551st Signal Battalion (United States)

551st Signal Battalion
Coat of Arms
Active	10 December 1941– 1 February 1946 23 September 1986 – Present
Country	United States
Branch	Regular Army
Part of	15th Signal Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Fort Gordon, Georgia
Nickname(s)	"Patriots"
Motto(s)	"Watch and Warn"
Decorations	Philippine Presidential Unit Citation 17 October 1944 – 4 July 1945
Commanders
Battalion Commander	LTC James T. Atkinson Jr. "Patriot 6"
Command Sergeant Major	CSM Christopher E. Stadler "Patriot 7"
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia

The 551st Signal Battalion is an active duty unit of the United States Army, housed on Fort Gordon. 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 Specialist
25H – Network Communication Systems Specialist

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

Headquarters and Alpha Company - Battalion staff, 25B instructors, and prior service Soldiers obtaining a new MOS

Bravo Company - 25H instructors and 25H Network Communications Systems Specialist trainees

Charlie Company - 25H Network Communications Systems Specialist trainees

Delta Company - 25B – Information Technology Specialist trainees

Echo Company - 25B – Information Technology Specialist trainees

Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Northern Solomons; Leyte; Southern Philippines

Decorations

• Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 October 1944 to 4 July 1945

Company A additionally entitled to:

• Army Superior Unit Award for 1999–2000

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from 551st Signal Battalion Lineage and Honors. United States Army Center of Military History.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20100610200859/http://www.signal.army.mil/551/index.htm