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Basically, Signal Facility Pirmasens was a battalion size unit that later became the 73rd Signal Battalion consisting of 4 companies and 1 detachment: HHD, 267th Sig Co and the 270th Sig Co were in Pirmasens. The 298th Sig Com was in K-town and the 327th was in Zweibrucken.
73rd Signal Battalion. Units were HHD, 267th and 270th Signal Companies, Pirmasens; 298th Signal Company, Kaiserslautern; 327th Signal Company, Zweibrucken; and the Landstuhl SATCOM Facility. USA Permissive Action Link Detachment; Outlying bases. Husterhoeh Kaserne served as the primary base for several outlying smaller bases, including:
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I was stationed with the 7773rd Army Unit in Pirmasens from 1954 to 1956 and worked at the depot repairing AN/GR3-8 radio units. First was sent to the replacement center at Zweibrucken and had a short bus ride to Pirmasens. At that time there was also an atomic cannon batallion stationed at the Kaserne.
In early 1974 STRATCOM Pirmasens was redesignated the 73rd Signal Battalion under the 5th Signal Command. Within the 73rd Signal Battalion, the 270th Signal Company was tasked with operating and maintaining the AUTODIN Switching Center.
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Nov 22, 2021 · HUSTERHOEH KASERNE. Husterhoeh Kaserne was a military facility in Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Kaserne is a German loanword that means “barracks.”. It was a United States military base 1945–1994. Since then it is a German base, most of which has closed. The base still has some US military operations and German military storage.
PIRMASENS GERMANY. Husterhoeh Kaserne was a military facility in Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Kaserne is a German loanword that means “barracks.”. It was a United States military base 1945–1994. Since then it is a German base, most of which has closed. The base still has some US military operations and German military storage.
