There are many advantages of becoming a member of the Association. Some of these are:

• Directories
  
  
  • Database

  We have a database of over 3,000 Brigade veterans, most from Vietnam. This is a searchable database. You can search for your old friends by several different categories. The database includes name, address, phone number, e-mail address, unit served in, years and military grade in Brigade.

  • Military Causalities

  There were more than 250 Brigade casualties in Vietnam. There was an initial research effort to identify these causalities and 236 were identified. Robert Stephens (41st Sig Bn, 64-67 and 69-70) has done a superb research effort on Brigade causalities. He has identified a few that were on our list that were not in the Brigade but he has identified nearly two dozen who were not on our list. The total number of causalities is more than 250. Robert’s work is continuing.  He is getting the actual causality data from the government. A database of these causalities is searchable.

  • Civilian Causalities

  There were at least a dozen civilian causalities. Most were Page Engineer employees building the Pr’ Line site outside of Dalat.  Details of the Page ambush are contained in the article, “Dalat – Pr’Line Ambush of Page Communications Engineers, Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1966”.

  • Retirees Deaths

  There is a list of the deaths of some of our veterans. This list is primarily senior officers whose death was published in newspapers. This list can be expanded as long as you brigade veterans send the necessary information to the Association Secretary, sec@1stSigBdeAssn.org.   

• Leadership Team
  
  
  • Board of Directors

  Currently there are ten Brigade Veterans on the Board of Directors. They include five officers and five enlisted. We are looking for additional members, hopefully including Brigade veterans from the Korean time period.

  • Vietnam Team

  This section identifies all of the units, Groups, Battalions, Companies and other units that were a part of the Brigade in Vietnam and Thailand.

  • Vietnam Leadership

  This section identifies the Brigade Commanders and Command Sergeant Majors from the Brigade activation until the present. Photographs are provided where available.

• Association News

This section includes news  articles pertaining to the Brigade and especially of the Association.

• Photo Gallery
  
  
  • Vietnam

  There more than 900 photographs from Vietnam that is displayed in a thumbnail size. A click on the thumbnail will display the photograph in a full size.

  These photographs were provided by the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM)/9th Army Signal Command. This is the name of the command we all knew as US Strategic Communication Command (USASTRATCOM).

  • Korea

  There almost 600 photographs from Korea that is displayed in a thumbnail size. A click on the thumbnail will display the photograph in a full size.

  These photographs were provided by the 1st Signal Brigade in Korea.

  • Other

  Pictures that have been submitted by members.

• History
  
  
  • 1st Signal Brigade

  There are several articles that have been written on the Brigade. These are included in the Articles section.

  • Signal Corps

  The Signal Corps has a long and colorful history. An article on the Signal Corps History is included in the Articles section.

  • Army Historical Foundation

  This section will also introduce you to the Army Historical Foundation (AHF) . Membership in the AHF entitles you to receive the AHF quarterly publication, On Point. A member of the Association Board has had an article published in On Point.

  • National Museum of the U.S. Army

  The AHF, partnership with the US Army, is involved in the planning for the National Museum of the US Army that will be built at Fort Belvoir, VA

• On Line Features
  
  
  • Event Registration

  You will be able to register for Association events on line.

  •  Dues Payment

  You will be able to join the Association and pay Membership dues on line.

  • Voting for Board Members

  You will be able to vote for new members to the Board of Directors.

  • Order Merchandise

  You can order and pay for Association merchandise. Our sales merchandise includes, Vietnam ball caps, Korean ball caps, Association ball caps, Association T-shirts, Bumper stickers, Association ball point pens and a Brigade coffee mug.

  • Charitable Contributions

  The Association is a Not for Profit group and we make Charitable Contributions. At the 2008 reunion at Fort Gordon we made a contribution to the Fisher House for disabled veterans. We will provide the capability for you to make a contribution to this worthwhile effort on-line.

  • Request

    This is where you can post a message and request information. Most requests have been to locate long lost friends. Several Brigade Veterans have been successful. Request is now limited to Active Members.

  • Update information

  You will be able to update your information in the database such as a change in e-mail, mailing address or phone number.

• Articles

There are several articles written by Brigade veterans that are included on the web site. This section lists these articles and provides a link to them.

• Links

Links to other sites are provided. They include sites of Brigade subordinate units.