141st Signal Battalion ( United States ) 141st Signal Battalion ( " The Communicators " ) was a United States battalion which deployed to install , operate and maintain C4I systems in support of 1st Armored Division operations , major subordinate commands and attached units as required . History . The 141st Signal Battalion dates back to 1 June 1940 , when it was activated at Fort Knox , Kentucky , as the 7th Signal Troop ( Mechanized ) . It was later redesignated the 47th Signal Company ( Armored ) , and assigned to the 1st Armored Division . On 12 August 1941 , the organization ' s designation was changed to the 141st Armored Signal Company . Detachments of the 141st were in the initial assault waves on the beaches of North Africa as part of Operation Torch in 1942 . The 141st supported the 1st Armored Division as it fought its way across the African coast , capturing Oran and cleaning out Tunisia . It was part of the division ' s spearhead in the Battle of the Kasserine Pass . The official history of the United States Army in World War II says of the unit during this period , " This unit was undoubtedly one of the best signal outfits in the Army … . The service provided by this crack unit suggested how effective communications could be in the hands of experienced troops . " After the Africa Campaign , the 141st moved to Italy , landing at Salerno . It fought as part of the 1st Armored Division at Anzio , Rome and Naples ; participated in the campaign of the Italian Mountains , and was with the division when it captured Milan . The battalion colors carry campaign streamers from World War II for Tunisia , Anzio , Naples - Foggia , Rome - Arno , Po Valley and North Apennines . After World War II , in February 1946 , the 1st Armored Division and the 141st redeployed to Camp Kilmer , New Jersey , where it was inactivated on 26 April 1946 . During the Korean War , the unit was reactivated in March 1951 at Fort Hood , Texas , but did not deploy . In February 1957 , the 141st Signal Company was reorganized as a battalion but was shortly deactivated again in December 1957 . Its current active status dates from February 1960 . In August 1971 , the 141st Signal Battalion began deployment to Ansbach , Germany , where it began its current history as a forward - deployed European - based Battalion . On 20 December 1990 , the 141st Signal Battalion was deployed to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Desert Shield . The battalion provided front line communications to the 1st Armored Division in the fast - moving VII Corps campaign to destroy Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm and the liberation of Kuwait . B Company was awarded the Valorous Unit Award . Upon redeployment from Southwest Asia , the colors of the 141st Signal Battalion relocated to Bad Kreuznach , Germany , where , on 26 November 1991 , they replaced those of the 8th Signal Battalion . In December 1995 , advance elements of the battalion deployed with the 1st Armored Division to Bosnia and Herzegovina in support of Operation Joint Endeavor . In September 1997 , the battalion again deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the Stabilization Force ( SFOR ) deployed in support of Operation Joint Guard . The battalion returned to Bad Kreuznach in June 1998 . In June 2000 , elements of the battalion deployed to Kosovo to support the 1st Armored Division ' s peace - keeping mission . In May 2001 , the battalion relocated its headquarters from Bad Kreuznach to its present location at Wiesbaden Army Airfield . In May 2003 , the battalion was deployed as part of 1st AD to OIF 1 . On 1 May 2007 141 Signal Battalion was inactivated . Remnants of the 141st Signal Battalion became the 146th Signal Company under the Special Troops Battalion ( STB ) of the 1st Armored Division .