187th Signal Brigade (United States)
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (July 2025) |
| 187th Signal Brigade | |
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| Active | 1968-1996 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | New York |
| Branch | Army National Guard |
| Role | Signal |
| Size | Brigade |
| Garrison/HQ | Whitestone, New York |
| Motto(s) | Ne Desit Virtus (Let Valor Not Fall) |
| Insignia | |
| 187th Signal Brigade DUI |  |
The 187th Signal Brigade was a unit of the New York National Guard until August 1996. The unit has a long lineage dating to 1848 as G Company (Columbia Rifles) of the New York State Militia. The unit fought in the Civil War in 1861 and was mustered out in 1864. It participated in 11 campaigns including: Bull Run, Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Virginia 1861, 1862 and 1863.[1]
In 1898 it was assigned to the 14th Infantry Regiment and was federalized for Mexican Border service in 1916. I was again called into service for World War I in 1917 and redesignated 2nd Pioneer Infantry. It earned two more campaign streamers - World War I without inscription and Northern France.
After the war it continued to serve with the 14th Infantry Regiment including being reorganized as Howitzer Company in 1927 and Headquarters Company in 1939. In 1940, it was redesignated as Headquarters Battery, 187th Field Artillery Regiment, 93rd Infantry Brigade. It was called into federal service in 1941 and reorganized in 1943 as 187th Artillery Group earning five campaign streamers: Normandy (Assault Wave), Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace and Central Europe.[2]
After the war it was reorganized several times but continued to be the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery. But in May 1968, the unit would change again from artillery to signal as the 187th Signal Group. The unit was federalized on April, 19 1979 during the New York State correction officers' strike running all operations of the Green Haven Maximum Security Prison - Stormville, New York.
In 1987, the Group was redesignated as 187th Signal Brigade until its deactivation August 31, 1996.
References
[edit]- ^ "History of 187th Signal Brigade" (PDF). Signal Corps Regimental Assoc. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
- ^ "U.S. ARMY 187TH SIGNAL BRIGADE PATCH (SSI)". The Salute Univorms. Retrieved July 10, 2025.