551st Signal Battalion (United States)
Introduction The '''551st Signal Battalion''' is an active duty unit of the United States Army, housed on Fort Eisenhower. The MACOM for the 551st is (TRADOC) and they fall directly under the 15th Signal Brigade.The 551st trains the following Signal Corps MOSs:25B – Information Technology Specialist25H – Network Communication Systems Specialist 25N – Nodal Network System Operator/Maintainer25S – Satellite Communications Systems Operator/MaintainerAdditional Skills Identifier (ASI)25S 1C – Satellite Systems Network Coordinator
History 551st Signal Battalion Lineage*Constituted 10 December 1941 in the Army of the United States as the 551st Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion, Separated*Activated 15 December 1941 at Fort Dix, New Jersey*Redesignated 12 December 1942 as the 551st Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion*Inactivated 1 February 1946 in the Philippine Islands*Redesignated 23 September 1986 as the 551st Signal Battalion and allotted to the Regular Army; Headquarters concurrently transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Gordon, Georgia
Structure Alpha Company - Prior service Soldiers obtaining a new MOSBravo Company - 25S – Satellite Communications Systems Operator/Maintainer SoldiersCharlie Company - 25H Network Communications Systems Specialist Soldiers Delta Company - 25B – Information Technology Specialist SoldiersEcho Company - 25B – Information Technology Specialist SoldiersSSD - 25M – Multimedia Illustrators, 25R – Visual Information Equipment Operator/Maintainer, 25V – Army Combat Documentation/Production Specialist, and 46S – Public Affairs Mass Communication Specialist Soldiers
Honors ;Campaign Participation CreditWorld War II: Northern Solomons; Leyte; Southern Philippines;Decorations*Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 October 1944 to 4 July 1945Company A additionally entitled to:*Army Superior Unit Award for 1999–2000
References
External links * https://web.archive.org/web/20100610200859/http://www.signal.army.mil/551/index.htm