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279th Army Field Support Brigade
279 FSB SSI
Active 2008-present
Country United States
Allegiance Alabama
Branch Army National Guard
Role Field Support
Size Brigade
Garrison/HQ Huntsville, Alabama
Motto(s) Integrity Always
Website https://www.aschq.army.mil/Units/279th/
Commanders
Current
commander
Col. Christopher Johnson
Command Sergeant Major CSM Roy M. Sosebee, Jr.
Insignia
279th Army Field Support Brigade DUI 279 FSB DUI

The 279th Army Field Support Brigade is a unit of the Alabama National Guard since 2008 when the 151st Combat Engineer Battalion and the 279th Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion were merged to create the 279th Signal Battalion in 1959.[1] The units predecessor units served in Alaska in World War II and in Korea. The 279th Signal served during the Berlin Crisis in 1961.[2]

The mission of the unit is to support US NORTHCOM providing logistics support to whatever mission they are given.

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