39th Brigade Special Troops Battalion ( United States ) The 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team ' s Special Troops Battalion is headquartered in Conway , Arkansas as an element of the Arkansas Army National Guard . Formation . The Special Troops Battalion was formed on 1 September 2005 as part of a larger reorganization of the 39th Brigade . The 39th Brigade was transformed from an Enhanced Separate Brigade ( ESB ) to an Infantry Brigade Combat Team ( IBCT ) under the United States Army ' s new Modular Design . This redesign of the army was intended to make the force more easily deployable by making brigades more self - contained and less dependent on support organizations at the division level . Major changes for the 39th Brigade included the activation of its Special Troops Battalion , with headquarters at Conway Arkansas . The STB became the headquarters for formerly separate companies within the brigade : The STB also serves as the battalion headquarters for HHC , 39th IBCT , stationed at Ricks Armory , Little Rock , Arkansas . History . Headquarters and Headquarters Company , formerly Company B , 39th Support Battalion . HHC , STB was organized from the former Company B , 39th Support Battalion . As Company B , the unit deployed as a maintenance company for Operation Iraqi Freedom II with the rest of the 39th Brigade to Camp Taji , Iraq . For more information on this deployment , see 39th Brigade Support Battalion . Company A , formerly 239th Engineer Company . Company A , stationed in Clarksville , Arkansas was organized from the former 239th Engineer Company . As the 239th Engineer Company , the unit deployed as a part of the 39th Brigade Combat Team to Camp Taji , Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II . The unit ' s two sapper platoon s spent much of the deployment mounted on armored HMMWVs as motorized infantry or conducting route clearance operations and escorting Explosive Ordnance Disposal ( EOD ) Teams . At various times platoons from the 239th Engineers were task organized to the 2nd Squadron , 7th Cavalry Regiment , the 3d Battalion , 153rd Infantry Regiment and the 1st Battalion , 206th Field Artillery Regiment . The company ' s equipment platoon was engaged in improving force protection at the 39th Brigade ' s forward operating bases and for conducting civil military operations in the surrounding area . One of the most important contributions of the 239th Engineers came in the fall of 2004 as they worked to rebuild Abu Nawas Street into the capital ' s central park . This area of Baghdad had once been a thriving entertainment district , but it had fallen into hard times during the last years of the Saddam Hussein administration . 239th Engineers worked for weeks to clear debris and restore the area as a place for families to gather . Members of the unit were also assigned to assist with force protection during the Iraqi elections in January 2005 . SPC Lyle Rymer II , a soldier of the 239th Engineer Company , was killed by a sniper while providing security at a bridge crossing in Baghdad during the election period . The 239th Engineer Company redeployed in March 2005 and demobilized with the rest of the 39th Infantry Brigade at Fort Sill , OK . The exploits of the 239th Engineer Company and their families back in Arkansas were the subject of a TV documentary series that aired on the Discovery Times channel called " Off To War " . Company B , formerly 239th Intelligence Company . Company B was organized from the former 239th Military Intelligence Company , which was originally stationed in Perryville , Arkansas . The unit deployed as a part of the 39th Infantry Brigade in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II in 2003 – 2005 . The unit was augmented in this deployment by elements of 629th Military Intelligence Battalion , Maryland National Guard , and elements of HHSC , 233rd Military Intelligence Company , California National Guard . Company C , formerly Company C , 212th Signal Battalion . Company C , STB was reorganized from Company C , 212th Signal Battalion at Pine Bluff , Arkansas . The 212th Signal Battalion was formerly headquartered in Little Rock , Arkansas , but was inactivated at the same time as the reorganization of the 39th Brigade Combat Team in 2005 . Company C , 212th Signal Battalion was mobilized for Operation Desert Storm in 1990 , but did not deploy to theater . Company C , 212th Signal Battalion deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III from August 2004 to January 2006 as a part of the 155th Heavy Brigade Combat Team . During this tour of duty , the 155th HBCT suffered fifteen fatalities . The Brigade served under the II Marine Expeditionary Force . Elements of Company C were based out of FOB Kalsu and Camp Dogwood . Company C , STB is additionally entitled to Campaign Participation Credit for the Aleutian Islands Campaign . The company served as a Company D , 1st Battalion , 153d Infantry Regiment during World War II and was stationed in the Aleutian Islands with the rest of the 153rd Infantry Regiment . Operation Iraqi Freedom 08 – 09 . The only element of the STB to mobilize as a unit for a second Operation Iraqi Freedom rotation was Company A . The STB battalion commander was mobilized to act as the 39th IBCT Rear Detachment commander . Soldiers from Company B and Company C were mobilized but deployed with other brigade units . Company A was organized as a 131 - man Convoy Security Company for OIF 08 – 09 . Company A trained at Camp Shelby , Mississippi with the rest of the 39th IBCT prior to deployment and was initially task organized under the 217th Brigade Support Battalion . In theater the company was under the Tactical Control ( TACON ) of the 142nd Corps Sustainment Support Battalion and was stationed at Talil Air Base . Company A demobilized at Camp Shelby , Mississippi along with the rest of the 39th IBCT . Heraldic information . Distinctive Unit Insignia : Coat of Arms . Symbolism :