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392nd Signal Battalion

Tents dotted Fort Detrick's Area B as more than 100 soldiers from the U.S. Army Reserve's 392nd Signal Battalion camped out for the two-week training exercise, Exercise Bold Standard '97. The Pennsylvania and Virginia based elements of the battalion moved trucks and equipment into place on Saturday, July 19. They will departed Aug. 1. The exercise linked reserve component signal units throughout the East Coast with the Defense Communications providing tactical communications. Fort Detrick was chosen for the training because of its proximity to the long-haul communications gateway provided by the 1110th U.S. Army Signal Battalion. The actual exercise began July 23, after the battalion had established its tactical transmission sites adjacent to Flair Reserve Center in Area A. Troops are on a 24-hour mission, operating in a tactical environment and will undergo a series of tests associated with the exercise that will challenge their individual soldier skills. Units taking part included soldiers of the battalion's Headquarters Detachment home-based at West Hazelton, Pa., the 301st Signal Company home-based at Fort Pickett, Blackstone, Va., the 305th Signal Company home-based at Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pa., and the newly designated Detachment One of the 301st Signal Company (formerly the 558th Signal Company), stationed at Flair Army Reserve Center, off Rocky Springs Road in Frederick.

The insignia was authorized on 7 Nov 1996, consisting of a shield blazoned: Or, a lion rampant Sable grasping a lightning bolt Tenné, on a fess Azure three fleurs-de-lis of the first. Attached below the shield an orange scroll inscribed "WE SERVE TO HONOR" in gold. Orange is the primary color used by the Signal Corps; gold is emblematic of honor and high achievement, and blue is for loyalty. Black and gold allude to the night and day, around the clock mission of the Signal Corps. The three fleurs-de-lis commemorate the unit's World War II campaigns in Normandy, Northern France and Ardennes-Alsace, while the lion represents the Central Europe campaign. The lion embodies courage and strength, and the lightning bolt it grasps symbolizes electronic technology and quick response.

The Unit was constituted 23 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 392d Signal Company, Aviation. Activated 1 August 1942 at MacDill Field, Florida. Redesignated 16 January 1944 as the 392d Signal Company, Air Force. Reorganized and redesignated 26 August 1944 as the 1709th Signal Service Battalion. Inactivated 12 November 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York. Redesignated 16 March 1954 as Headquarters, 392d Signal Battalion, and allotted to the Army Reserve. Activated 1 May 1954 at New York, New York. Inactivated 1 February 1956 at New York, New York. Redesignated 8 August 1956 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 392d Signal Battalion. Activated 1 October 1956 at Concord, New Hampshire. Inactivated 1 February 1963 at Concord, New Hampshire. Activated 16 October 1995 at West Hazleton, Pennsylvania.