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PARTNER COMMANDS

1st Medical Recruiting Battalion include identifying chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and
4550 Parade Field Lane, Suite 5502 explosive agents, and substances; assessing current and projected
301-677-7447 consequences; advising on specific response measures; and
assisting with requests for additional state or federal support.
The U.S. Army 1st Medical Recruiting Battalion, Medical Recruiting
Brigade, United States Army Recruiting Command, recruits the most 48th Combat Support Hospital
qualified health care professionals available to work in the largest Bldg. 2118 Annapolis Road
health care delivery system in the world. 301-833-6611/6581
The battalion staff recruit for the U.S. Army and Army Reserve in The 48th Combat Support Hospital’s (CSH) core mission is to provide
15 states, the District of Columbia and all of Europe. Referred to hospitalization and outpatient services for patients within the corps.
as the “Patriots” and headquartered at Fort Meade, this battalion
consists of four medical recruiting companies-located in Elkridge, On order, the 48th CSH deploys by air and sea; executes reception,
MD., Boston, Pittsburgh, and New York City-and more than 120 staging, onward movement, and integration (RSO&I); establishes a
medical recruiters and civilian personnel located at 21 recruiting hospital area of operations; provides care and outpatient service;
stations throughout the region. and is prepared to serve as the Medical Task Force Command and
Control element and conduct split-based operations.
3rd Training Support Battalion (CS/CSS) The 48th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, which was active in World
312th Regiment, 174th Infantry Brigade War II and the Korean War, was inactivated in 1953.
2118 Annapolis Road
Human Resources/Recruiting/Retention: The 48th resurfaced in 2000 as a CSH, the Army’s first multicomponent
301-833-6668/6674 hospital, staffed by both active and reserve component personnel.
Family Readiness Group Liaison: 301-833-6671 The 48th CSH has the medical capability of a 248-bed hospital,
providing operating rooms, emergency medical triage and
The 3rd Training Support Battalion (CS/CSS), 312th Regiment is treatment facilities, intensive care units, minimal care wards, and
a tricomponent organization with active, Reserve and Active- neuropsychiatry services.
Guard Reserve component Soldiers within one command under
the 72nd Field Artillery Brigade. The regiment’s mission is to 55th Signal Company (COMCAM)
assist in synchronization and coordination for premobilization 845 Chisholm Avenue
training assistance and lanes training for priority and traditional 301-677-5342/5343
units throughout Maryland, Delaware, and the District of
Columbia. Upon declaration of mobilization, the regiment forms With a history dating back to 1943, the 55th Signal Company has
a Mobilization Assistance Team (MAT). All MAT members attached provided support in every major military offensive since WW II,
to selected mobilization stations assist in training and validating earning the Army Superior Unit and Joint Meritorious Unit awards.
mobilized Reserve and National Guard units for deployment. Originally designated the 55th Signal Repair Company in 1943,
A peacetime mission of the battalion is to serve as deployable the unit was ultimately redesignated the 55th Signal Company
Department of Defense military support to civil authorities for (Combat Camera) in 1993 as it assumed the role of the Army combat
disaster relief coordination. pictorial detachment, originally stationed with the Department of
the Army’s special photographic department at Fort Bragg, N.C.
32nd Civil Support Team In 1994, Soldiers from the 55th Signal Company (COMCAM) were
(Weapons of Mass Destruction) allowed to wear the maroon beret with a distinctive flash, as the
2253 Huber Road unit gained the coveted “Airborne” status.
301-677-7149
As the Army’s only active-duty Combat Camera unit, the 55th
The Maryland Army National Guard’s 32nd Civil Support Team Signal Company (COMCAM) rapidly deploys worldwide into the
(Weapons of Mass Destruction) consists of a full-time, 22-man full spectrum of military operations to capture, edit and transmit
Joint Army and Air National Guard rapid deployment team tasked high-definition still and video imagery in support of commanders’
with responding to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, tactical, operational and strategic objectives.
and explosive incidents and accidents; suspected and confirmed
terrorist incidents; clandestine drug/chemical/biological laboratory At any given time, 55th COMCAM has more than one-third of its
incidents; and all other suspected events, incidents and accidents forces deployed in support of missions around the world, as well
involving the use of weapons of mass destruction or toxic industrial as Homeland Defense/Homeland Security initiatives.
chemicals/materials. This specialized unit is broken down into six
sections: command, operations, communications, administration 7th Signal Command (Theater)
and logistics, medical, and survey; each member receives 8607 6th Armored Cavalry Road
approximately 1,200 hours of training to provide a technical 301-833-2124
capability to civilian emergency responders. This assistance may Official Website: https://www.army.mil/7thSigCmd

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