JTF message switching network, radio nets and ensuring AUTOVON connectivity. Desert Storm & Humanitarian Operations The 35th Signal Brigade deployed to Saudi Arabia in support of XVIII Airborne Corps during Operation Desert Shield / Desert Storm from 1990 to 1991. The brigade established the largest tactical satellite network ever installed in support of a corps area of operations. The brigade consisted of the 25th Signal Battalion, 50th Signal Battalion (Abn), the 327th Signal Battalion, and the 426th Signal Battalion along with attachments from the 57th Signal Battalion, 3rd Signal Brigade. The Lion Brigade received campaign participation credit for the Defense of Saudi Arabia and the Liberation and Defense of Kuwait and the Meritorious Unit Commendation award for its actions. The brigade deployed to Florida to aid humanitarian relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Andrew in 1992, and deployed an element of troops in support of Operation Restore Hope in Somalia in 1993, which supported Army forces that secured an airfield and installations that allowed the freedom of maneuver of food and humanitarian supplies throughout the country. In 1994, the 35th Signal Brigade supported XVIII Airborne Corps during deliberate planning and the eventual deployment of US forces to Haiti. The brigade installed, operated, and maintained a sustainment base providing video-teleconference capabilities and numerous tactical satellite links to Fort Bragg. Additionally, the Unit supported efforts that protected U.S. citizens, aided the Haitian armed forces and assisted in the transition of Haiti to a democracy. Afghanistan & Iraq Since February 2002, the 35th Signal Brigade and its units have supported the Global War on Terrorism with multiple deployments to Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn. The Lion Brigade deployed to Afghanistan and Uzbekistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to support Combined Joint Task Force 180 and earned the Meritorious Unit Commendation award for its actions. Furthermore, the brigade earned the Meritorious Unit Commendation award for the Iraq Governance campaign of Operation Iraqi Freedom that occurred from 2004 to 2005. There, the 35th Signal Brigade deployed to Iraq to assume command and control over all Multi-National Force and Multi-National Corps Force systems. On 12 April 2007, the 35th Signal Brigade was inactivated on Fort Bragg. The next day, 13 April 2007, the brigade executed its last airborne operation from Fort Bragg with the last paratroopers of the brigade jumping into Preston Drop Zone on Fort Gordon. On 23 April 2007,