Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Deploy rapidly worldwide as part of 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault) or as an element of a joint or
combined task force to establish and sustain communications
systems in support of combat, combat support and combat
service support operations in either a developed or
undeveloped theater of operations

The 501st Signal Battalion, "The Voice of the Eagle",
traces roots to World War I when it was constituted as
the 626th Field Signal Battalion on 23 July 1918. On 24
June 1921, the Battalion was reconstituted as the 101st
Signal Company. In August 1942, it was reorganized as the
101st Airborne Signal Company and activated at Camp Claiborne,
Louisiana. During World War II, the 101st Airborne Signal
Company supported operations throughout Germany, Belgium, France,
and Holland, to include providing initial communications for
the Division Headquarters during the D-Day invasion.

May 1965, the first elements of the 501st Signal Battalion
began deployment to the Republic of Vietnam with the 1st
Infantry Brigade. The remainder of the battalion deployed
with the division in 1967 and returned with the Division
Headquarters in 1972, having participated in a total of 12
campaigns, including offensive and counteroffensive

August 1990, the first elements of the battalion were deployed to Saudi Arabia