
COMPANY HISTORY
Constituted 12 April, 1944 as the 3256th Signal Company
Activated 25 April 1944 in England
Inactivated 28 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 25 March 1953 as the 256th Signal Company
Inactivated 1 November 1955 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
Activated 1 May 1960 in Verdun, France
Unit transferred from Verdun to Zweibrucken, Germany in 1967
Inactivated 1 July 1967 in Germany
Activated 1 June 1974 in Germany
Inactivated 1 July 1975 in Germany
Activated 1 October 1979 at Fort Rucker, Alabama
Inactivated 15 September 1994 at Fort Rucker, Alabama
Activated 16 May 2008 at Fort Lewis, Washington