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The 35th Signal Brigade ("THE Lion Brigade!”) was formed as the 931st  Signal Battalion (Air Support Command) and activated on 11 January 1943  at Esler Field, Louisiana. In June 1944, the unit was reorganized and  re-designated as the 931st Signal Battalion. The unit deployed to India and Burma where it provided communications to the American and British  Armies. The battalion received credit for participating in India-Burma, Central Burma, and the China offensive campaigns. It also received a Meritorious Unit Citation for serving in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.  Following World War II, the 931st was deactivated in India in 1945. The 931st was reactivated 25 April 1967 and re-designated as the 35th  Signal Group, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where it gained airborne status.

Since February 2002, the 35th Signal Brigade and its units have  supported the Global War on Terrorism with multiple deployments to Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New  Dawn. The Lion Brigade deployed to Afghanistan and Uzbekistan in support  of Operation Enduring Freedom to support Combined Joint Task Force 180  and earned the Meritorious Unit Commendation award for its actions.  Furthermore, the brigade earned the Meritorious Unit Commendation award  for the Iraq Governance campaign of Operation Iraqi Freedom that  occurred from 2004 to 2005. There, the 35th Signal Brigade deployed to  Iraq to assume command and control over all Multi-National Force and  Multi-National Corps Force systems. On 12 April 2007, the 35th Signal  Brigade was inactivated on Fort Bragg.  The next day, 13 April 2007, the  brigade executed its last airborne operation from Fort Bragg with the last paratroopers of the brigade jumping into Preston Drop Zone on Fort Gordon. On 23 April 2007, as the 93d Signal Brigade at Fort Gordon, GA, cased its colors, and the brigade headquarters was reorganized and re-flagged as the 35th Signal Brigade (Theater Tactical).