On July 4, 2026, America will celebrate its 250th birthday, and Tobyhanna Army Depot has proudly served our nation for more than a quarter of that time.
For more than 70 years, Tobyhanna Army Depot has supplied our nation’s heroes with the tools they need through several critical periods in American history.
The Army first arrived in Tobyhanna in 1912, when Maj. Charles P. Summerall first leased more than 20,000 acres of land for a field artillery training site, and the depot officially opened on Feb. 1, 1953, as Tobyhanna Signal Depot.
In the 40 years prior to the depot beginning to officially serve the nation, the grounds of the installation went by several names and served our nation in several ways.
Tobyhanna served as a tank and ambulance training center during World War I, artillery training center for over two decades, storage point for D-Day gliders, a camp for the Civilian Conservation Corps, a World War II prisoner of war camp, and a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers site.
When Tobyhanna Signal Depot began serving the nation, its vital and lasting readiness and community impacts were felt immediately. Its proximity to ports and electronics manufacturers made it an ideal site for the nation’s first permanent Signal Corps depot on the east coast, and civilians eager to serve their nation applied in waves.
Much like the nation it serves, Tobyhanna Army Depot has continuously evolved and improved to meet the needs of an ever-changing force and battlefield.
Tobyhanna’s enduring status is due to its steadfast commitment to mission, proactive investment in capabilities and modernization, and ability to adapt to meet the needs of a ready, modern, and prepared generation of warfighters.
Depot leadership has a long history of anticipating the needs of our nation and the heroes who defend it. In two of the most recent examples, Tobyhanna Army Depot has stood up microelectronics and advanced manufacturing facilities and capabilities that directly align with the Army Transformation Initiative and position it well to overcome supply chain issues to provide our nation’s heroes with the assets they need when they need them.
As the depot’s workload profile evolves, cutting edge facilities empowered by a commitment to modernization join an already robust catalog of capabilities that includes decades of support to missions like tactical radios and shelters. This means Tobyhanna Army Depot is providing vital support to legacy, current generation, and next generation systems for all branches of America’s armed forces.
When looking at the history of Tobyhanna Army Depot, it is easy to see the tangible changes to the installation and the systems supported on it. Just as important to its success is what has stayed the same. The passion, skills, and dedication of generations of civilian patriots serving among the ranks of Team Tobyhanna is what has ensured Tobyhanna adheres to its critical mission of providing readiness to our nation’s warfighters.
Guided by its mission and inspired by the sacrifice of generations of American heroes, Tobyhanna Army Depot looks forward to providing readiness to the heroes who defend our freedom for the next 250 years and beyond.
Tobyhanna Army Depot (TYAD) is designated as the Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR), electronics, avionics, and missile guidance and control. TYAD provides cradle-to-grave lifecycle support through depot-level repair, systems integration, software and cyber engineering, and field support. A key enabler of operational readiness for Joint and Allied Forces globally, TYAD leverages new and emerging technologies to further expand the Department of War’s organic capabilities for microelectronics, secure communications infrastructure, uncrewed aircraft systems, Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2), Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD), and the Army’s Next Generation Combat Systems (NGC2). TYAD’s ability to rapidly surge production, deploy field support teams, and scale for contingency or theater-level operations makes it a vital contributor to strategic readiness and operational reach.
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