286th Signal Company
The mission of the 286th Signal Company is to provided a secure voice and data network to the 11th ADA Brigade, and it's subordinate Battalions. As required, provide interface between 11th ADA Communications Network and higher, adjacent, joint, and combined networks.
The 286th Signal Company was activated July 15, 1942 at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts. After intitial training, the company deployed to the Mediterranean Theatre , fighting in the campaigns of Aleria-French Morrocco, Sicily, and Naples-Foggia. The company was then redesignated as the 286th Joint Assault Signal Company, and was one of the first units to land on Utah Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. After earning the French Croix de Guerre (with Palm) for it's actions in the Normandy Campaign, the company went on to fight in the Northern France Campaign before inactivating at Camp Emory, California on May 14, 1948. The unit was re-activated on October 15, 1993 at Fort Bliss, Texas.
