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My wife's father's WWII foot locker was stored in her mother's basement. We've finally opened it and examined the contents. I'm wondering if anyone here could tell us what some of these items are. Her father was apparently in the Signal Corps (E5 or 6) in France late in the war and there are small booklets on how to behave in France and a few related to Zurich. What I have been able to gather is that his unit couriered officers and information around in small planes. The most fascinating item to me is a Signal Corps message book ---...

FORT HUACHUCA — “We will never forget,” Maj. Gen. John B. Morrison, Jr., told an audience of soldiers and civilians attending the annual Signal Cove of Remembrance observance Thursday morning at the Network Enterprise Technology Command on Fort Huachuca. It was the first time in the eight years since the cove was established that the annual ceremony did not add the name of another fallen soldier to the memorial, which is located just inside Greely Hall at the entrance to NETCOM. “Today’s ceremony is a time for all of us to remember the 101 signal soldiers and civilians who sacrificed...

FORT HUACHUCA — A time-honored Army tradition officially marked the return of the 40th Expeditionary Signal Battalion to its home post in Arizona Friday morning. Signifying its return, the battalion stood on Brown Parade Field as the unit’s flag, held by Spc. Jessica Mortimer, was uncased and unfurled by the battalion’s commander, Lt. Col. David Thomas, and Command Sgt. Maj. John Reinburg.

Domestic Spying Revelation Could Be Devastating For The Obama White House Peter Foster, The Telegraph June. 6, 2013, 6:46 AM The Obama administration will be bracing itself for a torrent of hostile questions this morning following the apparent revelation that the National Security Agency has been data-mining the phone records of tens of millions of ordinary Americans. Not to be confused with eaves-dropping, or bugging the phones of those suspected of conspiring to commit a terrorist or criminal offence, the top secret court order published by The Guardian appears to show that the NSA has been trawling the anonymous 'metadata'...

FORT HUACHUCA — While the first blood drawn during the annual Turkey Bowl on the post was by the 111th Military Intelligence Brigade, it was the last drop exacted by the 11th Theater Tactical Signal Brigade which proved to be the difference in Tuesday’s flag football contest on post. Over the past three years, the Blues of the MI Corps took home the trophy, but this year the Orange Signaleers won it by a 20-13 count. If there were a game MVP it would have been shared by two Signal soldiers — quarterback Warrant Officer Marcus Thomas, or wide receiver/corner...

CAMP VICTORY, Iraq — Soldiers of the 40th Expeditionary Signal Battalion are anxiously waiting for when they will assume full control of an important mission from the 67th Expeditionary Signal Battalion. Slowly the 67th’s soldiers have turned over responsibilities to the 40th, as the Fort Huachuca unit prepares to operate, maintain and install communication networks not only in Iraq, but Afghanistan and Kuwait as well. The 40th will be under to the 160th Signal Brigade, headquartered in Kuwait. As the Arizona soldiers prepare for the hand-off — which will be formally done at a ceremony today in Al Faw Palace...

SUSPECTED French terrorist Willie Brigitte tried to get information from his wife, former soldier Melanie Brown about the top-secret spy facility at Pine Gap, French police sources say. During her four days of interrogation by French officials in Paris last month, police said Ms Brown recalled incidents with Brigitte in Sydney that, on reflection, seemed suspicious to her. In particular, Ms Brown is understood to have told French interrogators that Brigitte questioned her at length about the US-Australian electronic intelligence station at Pine Gap, near Alice Springs. He asked her if she had ever been inside the base when...

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As I type, on the FT Huachuca parade field, the 11th Signal Brigade was (what I thought) practicing for a change of command ceremony. As I was watching the rehearsal, the speaker at the podium said that this event is to present the 11th Sig with the Presidential Unit Citation (PUC)for Iragi Freedom. Way to go 11th Sig!!!!!! Hooo Ya