- 596th Signal Company (United States)
The 596th Signal Company is a signals company of the
United States Army . It currently forms part of the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Armored Division.It was first constituted on
13 June 1945 as the 596th Joint Assault Company,United States Army . The company was activated on20 June 1945 at Fort Jackson,South Carolina . The 596th was inactivated on15 September 1945 atCamp Callan ,California . On20 July 1951 the company was redesignated as the 596th Signal Support Company and was allotted to the regular army. The 596th Signal Support Company was activated on6 August 1951 atCamp Gordon, Georgia . On1 April 1972 the company was inactivated inVietnam . On15 June 1994 the company was reorganized and designated the 596th Signal Company. In 2007 the 596 Signal Company was deactivated.
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