392nd Signal Battalion (United States)

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392nd Signal Battalion
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Active1942—1945
1954—1956
1956—1963
1995—Present
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
BranchFlag of the United States Army.svg  United States Army (United States Army Reserve)
TypeSignals Battalion
Role Expeditionary Signals
Size Battalion
Part of 359th (Theater) Tactical Signal Brigade
Battalion Headquarters Baltimore, Maryland
Nickname(s)392 ESB
Motto(s)"We Server, to honor"
Engagements World War II
War on Terrorism

The 392nd (Expeditionary) Signal Battalion is a military communications battalion of the United States Army Reserve currently part of the 359th (Theater) Tactical Signal Brigade. The battalion is today headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Military communications military operations and doctrine regarding communications

Military communications or military signals involve all aspects of communications, or conveyance of information, by armed forces. Military communications span from pre-history to the present. The earliest military communications were delivered by runners. Later, communications progressed to visual and audible signals, and then advanced into the electronic age. Examples from Jane's Military Communications include text, audio, facsimile, tactical ground-based communications, terrestrial microwave, tropospheric scatter, naval, satellite communications systems and equipment, surveillance and signal analysis, encryption and security and direction-finding and jamming.

Battalion military unit size

A battalion is a military unit. The use of the term "battalion" varies by nationality and branch of service. Typically a battalion consists of 300 to 800 soldiers and is divided into a number of companies. A battalion is typically commanded by a lieutenant colonel. In some countries, the word "battalion" is associated with the infantry.

United States Army Reserve reserve force of the United States Army

The United States Army Reserve (USAR) is a reserve force of the United States Army. Together, the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard constitute the Army element of the Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces.

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Organization

The current organization of the battalion is as follows; [1]

Tobyhanna Army Depot, is a logistics center for the United States Department of Defense (DoD), specializing in electronic systems and located in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, near Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania. Established February 1, 1953, as Tobyhanna Signal Depot, today it is a facility for the repair, upgrade and integration of Command, Control, Computer, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems for all branches of the Armed Forces.

Lineage

The Army of the United States is one of the four major service components of the United States Army, but it has been inactive since the suspension of the draft in 1973 and the U.S. military's transition to a volunteer force. Personnel serving in the United States Army during a major national emergency or armed conflict were enlisted into the Army of the United States, without specifying service in a component.

Camp Shanks Largest U.S. Army embarkation camp used during World War II

Camp Shanks was a United States Army installation in the Orangetown, New York area. Named after Major General David Carey Shanks (1861–1940), it was situated near the juncture of the Erie Railroad and the Hudson River. The camp was the largest U.S. Army embarkation camp used during World War II.

Concord, New Hampshire capital of New Hampshire

Concord is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Hampshire and the county seat of Merrimack County. As of the 2010 census, its population was 42,695, and in 2018 the population was an estimated 43,412.

Honors

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Notes

  1. CurrentOps.com. "392nd Signal Battalion". currentops.com. Retrieved 2019-11-17.

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