"The 55th also has the mission to document all types of operations and events for historical preservation of the actions. "In short, the mission of the 55th is to provide directed imagery that supports the decision making from the strategic level through the Combatant Commanders down to the tactical level," said Maj. Today, the mission of the 55th is to provide tactical visual information support for operational and contingency missions in support of the Department of the Army, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and Army and Unified Commands. Then, in 1917, the Army Signal Corps established a Photographic Section responsible for both ground and aerial photography. Since the 1880s, the Signal Corps has been taking photos for the Army. The photo documentation mission of the 55th stretches back more than 125 years.
Under the operational control of the Network Enterprise Technology Command/9th Signal Command (Army) - commonly called the Army Signal Command - the 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera) is the only active duty Combat Camera company in the Army. If you have ever seen video and still photos of America's Army in action while watching the nightly news, or while watching one of the many documentaries containing archive combat footage on television today, then you most likely have seen some of the extraordinary video and photos taken by one of the United States Army's unseen front-line warriors, the combat camera Soldier. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 2 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. 1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S.