228th Signal Brigade 228th Signal Group 51st Quartermaster Battalion 151st Transportation Battalion | |
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Active |
1907 – 1 April 1919 22 August 1923 – 15 January 1946 3 February 1947 – present |
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Role | Military communications |
Size | Brigade |
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Brigade HQ | Spartanburg, South Carolina |
Motto(s) | "Strength in Electronics" |
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The 229th Signal Brigade is a military communications brigade of the United States Army part of the South Carolina Army National Guard.
Organisation[]
The current organisation of the brigade is as follows;
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company, in Spartanburg
- 151st Expeditionary Signal Battalion, in Spartanburg
- 1221st Engineer Company (Clearance), in Graniteville, South Carolina
- 1050th Transportation Battalion, in Newberry, South Carolina
Lineage[]
- Organised 1907 in the South Carolina National Guard in Spartanburg as I (Hampton Guards) Company, 1st Regiment of Infantry.
- Re-designated 1 April 1915 as F Company, 1st Regiment of Infantry
- Muster into federal service 1 July 1916 at Camp Moore, South Carolina
- Mustered out of federal service 6 December 1916 at Camp Moore, South Carolina
- Ordered into federal service 17 April 1917
- Drafted into federal service 5 August 1917
- Re-designated 12 September 1917 as F Company, 118th Infantry Regiment as an element of the 30th Division
- Demobilised 1 April 1919 at Camp Jackson, South Carolina
- Re-organised and federal recognised 22 August 1923 in the South Carolina National Guard in Spartanburg as F Company, 118th Infantry Regiment, as an element of the 30th Division
- Inducted into federal service 16 September 1940 in Spartanburg (118th Infantry relieved 24 August 1942 from assignment to the 30th Division).
- Inactivated 15 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Re-organised and federal recognised 3 February 1947 in Spartanburg as 218th Infantry Regiment as an element of the 51st Infantry Division
- Converted and re-designated 1 April 1959 as the 151st Transportation Battalion, as an element of the 51st Infantry Division
- Converted and re-designated 1 April 1962 as the 51st Quartermaster Battalion, and relived from assignement to the 51st Infantry Division
- Consolidated 1 January 1968 with 228th Signal Group (organised and federally recognised 30 April 1964 in Saluda), and consolidated unit designated as 228th Signal Group
- Re-organised and re-designated 1 July 1980 as 228th Signal Brigade
Honours[]
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I: Somme Offensive, Ypres-Lys, and Flanders 1918
- World War II: Northern France and Rhineland
Heraldry[]
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References[]
- Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Signal Corps. Army Lineage Series. (2005) Washington, District of Columbia. Retrieved 12 December 2019