui Nhon, Da Nang, Hue, Quang Ngai, Pleiku, Ban Me Thuot, and Gia Nghia. The Vietnam network combined AN/MRC-85 tropospheric-scatter microwave systems with TRC-90 microwave links. Operation Back Porch connected Saigon, Nha Trang, Qui Nhon, and Da Nang, while also connecting Nha Trang with Pleiku and Ubon. Additional links connected sites in the Mekong Delta and central highlands, creating a distributed communications network capable of supporting military command and control over difficult terrain and long distances. In July 1964, the company had 216 enlisted personnel and 12 officers. The unit participated in or received credit for numerous Vietnam campaigns, from the Advisory and Defense campaigns through successive counteroffensives, the Tet campaigns, the Sanctuary Counteroffensive, Consolidation I and II, and the Cease-Fire. It received an Army Meritorious Unit Commendation for Vietnam service from 1966 to 1968. Detachments 10 and 10A separately received a Meritorious Unit Commendation for service from 1 June 1968 to 31 March 1970. The company also received World War II campaign credit for Central Europe. The company was inactivated in Vietnam on 28 June 1972 in connection with Operation Back Porch, although its Vietnam-era communications responsibilities continued through the transition and turnover of sites. It remained involved in the theater until 15 March 1973, when its final mission included transferring communications facilities to the International Control Commission after the Paris Peace Agreement. On 1 July 1974, the 362nd Signal Company was activated in the Republic of Korea under the 1st Signal Brigade. Its Korean mission has been to install, operate, maintain, protect, and restore joint and combined theater strategic command-and-control communications systems supporting United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, United States Forces Korea, Eighth United States Army, and subordinate commands. The company is located at Seoul Air Base and is subordinate to the 41st Signal Battalion, 1st Signal Brigade. It received an Army Superior Unit Award for service from January through December 2007.
- 2007
Army Superior Unit Award period
[1]The unit received an Army Superior Unit Award for service from January through December 2007.
- 1974
Reactivation in South Korea
[1]The company was activated in the Republic of Korea under the 1st Signal Brigade on 1 July.
- 1972
Inactivation in Vietnam
[1]The company was inactivated in Vietnam on 28 June in connection with Operation Back Porch.
- 1964
Expansion of the Vietnam microwave network
[1]The company operated a network of microwave communications sites across South Vietnam, including locations in the Delta, central coast, highlands, and near Saigon.
- 1962
Deployment to Vietnam
[1]The company deployed to South Vietnam on 23 March and began providing long-range theater communications.
- 1955
Regular Army activation
[1]The 362d Signal Company was activated at Camp Gordon, Georgia, on 28 January.
- 1954
Redesignation as the 362d Signal Company
[1]The unit was redesignated, withdrawn from the Army Reserve, and allotted to the Regular Army.
- 1951
Activation as the 362d Signal Operations Company
[1]The organization was activated at Savannah, Georgia, after being allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps.
- 1945
Postwar inactivation
[1]The predecessor company was inactivated at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia, on 19 November 1945.
- 1944
Lineage begins as the 3263d Signal Service Company
[1]The predecessor organization was constituted in the Army of the United States on 10 August 1944 and activated in England on 9 November.
Products and positioning
A specialized United States Army communications company supporting strategic, joint, combined, and theater command-and-control requirements, with a long operational history in Vietnam and South Korea.
Military communications equipment
AN/MRC-85 tropospheric-scatter microwave communications systems
A long-range communications system used by the company during the Vietnam War to connect geographically separated command and communications sites, including routes associated with Saigon, Nha Trang, Qui Nhon, Da Nang, Pleiku, and Ubon.
Military communications equipment
TRC-90 microwave links
Microwave link equipment used to connect regional communications sites in the Mekong Delta, central highlands, and central coastal areas of South Vietnam.
Military communications services · 1974
Joint and combined theater command-and-control communications systems
The company’s contemporary operational capability centers on installing, operating, maintaining, protecting, and restoring communications systems that support United States, South Korean, United Nations Command, and combined-force command structures.
Brand decisions
1974
Reactivation in Korea for combined command-and-control supportStrategyBackground
After its Vietnam-era service and subsequent inactivation, the unit was reactivated in the Republic of Korea under the 1st Signal Brigade.
Action taken
The company was assigned responsibility for communications support serving United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, United States Forces Korea, Eighth United States Army, and subordinate commands.
Aftermath
The reactivation established the company’s continuing South Korean mission and its modern organizational role.
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