The U.S. Army’s 106th Signal Brigade held a change of responsibility ceremony on Joint Base San Antonio Friday, February 10, 2023. Command Sgt. Maj. Sean Gerner relinquished responsibility to Command Sgt. Maj. Wesley Stollings.
Presiding over the ceremony was Colonel Joseph Gardner, Commander, 106th Signal Brigade. He remarked that CSM Gerner was “the pulse of the brigade,” who demonstrated the importance of a Command Sergeant Major in enabling combat power projection.
“[CSM Gerner] enabled leaders across the brigade to accept prudent risk as they executed their duties. His professionalism and role as a standard bearer for the command has been remarkable,” said Col. Gardner. He added that CSM Gerner helped synchronize Signal operations with warfighting and training command priorities by conducting senior leader engagements.
In his remarks, Command Sgt. Maj. Gerner thanked the former and current 106th commanders for their strong leadership and recognized the civilian leadership of the 106th’s Network Enterprise Centers.
“All of our NEC directors have enormous talent and enormous levels of commitment; they tackle tough challenges every day and they solve very complex problems at their level every day. It’s been an honor and a privilege to serve them,” said CSM Gerner.
Assuming responsibility as the brigade’s highest enlisted Soldier is Command Sgt. Maj. Wesley Stollings. He most recently served as Command Sergeant Major of 78th Signal Battalion, Camp Zama, Japan. He has served in a variety of other assignments, including the 122nd Signal Battalion, Camp Red Cloud Korea; 447th Signal Battalion, Fort Gordon, Georgia; 72nd Signal Battalion, Mannheim, Germany; 369th Signal Battalion, Fort Gordon, Georgia; and Brigade Operations Sergeant Major of 11th Theater Tactical Signal Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas. CSM Stollings enlisted in the Army 1996, and attended basic training at Fort Jackson, SC. He graduated Advanced Individual Training at Fort Gordon, GA as a 31F Network Nodal Systems Operator-Maintainer.
The 106th Signal Brigade traces its history back to Birmingham Army Air Base located in Alabama, where it was constituted as the 932d Signal Battalion and activated on 15 February 1943 with the mission of supporting Army Air Corps operations. In April 1944, the 932d was reorganized and re-designated as the 932d Signal Battalion, which served in Europe during World War II earning 5 Campaign streamers.
The unit returned to the United States in October of 1945 and was inactivated at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. The 932d was activated again on 12 August 1963 at Camp Des Loges, France and re-designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 106th Signal Group, as part of U.S. Army Europe. It was later assigned to U.S. Army Strategic Communications Command on 1 July 1964.
The 932d was relocated to Stuttgart, Germany in March, 1967 and later inactivated in November, 1967. On 16 October 1991, the 106th was reactivated, in Corozal, Panama, re-designated as the 106th Signal Brigade, and assigned to U.S. Army Information Systems Command (USAISC) providing strategic and tactical communications support to the U.S. Army South (USARSO) and U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). The brigade was later inactivated in October 1997 as part of the provisions of the Panama Treaty.
On 16 July 2008, the 106th Signal Brigade was reorganized and reactivated at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, as part of the 7th Signal Command (Theater), with a mission to secure and defend the western portion of the LandWarNet in CONUS.
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