256th Signal Company (United States)

The 265th Signal Company is a specialist communications unit of the United States Army currently serving the headquarters of the 17th Field Artillery Brigade and based along with them at Fort Lewis, Washington.

Lineage

 * Constituted 12 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3256th Signal Company
 * Activated 25 April 1944 in England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
 * Inactivated 28 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
 * Redesignated 25 March 1953 as the 256th Signal Company, allotted to the Regular Army, and activated at Camp Gordon, Georgia
 * Inactivated 1 November 1955 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
 * Activated 1 May 1960 in France
 * Inactivated 1 July 1967 in Germany
 * Activated 1 June 1974 in Germany
 * Inactivated 1 July 1975 in Germany
 * Activated 1 October 1979 at Fort Rucker, Alabama
 * Inactivated 15 September 1994 at Fort Rucker, Alabama
 * Activated 16 May 2008 at Fort Lewis, Washington

Honors
Campaign Participation Credit


 * World War II: Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe
 * War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined

Decorations


 * Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010