Formed in 1947, the 57th Signal Company is an independent communications company of the U.S. Army. The 57th Signal Company has served in Germany, Korea, Vietnam, Alaska, and Iraq. The company is currently quartered in Germany.
The unit's current nickname is “Titans”
History
Constituted 4 December 1943, in the US Army as the 311th Signal Service Battalion, it was activated 27 December 1943 at
Fort Monmouth
Fort Monmouth is a former installation of the Department of the Army in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The post is surrounded by the communities of Eatontown, Tinton Falls and Oceanport, New Jersey, and is located about from the Atlantic Ocean. Th ...
, New Jersey. It was redesignated the 77th Signal Service Battalion 18 June 1947. 20 October 1947, it was reorganized and redesignated as the 57th Signal Service Company. It was inactivated in Germany, 5 March 1949. It was redesignated on 5 February 1953 as the 57th Signal Support Company. 12 March 1953, it was reactivated in Korea. 15 April 1954 it was reorganized and redesignated as the 57th Signal Company.
The 57th Signal Company was reactivated in
Schweinfurt
Schweinfurt ( , ; ) is a city in the district of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the surrounding district (''Landkreis'') of Schweinfurt and a major industrial, cultural and educational hub. The urban agg ...
on 16 February 2006 by redesignation of Company A,
121st Signal Battalion. The 57th Signal Company deployed with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, in Operation Iraqi Freedom 5-6. The 57th Signal company employed the
Joint Network Node equipment suite
5sigcmd.army.mil
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List of activation and inactivation dates and places:
* 13 May 1955 inactivated Korea
* 8 August 1957 reactivated Korea
* 15 November 1967 inactivated Korea
* 24 February 1969 reactivated Vietnam
* 1 April 1970 deactivated after Vietnam
* 16 February 1973 reactivated Ft. Richardson, Alaska
* 15 August 1986 inactivated Ft Richardson, Alaska
* 16 August 1992 reactivated Germany
* 15 September 1994 deactivated Germany
* 16 February 2006 reactivated Germany
Campaigns
''Vietnam''
Tet 69. Counteroffensive,
Summer-Fall 1969,
Winter-Spring 1970
''Korea''
3rd Korean Winter,
Summer 1953
''WWII''
Northern and Central Europe
''Iraq''
Operation Iraqi Freedom
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,
Fall 2006
''Iraq''
Operation Iraqi Freedom,
Winter 2008
Decorations
# Army Meritorious Unit Commendation
The Meritorious Unit Commendation (MUC; pronounced ''muck'') is a mid-level unit award of the United States Armed Forces. The U.S. Army awards units the Army MUC for exceptionally meritorious conduct in performance of outstanding achievement or s ...
# Embroidered Streamer: European Theater
Coat of arms
Sources
* https://web.archive.org/web/20080618150432/http://www.57sig.2bct.1id.army.mil/
* https://web.archive.org/web/20080618085140/http://www.2bct.1id.army.mil/Primary%20Sites/index.htm
Notes
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