11th Signal Battalion Unit Crest (Sure And Ready)

The 11th Signal Battalion is a descendent of the 3181 Signal Battalion which was activated 1 July 1944 at the Western Signal Corps Training Center in Camp Kohler, California. The battalion participated in the enormous communications effort that supported the invasion and conquest of Okinawa from April to June 1945. After the war the battalion remained on the island and was redesignated as a service battalion in April 1947. The battalion was deactivated in 1950, while in Okinawa.

The battalion served next at Fort Huachuca, AZ from July 1954 through December 1957.

On November 10 1958, US Army Signal Support Company (Air Defense) was activated per USAREUR GO 345, dated November 6 1958, with duty station in Kaiserslautern (Kapaun Barracks?). The Company was assigned to the newly formed 32nd Artillery Brigade (Air Defense) with the mission of providing signal maintenance and relay communications to elements of the 32nd Arty Bde which at the time consisted of only one NIKE Artillery Group.

The name was changed to include Battalion instead of unit in 1964 and finally to the 11th Air Defense Signal Battalion, 21 November 1967, with no change in mission, per USAREUR GO 269, dtd Oct 26 1967.

In November 1975, the battalion headquarters moved with the headquarters of the 32d Army Air Defense Command to Darmstadt, Germany. The remainder of the battalion was dispersed throughout Central Germany, in continuous operation in support of the 32nd Army Air Defense Command.

By 1984 the primary means of communications employed by the 11th AD Sig Bn were multi-channel radio systems which allow the Battalion to provide voice telephone, point-to-point, and common user communications. Each multi-channel system provided up to 12 separate circuits. The multi-channel system also allowed the Bn to provide automatic data links which was the primary means used for controlling air defense assets.

The 11th AD Sig Bn completed its change-over to the new MSE equipment by April 1991. The digital MSE replaced the analog Army Tactical Communications System (ATACS). The new network operated and maintained by the 11th connected the Fire Direction Centers of the ADA Brigades with the Command and Reporting Centers. The communications between the batteries and battalions was to continue to use the analog communications system until the J-TIDS became available.

The battalion remained in Germany providing communications support until the 1992.

On 27 October, 1992, the HHC, 11th AD Sig Bn held its deployment ceremony in Darmstadt, Germany.

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