58th Signal Battalion
The 58th Signal Battalion plans, operates and maintains DCS- and DSCS-Okinawa, providing strategic command, control, communications and computers (C4) for 30,000-member joint community; operate and maintain deployable satellite restoral terminal; provide Information Mission Area (IMA) support to U.S. Army-Okinawa.
The 58th Signal Battalion is located on Fort Buckner, a sub-post of the Marine Corps' Camp Foster. The 58th provides all Defense Information Infrastructure (DII) transmissions links on and off Okinawa, as well as all inter-base communication links. The mission of the 58th Signal Battalion is a critical role in inter-base, tactical and strategic Command, Control, Communications and Computer (C4) network support of joint Pacific warfighters. The 58th Signal Battalion also provides all Army direct and general support electronic maintenance support for the Pacific theater. The 58th Signal Battalion operates all joint DoD military inter-base communications as well as all Army intra-base communications.
The 58th's Defense Support Communications Satellite (DSCS) facility at Fort Buckner is a critical DSCS station. Its earth stations and Strategic to Tactical Entry Point (STEP) facilities provide support to four Commanders-in-Chief (CINCs): Commander-in-Chief Pacific Command, Commander-in-Chief US Forces Korea, Commander-in-Chief Europe Command and Commander-in-Chief Central Command as well as other national agencies.
The battalion operates, maintains and deploys under Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) control, a Contingency Satellite Earth Terminal. The 58th Signal Battalion also operates an area maintenance support facility and warehouse, provides communications electronics supply and maintenance to the entire western Pacific.
