The 327th Signal Battalion (Airborne) provided worldwide rapidly deployable signal support for the Joint Task Force Headquarters, XVIII Airborne Corp and designated Major Subordinate Commands in times of peace and war. The unit was officially activated on June 30, 1952. It was deactivated in April 2007.
Here is an abbreviated history of the 327th Signal Battalion as gathered from various sources:
The unit was constituted on 26 May 1952 in the Organized Reserve Corps as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 327th Signal Support BattalionIt was officially activated 30 June 1952 at Tampa, Florida(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
The unit was reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 327th Signal BattalionInactivated 7 July 1959 at Tampa, FloridaWithdrawn 18 April 1967 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular ArmyActivated 1 August 1967 at Fort Bragg, North CarolinaReorganized and redesignated 16 September 1980 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 327th Signal Battalion; concurrently, the 416th Signal Company (see ANNEX 1) and the 221st Signal Company (see ANNEX 2)reorganized and redesignated, respectively, as Company A and Company B, 327th Signal Battalion
Constituted 29 August 1940 in the Regular Army as the 316th Signal Aviation CompanyActivated 20 September 1940 at Mitchel Field, New YorkRedesignated 5 March 1941 as the 316th Signal Company, Air WingRedesignated 24 October 1941 as the 416th Signal Company, AviationInactivated 16 October 1945 in ItalyRedesignated 15 December 1954 as the 416th Signal Aviation CompanyActivated 7 February 1955 at Fort Huachuca, ArizonaReorganized and redesignated 26 May 1961 as the 416th Signal CompanyInactivated 2 February 1963 at Fort Huachuca, ArizonaActivated 18 August 1965 at Fort Lee, VirginiaConstituted 3 November 1941 in the Regular Army as the 221st Signal Depot CompanyActivated 14 August 1943 at Fort Monmouth, New JerseyInactivated 20 June 1948 in GermanyRedesignated 8 January 1952 as the 221st Signal Base Depot CompanyActivated 22 January 1952 at Atlanta, GeorgiaReorganized and redesignated 4 October 1954 as the 221st Signal CompanyInactivated 1 September 1965 at Sacramento, CaliforniaActivated 1 June 1966 at Fort Monmouth, New JerseyInactivated 1 July 1974 at Schofield Barracks, HawaiiActivated 16 September 1979 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
