| 228th Theater Tactical Signal Brigade | |
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| Active | 1917-present |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | South Carolina |
| Branch | Army National Guard |
| Role | Signal |
| Size | Brigade |
| Garrison/HQ | Spartanburg, SC |
| Motto(s) | Strength in Electronics |
| Website | https://www.facebook.com/228thSignalBrigade/ |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Col. Jeffrey A. Heaton |
| Command Sergeant Major | CSM Lenin O. Castillo |
| Insignia | |
| 228th Signal Brigade DUI |  |
The 228th Theater Tactical Signal Brigade is a unit of the South Carolina National Guard. The 228 Signal was raised in 1907 as I Company (Hampton Guards), 1st Infantry Regiment. It was redesignated F Company and federalized in 1916. It was again redesignated in 1917 as F Company, 118th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division. [1] It would earn three campaign streamers in World War I: Somme Offensive, Ypres-Lys and Flanders 1918. It would be demobilized in 1919. The company would be federalized again in 1940 and were sent to Iceland to relieve British troops and serve as the Iceland Base Command [2] , then served as a training and support unit in the United Kingdom and in Continental Europe following the liberation of France earning two more battle streamers in World War II: Northern France and Rhineland. It would be mustered out in 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. [3]
In 1947, it was reorganized again as HHC, 218th Infantry Regiment, 51st Infantry Division. In 1959, it was redesignated as HHC, 151st Transportation Battalion, 51st Infantry Division and again in 1963 as HHC, 51st Quartermaster Battalion.
In 1968 it would have its final reorganization as 228th Signal Group and renamed 228th Signal Brigade in 1980.